Daily Covid-19 cases top 1,000 as S. Korea marks subdued New Year

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[caption id="attachment_12623" align="alignnone" width="1000"] People view the sunset on New Year's Eve at the Seoul Sky Observatory, South Korea, December 31, 2020. [/caption] SEOUL: South...

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US vaccinations in 2020 falling far short of target of 20 million people

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12592" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Shots are reaching nursing home residents at an even slower pace than others first in line even though they are most...

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Norway to introduce mandatory Covid tests for new arrivals, closes some entry points

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12595" align="alignnone" width="1000"] To stop the spread of the coronavirus variant first detected in Britain, travellers from any point of origin will need to...

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China reports first case of new coronavirus variant, reports CDC publication

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12589" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Residents wearing face masks wait in a queue to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Beijing on December 29, 2020....

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Dutch lockdown to last at least to mid-February, says health chief

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12598" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Jaap van Dissel, head of infectious disease control at the National Institute for Public Health (RIVM), told Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad...

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Iran allocates US$150,000 for each family of victims of Ukraine plane crash

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12586" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Debris of a plane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines, that crashed after taking off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, on the...

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Fauci sees US gaining control over pandemic by next autumn

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12583" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks November 19, 2020. [/caption] LOS ANGELES: The leading...

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Mexico City’s Covid-19 ‘excess mortality’ reaches 214 deaths a day

December 26, 2020December 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12545" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Lorenzo Ramirez is comforted by his son Jesus, during the funeral of his wife Laura Aguilar, who died of Covid-19, at...

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Turkministan president claims liquorice can cure Covid

December 26, 2020December 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12555" align="alignnone" width="800"] FILE PHOTO: President of Turkmenistan Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2016. [/caption] ASHGABAT, Turkeministan: Well-known...

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Tokyo virus cases hit record 949 ahead of New Year holiday

December 26, 2020December 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_12548" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Coronavirus infections in Tokyo hit a record daily high of 949 cases today as Japan heads into the New Year holiday....