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Sunak reportedly said 'just let people die' during pandemic

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should "just let people die" during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis has heard.

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Nobel prize to scientists who laid groundwork for COVID vaccines

The scientists who provided the foundational research that lead to mRNA vaccines — the first vaccines against COVID-19 — have won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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U.S CDC urges broad use of updated COVID-19 shots

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director signed off on broad use of updated COVID-19 vaccines approved by the government - covering ages six months and up - as the country prepares to start a vaccination campaign with...

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U.S approves vaccines for latest COVID strains

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated vaccines for COVID-19. Pfizer and Moderna say the new shots are designed to boost protection against the latest variants. The FDA approval follows a late-season ri...

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WHO warns of 'concerning' COVID-19 trends ahead of winter

Cases of Covid-19 are on the rise again. Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe are believed to be currently hospitalised with the virus. The number of deaths reported is increasing as well, particularly in Asia and concern is ...

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North Korea allows citizens abroad to return home

North Korea has approved the return of its citizens who were abroad after years of strict border restrictions during the COVID pandemic, state media reported on Sunday (August 28) as the isolated country cracks open its border to passeng...

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What is 'Eris', the new COVID variant?

COVID infections and hospitalizations are on the rise around the world and health officials are pointing at the EG.5 "Eris" coronavirus, a subvariant of the Omicron lineage that originally emerged November of 2021.

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Boris Johnson misled Parliament over Partygate

Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former prime minister who was in power during the pandemic, deliberately misled parliament over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street, a parliamentary committee ruled.

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Boris Johnson ‘misled’ parliament over COVID parties

A new report has found that former British prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament over his breach of COVID-19 regulations while he was leading the country, saying that his actions amounted to "a deliberate closing of...

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Why the next pandemic could be from Brazil

Scientists see Brazil as a likely cradle of a future pandemic. Rapid rainforest destruction has left 1.5 million square kilometers of land ripe for a bat-borne pathogen to infect humans.

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COVID-19 no longer a 'global health emergency'

The World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 is no longer a 'global health emergency' but with strained health systems and continued elevated deaths, the virus remains a concern.

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WHO declares an end to COVID-19 emergency

The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to Covid-19 as a global health emergency, marking a major step toward the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged ...

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China slams WHO over COVID accusations

China lashed out at the World Health Organization for its latest accusation that China withheld crucial data concerning the origin of COVID-19.

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Boris Johnson grilled over Partygate

Former U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson clashed with MPs at a hearing over parties held at Downing Street while the rest of the country was in lockdown. The scandal, which drove Johnson out of the prime minister’s office, could now get ...

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'Hand on heart': Boris denies lying

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists he did not lie to lawmakers, defending himself at a parliamentary hearing as part of a probe into whether he misled lawmakers over rule-breaking Covid-19 lockdown parties. Johnson faced...

France 24

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Boris Johnson in trouble again

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling for his political future as he tries to convince a cross-party committee that he 'unintentionally' misled Parliament over the Partygate scandal. If the committee decides he 'reckles...

EuroNews

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Biden orders release of COVID intelligence

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill that requires declassification of information related to the origins of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Whether the pandemic was the result of a lab leak from China's Wuhan Institute of Virolo...

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Ex-CDC chief: COVID-19 'more likely' the result of lab leak

Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Wednesday (March 8) during a House Select Coronavirus Pandemic Subcommittee hearing on "Investigating the Origins of COVID-19" that the...

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The renewed debate over COVID origins

Comments by the director of the FBI that a leak from a Chinese lab may have led to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a renewed debate. But scientists point out there still isn't any conclusive evidence as to how the pandemic started...

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COVID lab-leak - what do we know?

The FBI said on Wednesday that a Chinese lab leak is "likely" the origin of COVID. But what does the science say?

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China slams FBI COVID lab-leak claims

China's government is dismissing recent accusations by the FBI's Director Christopher Wray that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Chinese laboratory as having 'no credibility whatsoever'. It's the latest in a string of similar all...

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New report finds COVID came from lab leak

That report has now been provided to the White House and key members of Congress. The shift by the Energy Department is a significant development - joining the FBI in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese lab. Four oth...

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How China's Zero COVID policy fell apart

"The policy worked really well for China until it didn't." Bloomberg's Rachel Chang and Allen Wan look back at how China's Covid Zero fell apart after 3 years

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China opens borders for foreign travel

China has partially lifted a three-year ban on tour groups travelling abroad, but destinations are limited to 20 countries. Al Jazeera's Florence Looi has more on how some nations in Southeast Asia are preparing to welcome back busloads ...

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China-Hong Kong border reopens fully

Tens of thousands of travellers commuted between mainland China and Hong Kong on Monday (February 6), authorities said, marking the first time in three years that all border checkpoints were reopened fully without health crisis restricti...

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COVID numbers in China record surprise fall

China is witnessing a decline in COVID cases despite fears the Lunar New Year would send numbers skyrocketing. Instead, they’ve reported that the number of severe cases and deaths have dropped, with the end in sight for the huge wave of ...

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Third anniversary of COVID-19 declaration

It has been three years since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a public health emergency of international concern -- its highest level of alarm.

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Millions in Spain switch to private healthcare

More than a million Spaniards have switched to private healthcare since the Covid-19 pandemic with nearly 12 million people now with private health insurance.

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WHO considers if COVID still an emergency

A World Health Organization committee is meeting on Friday to decide if the COVID-19 pandemic is still a global emergency. Several leading scientists say it may be too early for WHO to declare the end of the pandemic emergency phase. The...

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Canada reveals real cost of COVID misinformation

The spread of COVID-19 misinformation in Canada cost at least 2,800 lives and $300 million in hospital expenses over nine months of the pandemic, according to estimates in a new report.

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