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Extreme heat kills at least 25 in India’s Maharashtra state
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke...
3rd May, 2022
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Setback for Shanghai’s COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing
By Brenda Goh and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s commercial capital of Shanghai was d...
2nd May, 2022
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AstraZeneca says its COVID shot still has role despite global glut
By Natalie Grover and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine still has a role to...
29th April, 2022
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Hong Kong’s mandatory COVID testing in schools fuels plastic waste woes
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong government rule that all school students and staff take daily COVI...
29th April, 2022
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Explainer-Shanghai death numbers raise questions over its COVID accounting
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak, in Shanghai, has again rais...
28th April, 2022
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Explainer-Scientists investigate hepatitis outbreak in children in Europe and US
By Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Health authorities around the world are inve...
26th April, 2022
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U.S. will no longer enforce mask mandate on airplanes, trains after court ruling
By David Shepardson, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -The Biden admin...
19th April, 2022
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U.S. CDC lifts COVID ‘Do Not Travel’ recommendations on about 90 countries
(Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had dropped its “...
18th April, 2022
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COVID-shaming pits neighbour against neighbour in locked-down Shanghai
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitti...
18th April, 2022
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Britain gives first European approval to Valneva COVID shot
By Natalie Grover and Sarah Morland LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Britain approved Valneva’s COVID-19 vacc...
14th April, 2022
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Greece lifts COVID restrictions for summer tourism season
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Wednesday that pandemic restrictions such as mask-wearing indoors...
13th April, 2022
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Vaccines have halved Italy’s COVID-19 death toll, study shows
MILAN (Reuters) – Vaccines against COVID-19 have roughly halved the death toll from the disease in I...
13th April, 2022