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Global Covid cases near 108 million
Amid concern over the new coronavirus variant in some countries, the world is fast approaching the grim milestone of 108 million Covid cases.
Global Covid cases surpass 107 million
Believe it or not, the total tally of global Covid-19 cases has now surpassed 107 million.
What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
A World Health Organization team has left China after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2.3 million people — but with the major questions still unanswered.
Facebook to remove more false claims on COVID-19 vaccination
Facebook is expanding its efforts to remove more COVID-19 conspiracies that discourage vaccination against COVID-19, according to an announcement by the company.
China urged to trace virus before promoting 'vaccine diplomacy'
Calls are growing for China to take adequate responsibility to identify the origins of the novel coronavirus, first detected in its central city of Wuhan, before trying to boost its global clout through "vaccine diplomacy."
WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday as the group wrapped up a visit to explore the origins of the virus.
New Covid-19 variants: WHO raises questions on efficacy of existing vaccines
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday said that the emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions about the efficacy of existing Covid vaccines.
UN: 'Concerning news' vaccines may not work against variants
The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the emergence of new COVID-19 variants has raised questions about whether or not existing vaccines will work, calling it “concerning news” that the vaccines developed so far may be less effective against the variant first detected in South Africa.
New variants raise worry about COVID-19 virus reinfections
Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new research suggests.