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‘European women’s work-life balance worsened since COVID’

December 1, 2022

A woman walks inside an almost empty train station, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Madrid, Spain March 31, 2020. (SERGIO PEREZ / REUTERS) MOSCOW / ROME / PARIS – European women's work-life balance has worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a European Institute for...

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COVID cases in France on the rise again, govt says

November 30, 2022

A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 looks at an information board at train station in Paris on June 30, 2022. (MICHEL EULER / AP) PARIS / MOSCOW / HARARE – New COVID-19 infections are on the rise again in France and people should consider wearing masks...

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WHO renames monkeypox as ‘mpox’ to avoid stigma

November 29, 2022

A patient shows his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the monkeypox virus, in the isolation area for monkeypox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima on Aug 16, 2022. Nearly 28,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide in the last three months and the first deaths...

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Official: Uganda recording downward trend in Ebola cases

November 25, 2022

Members of the Ugandan Medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit stand inside the ward in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA - Uganda has recorded a drop in the number of new Ebola cases, with...

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Zimbabwean top official warns of COVID-19 resurgence

November 17, 2022

A man is tested for COVID-19 at a private health center in Harare, Zimbabwe, Feb 3, 2022. (TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI / AP) HARARE / MOSCOW / OTTAWA - Zimbabwe's COVID-19 response chief coordinator, Agnes Mahomva, has warned that the country is not yet out of danger of a resurgence of the...

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US: New COVID variant cases surge as vaccination rate lags

November 16, 2022

A registered nurse inoculates a man with a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima in Orange, California, Aug 28, 2021. (JAE C HONG / AP) LOS ANGELES / MOSCOW / HARARE - New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly half of...

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US: New COVID variants cases surge as vaccination rate lags

November 16, 2022

A registered nurse inoculates a man with a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima in Orange, California, Aug 28, 2021. (JAE C HONG / AP) LOS ANGELES / MOSCOW - New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly half of new COVID-19...

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EU regulator recommends Pfizer’s Omicron booster for kids

November 11, 2022

A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. (DADO RUVIC / REUTERS) MOSCOW – Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech said on Thursday the EU health regulator has recommended authorizing the use of their bivalent COVID-19 shot as a...

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Spike in flu, RSV, COVID cases overwhelm US health facilities

November 9, 2022

A vaccinator draws a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, US, Dec 5, 2021. (HANNAH BEIER / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / MOSCOW – The United States continues to see an unusual and early spike in flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections on top of a new...

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COVID variants BQ.1/BQ.1.1 make up 35% of US cases

November 5, 2022

A doctor (center) gives a man the first of two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a one-day vaccination clinic set up in an Amazon.com facility in Seattle, the United States, on Jan 24, 2021. (TED S. WARREN / AP) MOSCOW / BERLIN - The US Centers for Disease Control...

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ECDC: Severe COVID patients at higher risk of long COVID

November 1, 2022

An elderly man sits at the "Viktualienmarkt" daily food market, during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich, Germany, March 18, 2020. (ANDREAS GEBERT / REUTERS) STOCKHOLM / MOSCOW / LOS ANGELES – Individuals who are severely affected by COVID-19 may be at higher risk of post-infection symptoms,...

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COVID-19: Italy to end ban on unvaccinated health workers

October 31, 2022

A health worker administers a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine (Janssen) against COVID-19, on Aug 5, 2021 at the Ambreck pharmacy, in Milan. (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) MILAN / CHICAGO / MOSCOW - Italian doctors and nurses suspended from work because they are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will soon...

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Canada confirms 21,810 new COVID-19 cases in one week

October 29, 2022

A United States-bound passenger walks in Toronto Pearson Airport's Terminal 3, days before new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing protocols to enter the US come into effect, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dec 3, 2021. (CHRIS HELGREN / REUTERS) OTTAWA / MOSCOW – Canada confirmed 21,810 new COVID-19 cases for the week...

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Russia reports 7,329 new COVID-19 cases

October 25, 2022

In this Jan 24 file photo, medical staff carry out from an ambulance a person at the COVID-19 infected patients section at the Pokrovskaya hospital in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia registered 7,329 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally...

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WHO stresses vaccines as flu season ramps up, COVID lurks

October 25, 2022

An elderly man sits at the "Viktualienmarkt" daily food market, during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich, Germany, March 18, 2020. (ANDREAS GEBERT / REUTERS) COPENHAGEN – Vaccination continues to be one of the most effective tools in combating both influenza and COVID-19, and the World Health...

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Uganda urges vigilance as Ebola cases in capital city rise to 5

October 23, 2022

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (HANDOUT / CDC / CYNTHIA GOLDSMITH / AFP) KAMPALA - Uganda's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged the...

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Cameroon to start fifth phase of COVID-19 vaccination

October 23, 2022

China's Sinopharm vaccines are seen at an airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, April 11, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) YAOUNDE / MOSCOW - Cameroon will start the fifth phase of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination next month, according to the country's Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie. The campaign will run from Nov 18...

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US CDC concerned for new Omicron subvariants

October 22, 2022

People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / OTTAWA / MOSCOW – The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention...

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WHO official warns pandemic ‘not over yet’

October 21, 2022

A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) MANILA - "The pandemic is not yet over," a World Health Organization official warned on Friday, saying the continued...

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Authorities call for continued COVID-19 measures in Europe

October 20, 2022

A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 looks at an information board at train station in Paris on June 30, 2022. (MICHEL EULER / AP) ROME / MOSCOW / GENEVA – A fresh autumn wave of COVID-19 infections has begun in many European countries, and experts are...