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New Covid variant EG.5.1 spreading in UK: Report
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New Covid variant EG.5.1 spreading in UK: Report

LONDON: A new Covid-19 variant which has descended from the rapidly spreading Omicron and was first flagged in the UK last month is now said…

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China holds the key to understanding Covid-19 origins: WHO chief
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China holds the key to understanding Covid-19 origins: WHO chief

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of Covid-19, saying that until that happened…

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World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on the World Health Organization's 75th anniversary in Geneva, on April 6, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRIN
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China holds the key to understanding COVID-19 origins: WHO chief

The World Health Organization chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that until that happened all hypotheses…

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COVID-19 Origins: China holds the key to understanding COVID-19 origins: WHO chief
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COVID-19 Origins: China holds the key to understanding COVID-19 origins: WHO chief

GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that until that happened all…

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California Mass Shooting: 72-year-old suspect Huu Can Tran kills self as police surround him
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Covid: After bats, new study links Covid origin to raccoon dogs sold in Wuhan market

NEW DELHI: Analysis of genetic material collected from China’s Wuhan market has opened up the possibility that the Covid-19 virus originated from animals and not…

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WHO sees Covid posing similar threat to flu this year
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WHO sees Covid posing similar threat to flu this year

GENEVA: The Covid-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, the World Health Organization said…

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Covid 19: Finding Covid-19's origins is a moral imperative: WHO's Tedros
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Covid 19: Finding Covid-19’s origins is a moral imperative: WHO’s Tedros

GENEVA: Discovering the origins of Covid-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of the World Health Organization said, in…

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WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel
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WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel

GENEVA: The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab…

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Syria: Turkey-Syria earthquake: Race to find survivors as quake toll tops 7,100
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Syria: Turkey-Syria earthquake: Race to find survivors as quake toll tops 7,100

Search teams and emergency aid from around the world poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dug — sometimes…

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WHO says Syria, already in crisis, needs massive humanitarian aid after earthquake
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WHO says Syria, already in crisis, needs massive humanitarian aid after earthquake

GENEVA: Senior officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that Syria‘s humanitarian needs where the highest after a major earthquake killed thousands…

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