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As Canada nears zero COVID-19 deaths, officials fear reopening spike, U.S. risk 15 Jul 2020 - 11:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: A view of Yonge and Dundas Square, as the number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
South Africa COVID-19 cases surpass 300,000, says health ministry 15 Jul 2020 - 11:40 pm
A doctor walks in the Respiratory & Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (RMPRU) at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto on July 14, 2020. Six senior clinicians in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits University have volunteered to participate in Sout
Fauci calls White House criticism of him bizarre, says 'let's stop this nonsense' and fight coronavirus 15 Jul 2020 - 11:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2020. Kevin Dietsc
Millions face new virus curbs as US epidemic forecast to worsen 15 Jul 2020 - 10:37 pm
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Masks and no air kissing at Dolce&Gabbana's first COVID-era catwalk 15 Jul 2020 - 09:21 pm
Models present creations from the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2021 men's collection in a live-streamed show at the university campus of the Humanitas Research Foundation in one of the first physical fashion shows since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Early-stage trial data on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due Monday -Lancet 15 Jul 2020 - 09:00 pm
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WHO 'concerned' about pneumonia cases in Turkmenistan 15 Jul 2020 - 08:49 pm
A general view shows the Presidential Palace in central Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in this undated photo. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
Philippines extends partial restrictions in the capital to contain virus 15 Jul 2020 - 08:47 pm
A train worker wearing personal protective equipment for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stands inside an almost empty train, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Hospitals told to send Covid-19 data to Washington, not CDC 15 Jul 2020 - 08:39 pm
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Danish prime minister gets wedding on third scheduling try 15 Jul 2020 - 08:29 pm
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her husband Bo Tengberg smile after getting married in Magleby Church, in Magleby, Denmark July 15, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
Peru reopens air and bus travel as GDP slumps 15 Jul 2020 - 08:21 pm
A passenger arrives at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima on July 15, 2020 as airports across Peru reopened for domestic flights as part of the easing of measures against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / Ernesto BENAVIDES
Trumps tweet support for Goya Foods amid boycott campaign 15 Jul 2020 - 07:57 pm
A twitter post shows a photo of White House Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump holding a can of black beans by Goya Foods, with the company's slogan in English and Spanish written above, on July 15, 2020 in this screen grab obtained from social media. Twitter/@I
Indonesia plans law to punish virus rule breakers as cases soar 15 Jul 2020 - 07:54 pm
Indonesian President Joko Widodo attends an ASEAN leaders summit in Bangkok, Thailand, November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
Barcelona mulls restrictions as Spain fights new virus clusters 15 Jul 2020 - 07:51 pm
Catalan municipal police officers ask citizens to wear face masks at Barceloneta Beach in Barcelona on July 9, 2020. Regional officials in Catalonia said they want to toughen the existing rules to make wearing masks compulsory in public, to stem a rising
Oklahoma governor becomes first U.S. state governor to test positive for coronavirus 15 Jul 2020 - 07:28 pm
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Walmart to require US customers to wear face masks 15 Jul 2020 - 06:34 pm
In this file photo the Walmart logo is displayed on a shopping cart at a Walmart store on August 15, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.  / AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / SCOTT OLSON
Philippine police deployed as virus cases forced into quarantine 15 Jul 2020 - 05:55 pm
In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to remind shoppers to practice social distancing during a government imposed enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against
Lockdowns reimposed in India as virus cases near 1 million 15 Jul 2020 - 05:38 pm
A man walks past a mural of frontline workers after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in New Delhi on July 14, 2020. / AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN