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12/4/2021 9:36:03 PM
New York announced three more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus Saturday, bringing the number of state cases linked to the new variant to eight.
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12/1/2021 9:01:02 PM
A person in California became the first in the US to have an identified case of the COVID-19 omicron variant, US officials said Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new strain of the virus.
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12/1/2021 10:20:23 AM
Japan has asked airlines to stop taking new incoming flight bookings over concerns about the Omicron virus variant, the transport ministry said Wednesday.
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11/29/2021 8:29:57 PM
The new Covid variant Omicron is highly transmissible and requires 'urgent action,' G7 health ministers said Monday, praising South Africa's 'exemplary work" for both detecting the strain and alerting others to it.
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11/29/2021 12:20:31 PM
The World Health Organization warned Monday the new Covid-19 Omicron variant poses a "very high" risk globally, despite uncertainties about the danger and contagion levels of the new strain.
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11/28/2021 5:52:46 PM
Britain's government on Sunday defended the pace and scale of its response to the new Omicron strain of Covid-19 against criticism that it was again falling behind the curve.
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11/27/2021 10:27:56 PM
Britain on Saturday confirmed its first two cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid-19, both linked to travel from southern Africa, and expanded travel restrictions on the region.
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11/27/2021 9:42:45 PM
Italy on Saturday said it had detected its first case of the new Omicron strain of Covid-19 in a traveler from Mozambique.
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11/27/2021 1:10:22 PM
The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries Friday to restrict travel from southern Africa, where a new Covid strain labelled a "variant of concern" has been discovered in a potentially heavy blow to the world's efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic.
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11/27/2021 11:34:34 AM
Thailand said Saturday it will ban travellers from eight southern African countries where a new Covid-19 strain has emerged.
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11/11/2021 7:31:06 PM
Harry Kane admits he has struggled to cope with the mental and physical strain of returning to Tottenham duty in the aftermath of England's agonising Euro 2020 final defeat.
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11/8/2021 9:32:27 AM
The United States reopens its land and air borders Monday to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19, ending 20 months of restrictions on travel from around the globe that separated families, hobbled tourism and strained diplomatic ties.
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10/21/2021 1:18:56 PM
Azerbaijan released Thursday two Iranian truck drivers whose arrest last month on charges of illegally crossing into the country strained ties between Baku and Tehran.
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10/20/2021 7:43:47 PM
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday urged members not to let disagreements over the departure from Afghanistan divide the alliance, as defence ministers look to take stock of what went wrong.
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10/19/2021 6:04:53 PM
Britain on Tuesday said it was monitoring a subvariant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus, which has been seen in a growing number of cases.
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10/2/2021 6:10:19 PM
President Joe Biden on Saturday acknowledged frustrations as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled-back version of his $3.5 trillion government-overhaul plan and salvage a related public works bill after frantic negotiations failed to produce a deal.
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10/2/2021 12:43:17 PM
President Biden has pledged at the Capitol to ‘get it done as Democrats strained to rescue a scaled-back version of his $3.5 trillion government-overhaul plan and salvage a related public works bill
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Talents Abroad
9/9/2021 3:00:07 PM
Elneny, who joined Arsenal from Swiss side Basel in January 2016, has one year left on his contract with the London club
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Africa
8/26/2021 4:03:26 PM
Africa's brutal resurgence driven by the delta variant is further stretching already strained health systems across the continent
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7/31/2021 1:25:00 PM
'The main strain circulating at present is the Delta variant... which poses an even greater challenge to virus prevention and control work,' Mi Feng, spokesman for the NHC said
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