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Global Covid-19 cases now close to 680 million
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Global Covid-19 cases now close to 680 million

A resident gets a haircut at a closed residential area during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Dropping zero-Covid policy in China without safeguards risks 1.5m lives - study

A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) administers a nucleic acid test at a mobile testing site outside a hospital following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Beijing curbs public transport as Covid spreads in China

Main negotiators reach 'outcome' on Covid vaccine IP waiver, WTO says
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Main negotiators reach 'outcome' on Covid vaccine IP waiver, WTO says

Growing defiance of Covid curbs in China brings wave of arrests
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Growing defiance of Covid curbs in China brings wave of arrests

The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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WHO experts insist Covid still a global emergency

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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Deliberate infection trial finds COVID symptoms don't indicate viral shedding

A worker in a protective suit keeps watch outside a cordoned-off entrance following the Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China, 30 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters
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Shanghai expands Covid lockdown as new daily caseload surges by a third

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US authorizes second Covid booster for Americans 50 and older

A man gets a Covid-19 test in Delhi. Photo: Collected
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India reports 67,084 new Covid cases, positivity rate at 4.44%

A senior citizen gets a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the district hospital in Noida’s Sector 30 on Tuesday. (Sunil Ghosh /HT)
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India logs 172,433 new Covid-19 cases, daily tally 6.84% higher than Wednesday

People line up for PCR and Rapid Antigen Covid-19 tests on Wall Street in the Financial District in New York on Thursday.(AP Photo)
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Setting a global record, US tops 1 million Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

People wait in line outside a community vaccination centre administering the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Hong Kong, on Tuesday.(Bloomberg Photo)
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New Covid-19 variant 'IHU' discovered in France, is more infectious than Omicron