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World
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International
1/22/2022 7:00:17 PM
Food banks across the country are experiencing a critical shortage of volunteers as the omicron variant frightens people away from their usual shifts, and companies and schools that regularly supply large groups of volunteers are canceling their participation over virus fears.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/22/2022 3:59:30 PM
Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots
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Life & Style
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Health
1/22/2022 3:57:30 PM
Health experts suggest stepping up protection against the highly contagious omicron variant with stronger masks such as N95s or KN95s.
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World
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Region
1/22/2022 12:11:20 PM
The first commercial airline flights in one month took off Saturday from Xi'an in western China as the government eased travel curbs imposed after a coronavirus outbreak ahead of next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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World
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International
1/21/2022 2:38:04 PM
Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan beginning Friday as the country widens COVID-19 restrictions due to the omicron variant causing cases to surge to new highs in metropolitan areas.
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Egypt
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Health
1/21/2022 12:19:54 AM
Egypt has announced new coronavirus-related restrictions at airports, seaports and land crossings, with the country witnessing a significant surge in daily infections and reporting the highly infectious Omicron as the dominant variant currently.
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World
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International
1/19/2022 10:53:27 PM
A new study in two states that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19.
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World
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International
1/19/2022 7:11:25 PM
The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to US residents starting next week, now that federal officials are emphasizing their better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth face coverings.
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World
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International
1/19/2022 5:44:30 PM
Police in Germany are investigating thousands of cases of suspected forgery of coronavirus vaccine certificates, the dpa news agency reported Wednesday.
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World
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Africa
1/19/2022 5:08:52 PM
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new vaccine manufacturing facility that he says will boost the country's capacity to make its own inoculations for diseases including COVID-19.
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Egypt
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Health
1/19/2022 4:18:33 PM
Anyone who is unvaccinated will not be allowed to enter government facilities in Egypt, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said during the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, stressing the importance of enforcing this decision.
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World
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International
1/18/2022 10:50:26 PM
The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the US are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Entre nous
1/18/2022 9:13:32 PM
Spices like cinnamon, turmeric, cloves, pepper, mustard, coriander, cardamom, cumin and black pepper are recommended by experts for boosting immunity
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
1/18/2022 9:11:49 PM
The fast-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19 is adding to the burdens that the pandemic has been placing on people’s lives.
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Sports
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International
1/18/2022 4:10:16 PM
Only "selected'' spectators will be permitted at next month's Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Monday.
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World
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International
1/18/2022 12:30:03 PM
Japan's government is preparing social restrictions in Tokyo and other regions as the omicron variant of the coronavirus infects more people.
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Egypt
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Health
1/17/2022 10:56:14 PM
The highly infectious coronavirus variant Omicron is responsible for the “vast majority” of coronavirus cases in Egypt, Presidential Adviser for Health Affairs Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din said on Monday.
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World
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International
1/17/2022 7:45:10 PM
The coronavirus' omicron variant starting to barrel across South America is pressuring hospitals whose employees are taking sick leave, leaving facilities understaffed to cope with COVID-19's third wave.
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World
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International
1/17/2022 4:28:44 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping called Monday for greater world cooperation against COVID-19 and pledged to send an additional 1 billion doses of vaccine to other countries, while urging other powers to discard a ``Cold-War mentality'' at a time of rising geopolitical tensions, a not-so-veiled swipe at the United States.
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World
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International
1/16/2022 5:30:53 PM
A World Health Organization official warned last week of a ``closing window of opportunity'' for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being overwhelmed as the omicron variant produces near-vertical growth in coronavirus infections.
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