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Over 42,000 in central COVID quarantine in China's Xian 05 Jan 2022 - 02:19 pm
A resident receives free food supplies provided by local government at a residential compound under lockdown, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Xian, Shaanxi province, China January 5, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
Philippines posts highest Covid positivity rate as cases spike 05 Jan 2022 - 01:10 pm
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Tempers fray in Australia as COVID-19 cases hit new highs 05 Jan 2022 - 12:52 pm
Customers queue outside a Western Sydney chemist to purchase Rapid Antigen Test kits in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy REFILE- CORRECTING YEAR
Around 200 people arrested during protests in Kazakhstan 05 Jan 2022 - 12:40 pm
Demonstrators walk along a street during a protest triggered by fuel price increase in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022. Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev
New Dutch H5N1 bird flu outbreak will see 190,000 chickens culled 05 Jan 2022 - 12:31 pm
Free range chickens are kept indoors in a free range poultry farm in Ruurlo, the Netherlands, August 23, 2005. REUTERS/Michael Kooren
Japan's Okinawa sees doubling of COVID-19 cases, considers emergency steps 05 Jan 2022 - 11:14 am
Passersby wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk at a shopping arcade in the prefectural capital Naha, on the southern island of Okinawa, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, October 24, 2021. Picture taken October 24, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Hong Kong hunts COVID patient's contacts, orders cruise ship back to port 05 Jan 2022 - 11:06 am
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German minister wants to avoid lockdown as infections jump 05 Jan 2022 - 10:22 am
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'Follow me': Dog finds help, leads cops to owner's car crash 05 Jan 2022 - 10:18 am
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Bharat Biotech gets approval to test nasal COVID-19 shot as booster: Report 05 Jan 2022 - 09:22 am
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US finalizing purchase of COVID tests, to be distributed for free 05 Jan 2022 - 12:36 am
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France's Macron rules out new COVID-19 curbs ahead of Wednesday meeting 05 Jan 2022 - 12:17 am
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Pfizer to supply US with 10 mln more courses of COVID-19 pills 04 Jan 2022 - 11:25 pm
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Canada asks regulator to probe maskless party on airline as COVID cases soar 04 Jan 2022 - 09:49 pm
Canada's Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra takes part in a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
Pakistan sees most COVID-19 cases in two months; concern about Omicron 04 Jan 2022 - 09:20 pm
Student Fatima Zakir, 16, reacts as she receives her secound dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Karachi, Pakistan, January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Amid Omicron surge, UK PM Johnson resists another lockdown 04 Jan 2022 - 09:03 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a visit to a COVID-19 vaccination hub in the Guttman Centre at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Britain January 3, 2022. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS
Coronavirus cases surge in Gulf Arab States 04 Jan 2022 - 08:40 pm
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Czech emergency workers protest against vaccine mandate 04 Jan 2022 - 08:34 pm
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