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12/27/2020 9:29:01 AM
"History tells us that this will not be the last pandemic, and epidemics are a fact of life," said Tedros
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World
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International
12/26/2020 12:38:29 PM
The pandemic has claimed more than 1.7 million lives and is still running rampant in much of the world, but the recent launching of inoculation campaigns has boosted hopes that 2021 could bring a respite
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World
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International
12/24/2020 8:39:30 PM
Countries across the globe are shutting their borders to Britain after the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain.
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World
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12/23/2020 4:27:51 PM
The European Commission has urged EU nations to reopen their borders to Britain and replace the blockades with mandatory tests for arrivals
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World
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Region
12/22/2020 6:32:18 PM
Iraq's cabinet also announced all malls and other public gathering places would be closed for two weeks starting on December 24
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12/22/2020 3:29:27 PM
More than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a fast spreading new strain of the coronavirus
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Egypt
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Politics
12/21/2020 10:49:43 PM
Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Kuwait have shut their land, sea and air borders for at least one week over fears of a new coronavirus strain
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World
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12/21/2020 8:19:56 PM
Brent crude was down $1.85, or 3.5%, at $50.41 a barrel by 11:06 a.m. ET (1606 GMT,) while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in January fell $1.79, or 3.7%, to $47.31 ahead of expiry
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World
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12/21/2020 6:31:35 PM
The discovery of the new strain, just months before vaccines are expected to be widely available, sowed fresh panic in a pandemic that has killed about 1.7 million people worldwide and more than 67,000 in Britain
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World
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Region
12/21/2020 4:24:13 PM
Several countries have also cut travel ties with Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a highly infectious new strain of the virus was a danger to the country
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World
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Region
12/21/2020 1:28:06 PM
The decision follows measures imposed by various countries following the outbreak of a new strain of COVID-19, Oman TV said
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Life & Style
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Health
12/21/2020 12:24:31 PM
New variants, or strains, of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been seen almost since it was first detected in China nearly a year ago
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World
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International
12/21/2020 10:05:30 AM
France said Sunday it will halt all travel from Britain for 48 hours from midnight, including journeys 'related to goods transport by road, air, sea or rail'
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World
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12/20/2020 4:46:25 PM
Across Europe, where transmission is intense and widespread, countries need to redouble their control and prevention approaches," a spokeswoman for WHO Europe said
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12/20/2020 1:22:04 PM
European countries started banning flights coming from the UK as Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that the new strain of virus was 'out of control'
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World
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12/19/2020 7:18:53 PM
The number of cases in England has soared in the last two weeks because of a variant of the virus that scientists said is up to 70% more transmissible. Johnson said the government had to take urgent action
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World
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International
12/19/2020 5:29:36 PM
England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty confirmed Saturday that a new coronavirus strain which surfaced in the country could spread faster and called for greater public vigilance to reduce transmission
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Sports
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World
11/24/2020 2:23:17 PM
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World
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11/19/2020 5:10:59 PM
Laboratories warned that continuing shortages of key supplies are likely to create more bottlenecks and delays, especially as cases rise across the nation and people rush to get tested before reuniting with relatives
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World
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Region
11/14/2020 11:08:48 PM
The number of cases increased sharply in recent weeks around Lebanon straining the country's medical sector where intensive care units are almost full
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