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80 percent want Tokyo Games cancelled or delayed: Japanese survey
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80 percent want Tokyo Games cancelled or delayed: Japanese survey

TOKYO (Reuters) – About 80 percent of people in Japan say this year’s Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or delayed…
COVID 19: UK has vaccinated around 2 million people, Health Secretary Hancock says
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COVID 19: UK has vaccinated around 2 million people, Health Secretary Hancock says

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has now given around two million people a COVID-19 vaccination, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on…
Cuba to collaborate with Iran on coronavirus vaccine
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Cuba to collaborate with Iran on coronavirus vaccine

HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba said late on Friday it had signed an accord with Iran to transfer the technology…
Once again, job losses fall unequally across the US economy
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Once again, job losses fall unequally across the US economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten months into America’s viral outbreak, low-income workers are still bearing the brunt of job losses —…
Iran bans foreign companies from testing COVID-19 vaccines on Iranians: president
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Iran bans foreign companies from testing COVID-19 vaccines on Iranians: president

DUBAI (Reuters) – Foreign companies will not be allowed to test COVID-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, President Hassan Rouhani…
UK to vaccinate out of pandemic by looking to local GPs
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UK to vaccinate out of pandemic by looking to local GPs

LONDON (AP) — British Health Secretary Matt Hancock turned up at a doctor’s office in London this week to highlight…
Iran leader bans COVID vaccines from UK and US
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Iran leader bans COVID vaccines from UK and US

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a live television broadcast on Friday that he has told the government…
UN fears ‘massive’ COVID transmission in Ethiopia’s Tigray
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UN fears ‘massive’ COVID transmission in Ethiopia’s Tigray

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations fears “massive community transmission” of COVID-19 in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, fueled by…
Coronavirus: India’s approval of local vaccines draws criticism
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Coronavirus: India’s approval of local vaccines draws criticism

On Sunday, January 3, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Serum Institute of India’s Covishield…
Ministry official: Egypt has received Sinopharm and AstraZeneca doses, will begin Sputnik V trials soon
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Ministry official: Egypt has received Sinopharm and AstraZeneca doses, will begin Sputnik V trials soon

Egypt’s Assistant Minister of Health Mohammed Hassany announced that Egypt has received doses of Sinopharm and AstraZeneca, and will receive…
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