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Australian liner facing growing coronavirus crisis off Uruguay
AFP, Published on 07/04/2020
» MONTEVIDEO - An Australian cruise ship off South America faced a growing crisis Monday with more than 80 mostly-elderly passengers and crew battling COVID-19, the cruise company and Uruguayan officials said.
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Coronavirus thrives in Karabakh's bomb shelters
AFP, Published on 28/10/2020
» STEPANAKERT (AZERBAIJAN) - Close quarters, poor ventilation and no masks: in the cellars of Stepanakert, the capital of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh province, residents who have not fled fierce fighting may be safe from shelling, but not coronavirus.
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Covid death toll nears 3 million as India cases surge
AFP, Published on 17/04/2021
» PARIS - The global coronavirus death toll was expected to reach three million on Saturday, as the race for immunisation continues and countries like India grapple with rising infections and new lockdowns.
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Brazil embraces Chinese Covid vaccine after row
AFP, Published on 21/10/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's health minister said Tuesday the country would add the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine against Covid-19 to its national immunisation program, despite a political and diplomatic row over whether to use it.
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Feverish fans fuelled virus at Italy Champion's League match
AFP, Published on 25/03/2020
» BERGAMO (ITALY) - Ecstatic fans cheering and hugging at the Champion's League game between Atalanta and Valencia in February boosted the spread of the coronavirus, the mayor of the worst-hit Italian city said Tuesday.
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Daily virus deaths hit new record as nations shut borders
AFP, Published on 28/01/2021
» PARIS - Daily global deaths from Covid-19 topped 18,000 for the first time Wednesday, the latest reminder of the pandemic's devastating impact as governments tightened restrictions in a bid to contain alarming new coronavirus strains.
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West Africa Ebola outbreak among 'most challenging' ever: WHO
AFP, Published on 09/04/2014
» West Africa's Ebola unprecedented outbreak is among the "most challenging" for health workers since the deadly disease emerged elsewhere in Africa four decades ago as the suspected death toll topped 100, the WHO said Tuesday.
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Masks and Covid-19: In the US, a patchwork of policies persist
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - As the United States' Covid-19 infection rate hits an all-time high, calls are growing for a nationwide mask mandate to replace the current patchwork of state regulations.
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US Ebola doctor 'weak and quite ill,' says colleague
AFP, Published on 30/07/2014
» WASHINGTON - An American doctor who has contracted the dangerous Ebola virus in Liberia is "weak and quite ill," a colleague of his told AFP on Tuesday.
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Cambodia village reports mass HIV/Aids infection
AFP, Published on 17/12/2014
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodian health authorities on Tuesday said more than 80 people -- including children and the elderly -- who tested positive for HIV/Aids in a single remote village may have been infected by contaminated needles.
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