Tag: Coronavirus
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CDC: Coronavirus spreads more than six feet
Coronavirus is now airborne, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).There is evidence that under certain conditions, people with Covid-19...
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Global COVID-19 cases exceed 33 million
Confirmed COVID-19 cases have exceeded 33 million globally, with over 997,000 fatalities and more than 22.9 million recoveries, according to the latest tally from...
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Coronavirus: US death toll passes 200,000
The US coronavirus death toll has passed 200,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).More than 6.8 million people are known to have...
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Record rise in weekly Covid-19 cases, but deaths down: WHO
The coronavirus pandemic appears to be accelerating worldwide, with new cases soaring last week to a new seven-day high of almost 2 million even...
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Top US law official slammed for comparing lockdown to ‘slavery’
US Attorney General William Barr, a top Trump appointee and the highest ranking US law enforcement official, has drawn fire for comparing Covid-19 lockdown...
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US will not take part in global vaccine search
The Trump administration has indicated that it will not participate in international coalition efforts to find and distribute a vaccine for COVID-19 because the World Health...
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PSG: 3 players test positive for coronavirus
Three Paris St-Germain players have tested positive for coronavirus, the Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday.The French champions, who lost in the Champions League...
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Top Lagos health official tests positive for Covid-19
The health commissioner of Nigeria's commercial hub, Lagos, has tested positive for coronavirus.Akin Abayomi was tested after being in contact with people who had...
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Hong Kong reports ‘first case’ of virus reinfection
Hong Kong scientists are reporting the case of a healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months...
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Coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years – WHO head
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years.Speaking in Geneva on...