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California tops 50,000 COVID-19 deaths
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California [US], February 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The California authority reported Thursday that the United States' most populous state had 50,991 deaths from COVID-19, about one-tenth of the U.S. total from the pandemic.
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Toll from COVID-19 in Brazil surpasses 250,000 people
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Brasilia [Brazil], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 1,541 to 251,498 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Thursday.
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Tedros lauds India, PM Modi for supporting vaccine equity
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 25 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "supporting vaccine equity".
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India offers 'Made in India' vaccines to all foreign diplomats and their f
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New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Envoys, UN workers and people working in intergovernmental agencies and their families may not have to worry about Covid-19 vaccines. The Indian government has offered India-made vaccine in a special Covid vaccine drive for diplomats in all locations
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Pfizer, BioNTech begin testing of third dose against new COVID-19 variants
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Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Pfizer and its partner BioNTech on Thursday said that they have begun to test how well the third dose of their authorised vaccine stacks up against new coronavirus variants.
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Merkel warns of COVID-19 third wave if Germany does not open cautiously
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Berlin [Germany], February 25 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned of a third wave of COVID-19 cases if the country fumbles at its reopening from lockdown.
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Russia records 11,198 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
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Moscow [Russia], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's coronavirus incidence keeps falling, as the single-day increase slashed to the lowest level since October 7 with 11,198 new cases confirmed (down from 11,749 the day before), the coronavirus response center said on Thursday.
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Worrisome Covid mutation that may weaken effectiveness of vaccines found i
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New York [US], February 25 (ANI): A new form of coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly in New York City and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to The New York Times.
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Japanese WHO expert voices skepticism on China's theory 'virus intruded' i
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Tokyo [Japan], February 25 (ANI): A Japanese expert from the World Health Organization (WHO), who visited Wuhan as part of the investigative team to look into the origins of COVID-19, has voiced skepticism on China's stance that the virus had originally entered the country from abroad throug
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PLA carried out secret experiments in Wuhan, tried to cover up COVID-19 ou
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Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been carrying out "secret classified animal experiments" in Wuhan for years, said Mathew Pottinger, former Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA), while adding that Beijing tried to cover up the COVID-19 outbreak
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Biden announces new actions to deliver masks to communities hit hard by CO
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Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) announced new actions to deliver face masks to communities hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine meets requirements fo
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Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that Johnson and Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine has met the requirements for emergency use authorisation.
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