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Don’t expect first COVID-19 vaccinations until early 2021: WHO
Jul 23, 2020 07:53Researchers are making "good progress" in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.
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Brazil, Argentina hit coronavirus records as Latin America exceeds 4 million cases
Jul 23, 2020 02:50Brazil and Argentina registered daily records for confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, pushing the total number of cases in Latin America past 4 million and underlining the difficulty the region faces in controlling the pandemic.
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India cancels historic Hindu pilgrimage as coronavirus cases mount
Jul 23, 2020 00:36India has cancelled a historic Hindu pilgrimage to a holy cave high in the snow-capped mountains of contested Kashmir for the first time, as cases of the novel coronavirus continued to rise on Wednesday.
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Covid-19 is 'the Trump virus,' says US House speaker
Jul 22, 2020 10:05Covid-19 is "the Trump virus," says US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, asserting that President Donald Trump has "recognized the mistakes he has made."
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Therapists, teachers warn of looming mental health crisis in UK
Jul 22, 2020 06:26Ross O’Brien, the Digital Innovation Director at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, one of the country’s biggest mental health trusts, said: “There is the real risk that the mental health impact of COVID-19 will be more than the physical effects of the virus. This, coupled with the expected huge increase in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) referrals, means we are seeing a very worrying trend.
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UN warns COVID-19 fears leading to “alarming” decline in immunizations and hospital visits
Jul 22, 2020 06:17The WHO and UNICEF have expressed concern over what they describe as an “alarming decline” of children’s immunization programs, hospital visits for serious issues, including heart attacks and even a reversal in the fight against AIDS.
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Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s threats to defund schools that don’t reopen
Jul 22, 2020 06:15As a number of schools across the United States question whether to reopen their doors at what appears to be the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the country so far, a recent poll finds that most Americans don’t want to send children back into classrooms this fall.
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Trump admits pandemic will ‘get worse’, urges Americans to wear masks
Jul 22, 2020 04:23US President Donald Trump has urged Americans to wear masks, warning that the coronavirus pandemic in the United States may "get worse before it gets better."
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Thousands rally against Israeli PM over coronavirus fallout, corruption charges
Jul 22, 2020 02:44More than 2,000 people have staged a protest outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in occupied al-Quds, demanding the five-term premier to step down over his handling of the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic as well as the corruption charges he is facing.
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World Health Organization issues warning to African countries on Covid-19 outbreak
Jul 21, 2020 14:15The executive director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health Emergency Program, has warned that the African continent is faced with a steep acceleration of coronavirus cases.