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"Routine immunisation is absolutely critical always, but is particularly critical at a time like this because if other outbreaks occur, they will overwhelm the health system," a vaccine specialist says
World
20.08.2024
Measles threat grows amid COVID-19 crisis: vaccine group
Illicit 'street pharmacies' are major outlets for chloroquine
World
20.08.2024
Africans rush for chloroquine as virus tsunami looms
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, seen here in March 2020, has won sweeping powers amid the coronavirus outbreak
World
20.08.2024
US warns Hungary on 'undue' rights restrictions over virus
The prisoner swap has been delayed with Kabul gripped by fresh political bickering and infighting
World
20.08.2024
Afghan govt holds talks with Taliban in Kabul on prisoner swap
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People who ignored the lockdown in Chennai were forced by police to don masks and placards reading "Don't come out, don't go near to corona" as punishment
World 20.08.2024
Good cop, bad cop as Indian police deal with lockdown rebels
Edinburgh's Military Tattoo, performed on the esplande of Edinburgh Castle, is one of several August festivals in the Scottish capital cancelled this year
World 20.08.2024
Edinburgh arts festival cancelled due to virus: organisers
The Ile-de-France region, with Paris at its core, saw its first patient evacuations as the outbreak which started in the east of France expends an ever-heavier toll on the capital
World 20.08.2024
France cracks down on movement as coronavirus toll mounts
Pangolin scales are used in traditional Chinese medicine, and the animal could have been a possible vector in the novel coronavirus making a leap to humans
World 20.08.2024
Malaysia makes massive seizure of pangolin scales
A migrant family wearing handmade protective face masks in the camp of Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos
World 20.08.2024
Virus could spread faster in camps than on ships: NGO
Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower is lit up with national flags in solidarity with countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
World 20.08.2024
Iran hits out at US as virus death toll passes 3,000
Russian President Vladimir Putin is handling his duties remotely, the Krelim has said
World 20.08.2024
Putin working remotely after meeting infected doctor: Kremlin
Boxes of masks flown in from China on a special flight being unloaded in France earlier this week to help alleviate a shortage of protective gear for health care workers
World 20.08.2024
Masquerade or needed aid? China virus help proves contentious
Britain has been building emergency medical facilities to take the strain of an expected surge in coronavirus cases, such as this one in Llanelli, Wales
World 20.08.2024
UK govt promises more virus tests as criticism grows
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