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Education

Educational institutions shut again

Classes, exams to continue online

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Stocks

Stocks jump as investors beat worries over Covid-19 surge

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 14, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS
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Support for Japan PM up as voters welcome his Covid measures

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World+Biz

United, Delta cancel more than 200 US Christmas Eve flights amid Covid surge

Commuters wearing protective masks ride a bus, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Yangon, Myanmar, December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Shwe Paw Mya Tin
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Myanmar military says to ramp up oxygen supply as Covid-19 cases surge

Medical workers prepare to perform COVID-19 rapid tests on residents, following an increasing number of locally transmitted cases in Taipei, Taiwan, May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang
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Taiwan tightens curbs after surge in domestic Covid-19 cases

Health workers and a relative carry the body of a man, who died due to COVID-19, from an ambulance to a crematorium in New Delhi, India, November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
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Indian variant could put UK hospitals under serious pressure again, warns trusts body

Indian airlines risk consolidation, plane repossessions amid Covid-19 surge
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Indian airlines risk consolidation, plane repossessions amid Covid-19 surge

A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carries a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside the casualty ward at Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, in New Delhi, India, April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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India registers 368,147 new Covid-19 cases, infection tally nears 20 million

Software professionals assisting municipal authorities work on their terminals inside a "war room" focused on tracking the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike office in Bengaluru, India July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Nivedita Bhattacharjee/Files
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War-rooms and oxygen: India's IT companies scramble to handle Covid-19 surge

France, EU, Australia extend support, solidarity to India amid Covid-19 surge
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France, EU, Australia extend support, solidarity to India amid Covid-19 surge

Health workers carry the body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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India sees record surge of 273,810 Covid-19 cases as tally tops 15 million

FILE PHOTO: A school director, Marcela Durak, checks the temperature of a girl at their school during the first day of the reactivation of face-to-face classes, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Buenos Aires, Argentina February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
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Argentine court orders city schools in Buenos Aires to open despite Covid-19 surge