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COVID-19
Omicron variant, in at least 20 nations, spread earlier than was known
By Richard Pérez Peña
The heavily mutated new coronavirus variant was in Europe several days earlier than previously known, health officials said Tuesday (Nov 29), and the number of countries where it has been found increased to at least…
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As Omicron variant circles the globe, African nations face blame and bans
By Benjamin Mueller and Declan Walsh
Nations in southern Africa protested bitterly Saturday (27) as more of the world’s wealthiest countries cut them off from travel, renewing a debate over border closures from the earliest days of the…
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‘Vaccinated, recovered or dead’
By Steven Erlanger
BRUSSELS — Austria went into a major lockdown Monday (22) to try to break the strong fourth wave of COVID-19 spreading across Europe, while the German health minister, Jens Spahn, warned that by the end of this winter…
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India eased its COVID-19 disaster, but fears of complacency remain
By Emily Schmall and Hari Kumar
NEW DELHI — India’s coronavirus crisis, which was killing thousands of people a day just seven months ago, has eased after the nation’s leaders revamped their policies and dramatically ramped up their…
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The Sri Lanka COVID-19 Memorial
By Groundviews
‘The numbers have always been names.’
It proves a firm reminder of the magnitude of loss and it is the realization behind the creation of a digital space of memorialization and remembrance for those Sri Lanka has lost in…
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Women leaders hailed for COVID-19 response
By Alison Kentish
DOMINICA - On September 20, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina accepted an award from the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network for her country’s ‘striking’ progress towards achieving the…
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COVID-19: Facing the shifting policy priorities
By Shashika Bandara
S
ri Lanka is emerging from another wave of COVID-19 and there is a sense of uncertainty that surrounds us. While Sri Lanka’s success of vaccinating its population at record speed with 50% of the adult population…
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Rejecting Covid inquiry, China peddles conspiracy theories blaming the US
By Austin Ramzy and Amy Chang Chien
When a conspiracy theory started circulating in China suggesting that the coronavirus escaped from a US military lab, it had largely stayed on the fringe. Now, the ruling Communist Party has propelled…
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COVID-19 public health measures are essential even with vaccinations
By Shashika Bandara
On July 19, 2021, at a World Health Organization (WHO) press conference, COVID-19 Technical Lead Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove’s son asked a question that has been on all our minds “when will COVID-19 end?” Although Dr.…
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The pandemic has a new epicentre: Indonesia
By Fira Abdurachman, Richard C. Paddock and Muktita Suhartono
BEKASI, Indonesia — By the thousands, they sleep in hallways, tents and cars, gasping for air as they wait for beds in overcrowded hospitals that may not have oxygen to give…
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