Father of girl who died from bird flu positive now for virus
The father of an 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died this week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, ...
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COVID-19 cases, deaths dropping, WHO data says
Despite its continued global health emergency status, COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined, according to data from the World Health ...
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COVID slows down; WHO mulls
lowering alert level on pandemic
COVID-19 has significantly slowed down, but still kills thousands across the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun discussions—its ...
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China says Covid deaths down by nearly 80 percent
The number of daily Covid-19 deaths in China has fallen by nearly 80 percent since the start of the month, ...
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Most long Covid symptoms clear up in a year for mild cases: study
Most symptoms from long Covid clear up within a year for people who had mild initial infections, a large Israel ...
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‘Total mess’ in China’s rural east as Covid wave hits hard
By Matthew Walsh Exhausted doctors working overtime, tests and treatments nowhere to be found, and under-resourced clinics inundated with patients ...
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Why China’s Covid wave is stirring fear
By Laurie Chen China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. ...
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Xi urges steps to ‘protect’ lives amid virus wave
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials on Monday to take steps to protect lives in his first public remarks on ...
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China says tracking Covid cases now ‘impossible’ as infections soar
The true scale of Covid-19 infections in China is now "impossible" to track, the country's top health body said Wednesday, ...
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China retires major Covid tracking app as virus rules ease
China said Monday it would retire an app used to track Covid-19 contacts, a milestone in the country's rapid turn ...
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