Police officers patrol through the quiet Central Station in the city center during a lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney, Australia, Aug. 12, 2021.
Immunocompromised in US to get third COVID shot
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Sat, 08/14/2021 - 06:01 AM
FILE PHOTO: New public health regulations are implemented as a COVID-19 outbreak affects Sydney
One state shuts itself off from virus-struck others
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Sat, 08/14/2021 - 05:34 AM
People walk at a crowded market amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai
Epidemiologists say third wave may be milder because surveys show that two-thirds of country has already been exposed to the coronavirus
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Sat, 08/14/2021 - 04:53 AM
A pedestrian wears a face mask as she walks past an information sign of COVID-19 testing in Chicago, Ill., Friday, Aug. 13,…
Russia reports highest daily COVID-19 deaths
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 08:09 PM
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, people that received a COVID-19 vaccine socially distance as they wait the required…
The recommendations are for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 05:33 PM
In this March 26, 2020, photo, closed signs hang on a recently closed Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala. The…
The money will be targeted to assist rural hospitals and health care providers, according to a White House news release
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 02:33 PM
FILE PHOTO: Fourth-year medical student Anna Roesler administers the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at…
Justice Amy Coney Barrett denies a request to overturn rule that requires students, teachers, staff to get vaccine
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 01:25 PM
A health worker administers a dose of Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Dakar's Medina neighborhood, Senegal, July 28, 2021.
The COVID-19 vaccination uptake among the general population in the country remains low
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 01:20 PM
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the  World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on…
The inability of the WHO to say where and how the virus began spreading has fueled tensions among its members, particularly between China, where COVID-19 cases were first identified in Wuhan in late 2019, and the United States
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 11:34 AM
FILE - This Jan. 29, 2021 file photo shows a Carnival Cruise Line sign at PortMiami in Miami.
The announcement comes as the ship was set to dock in Belize
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 11:11 AM
Monica Mutsvangwa, Zimbabwe's information minister, told reporters after a Cabinet meeting late July 27, 2021, that the government had resolved to lift a lid on Victoria Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world and the country’s top tourism destination. (Columbus Mavhunga/VOA)
The government said this week that Christians who had received two shots could gather, a move some see as a way to drive up inoculation, given that more than 70% of the country's population is Christian
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 09:46 AM
A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment takes care of a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at a hospital…
Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, has already been devastated by six years of civil war
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 07:02 AM
Flanked by lawmakers, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivers a speech on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Wellington,…
It aims to reopen its borders to some foreign travelers early next year
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 04:14 AM
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US Supreme Court refuses student request to overturn vaccine mandate
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 02:57 AM
FILE PHOTO: Nigeria distributes COVID-19 vaccines
They’re striking over unpaid salaries and poor benefits
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Thu, 08/12/2021 - 11:16 PM
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