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Dhaka turns into ghost city as BD enforces tough lockdown
DHAKA: Thousands of police patrolled the empty streets of the Bangladesh capital on Wednesday as the government enforced a strict…
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EU vaccine probe deepens Europe’s Covid woes
PARIS: Europe’s stuttering vaccine rollout faced multiple hurdles on Friday as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of…
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Modi gets 2nd vaccine dose as India hits record daily Covid-19 cases
India’s prime minister received his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as the country hit another peak on Thursday with…
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A third of Covid survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders: study
One in three Covid-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain…
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Bollywood star Akshay Kumar tests positive as India’s coronavirus surge worsens
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar said on Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the latest Indian celebrity to…
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Pfizer says its Covid-19 vaccine protects younger teens
Pfizer announced on Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in children as young as 12, a…
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Europe
Pandemic upsurge hits Europe’s recovery hopes
PARIS: An upsurge in new coronavirus cases is forcing governments across Europe into new, damaging lockdowns that threaten to delay…
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Virus likely jumped to humans from bats through ‘missing link’ animal: WHO
An international expert mission to Wuhan has concluded it was very likely that Covid-19 first passed to humans from a…
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European countries tighten virus curbs, France ‘critical’
PARIS: France, Belgium and Poland on Saturday tightened curbs as coronavirus cases surged in Europe while the Philippines prepared for…
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‘Double mutant variant’ of Covid detected in India
NEW DELHI: India has detected a new “double mutant variant” of the novel coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday,…
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