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UK COVID-19 inquiry begins, vowing to expose culpable acts

October 5, 2022

People write messages in memory of their beloved ones, on the National COVID-19 Memorial Wall, in London, on March 28, 2022. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) LONDON / WASHINGTON - A public inquiry into Britain's response to and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic got underway on Tuesday, with a promise it would...

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West criticized for downplaying pandemic amid virus warning

October 2, 2022

Medical workers treat patients in the COVID-19 ward at the US Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare system campus and medical center in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on Jan 11, 2022. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) BEIJING - Claims by some Western leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic "is over" has drawn criticism...

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CDC: Some 3.2m Americans got updated COVID jabs last week

September 30, 2022

A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, on Jan 29, 2021. (MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS) New York / HELSINKI / MOSCOW...

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Botswana removes mask mandates

September 29, 2022

A health worker receives a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Francistown, Botswana, on March 26, 2021. (MONIRUL BHUIYAN / AFP) GABORONE / MOSCOW – Wearing masks is no longer mandatory in Botswana, announced an official press release on Wednesday. All other remaining COVID-19 protocols, like social distancing in...

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Britain warns of difficult winter with flu, COVID-19

September 28, 2022

Medical staff wears PPE on a ward for COVID-19 patients at King's College Hospital in south east London on Dec 21, 2021. (VICTORIA JONES / PA VIA AP) LONDON / MOSCOW / MAPUTO / LJUBLJANA - British health officials on Wednesday warned that increased circulation of flu and a resurgence in COVID-19 could...

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Canada to remove all COVID-19 travel restrictions from Oct 1

September 27, 2022

People board a Boeing 737 MAX plane operated by Air Canada at Edmonton International Airport in Alberta, Canada, on July 27, 2022. (TED SHAFFREY / AP) OTTAWA / MOSCOW / NEW YORK - Canada will drop all COVID-19 restrictions for travelers from Oct 1, including vaccination and masking requirements for flights and...

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Report: German chancellor Scholz tests positive for COVID

September 26, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference on Sept 21, 2022, in New York. (EVAN VUCCI / AP) MADRID / MOSCOW / PARIS / BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tested positive for coronavirus and is showing mild symptoms, the TV news channel ntv reported...

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Spanish PM tests positive for COVID-19

September 26, 2022

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses a press conference to present his government's results since the beginning of the year, at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on July 29, 2022. (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) MADRID / MOSCOW - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday morning. Sanchez...

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WHO: ‘Blood on your hands’ if world steps back on COVID-19

September 25, 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 coronavirus outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) LONDON / MOSCOW - If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that...

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US rollout of new COVID-19 boosters off to slow start

September 24, 2022

In this file photo taken on Aug 19, 2021, a nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic hosted by The Tournament of Roses in partnership with the Pasadena Public Health Department at Tournament House in Pasadena, California. (ROBYN BECK / AFP) MOSCOW /...

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AIM Vaccine Announces Proposed Listing on the Main Board of SEHK

September 23, 2022

HONG KONG, Sep 23, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - AIM Vaccine Co., Ltd. ("AIM Vaccine" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group", stock code: 06660.HK), the second largest vaccine company in China in terms of 2021 approved lot release volume (excluding COVID-19 vaccines), announced the proposed...

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US CDC expects Omicron boosters for kids by mid-Oct

September 22, 2022

This photo, provided by Office of the Governor of New York, shows Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Boriken Neighborhood Health Center, in New York on Sept 7, 2022. (DON POLLARD / OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK VIA AP) COPENHAGEN / NEW YORK - The US Centers for Disease Control...

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EU health regulator says COVID-19 pandemic not over

September 21, 2022

This file photo dated April 20, 2021 shows an exterior view of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (PETER DEJONG / FILE / AP) FRANKFURT / PARIS / LOS ANGELES - An official at the European Union's drugs regulator said on Tuesday the COVID-19 pandemic was not over, contradicting...

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Biden says ‘the pandemic is over’ even as death toll mounts

September 20, 2022

A 6 year-old child is comforted by her mother as she receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by a medical assistant at the Child Health Associates office in Novi, Michigan on Nov 3, 2021. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden said in an...

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Long COVID-19 a problem for US workforce

September 19, 2022

A man closes his eyes as he receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Miami Beach, Florida, on Aug 4, 2021. (MARTA LAVANDIER / AP) WASHINGTON - Charles Gill, 41, a teacher in Pennsylvania, had COVID-19 a few months back. While many of his friends only had symptoms for a few...

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Brazil approves Pfizer shots for children as young as six months

September 18, 2022

In this file photo taken on Jan 14, 2022, a girl receives the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at the Clinicas hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP) RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian national health regulator Anvisa has approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer...

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WHO ‘strongly advises against’ use of two COVID treatments

September 17, 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) LONDON / OTTAWA / PARIS - Two COVID-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization,...

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EU regulator backs wider use of AstraZeneca COVID therapy

September 16, 2022

This photo shows a general view of the offices of British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC in Macclesfield, Cheshire on July 21, 2020. (PAUL ELLIS / AFP) JOHANNESBURG / BERLIN / LOS ANGELES / LONDON - Europe's medicines regulator has backed using AstraZeneca's preventative COVID-19 therapy as a treatment...

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New sub-variant of COVID-19 Omicron detected in S. Africa

September 16, 2022

A nurse working in a dental department receives a dose of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 26, 2021. (THEMBA HADEBE / AP) JOHANNESBURG / BERLIN / LOS ANGELES - The National Health Department on Thursday confirmed...

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WHO chief: End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’

September 15, 2022

The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on Oct 24, 2017 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on...