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Biden tests positive for COVID-19, four months before 80th birthday
Jul 21, 2022 10:59The White House says US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing very mild symptoms.
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Most Americans think COVID will never go away: Poll
Jul 20, 2022 02:20A recent poll has showed that the majority of Americans believe COVID will never go away.
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Sri Lanka's beleaguered president attempts to flee country, blocked from leaving
Jul 12, 2022 15:12The Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is due to officially resign on Wednesday after months of protests, has made a failed attempt to flee the crisis-hit country.
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Moscow sees rise in COVID-19 cases, recommends mask wearing
Jul 12, 2022 07:21Coronavirus cases have risen steeply in Russia's capital Moscow over the past week, the city's health authorities said.
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'Broken' capitalist food system drives soaring global hunger: Oxfam
Jul 11, 2022 09:54Around 1 in 10 people went hungry last year in a world losing ground on its collective goal of ending all forms of hunger, a report released recently by United Nations agencies revealed, prompting sharp censure from a leading charity.
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EU recommends second COVID booster for over-60s amid cases surge
Jul 11, 2022 08:58European Union health agencies on Monday recommended a second COVID-19 booster for everyone above 60 amid a new rise in infections and hospitalizations across Europe.
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Iran reports first double digit death toll from COVID-19 in months
Jul 11, 2022 00:26Iran has reported a first double digit death toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in months as the country prepares for a potential new surge in the number of infections.
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President Urges COVID Tests Upon Entry into Iran
Jul 10, 2022 01:11Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi urged that the travelers visiting the country should be required to have a coronavirus test upon entry and comply with the health protocols.
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Highly contagious BA.5 variant becomes dominant in US as Covid cases rise
Jul 09, 2022 03:58The highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the US.
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With Covid killing hundreds of Americans daily, focus falls on BA.5
Jul 08, 2022 04:42Media outlets cover the ever-expanding death toll of Covid in the US. The San Francisco Chronicle draws particular attention to the highly infectious Omicron subvariant BA.5, which one expert calls a "different beast."