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China: Beijing begins mass testing and partial lockdowns touching off food buying spree
Mon, 2022-04-25 09:15 —
mike kraft
Beijing locks down some areas as COVID-19 cases mount
BEIJING (AP) — China's capital, Beijing, began mass testing of more than 3 million people on Monday and restricted residents in one part of the city to their compounds, sparking worries of a wider Shanghai-style lockdown.
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Some Canadian hospitals are again facing COVID cancellations
Fri, 2022-04-22 10:09 —
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Some Canadian hospitals face COVID cancellations - again
Some hospitals in Canada's most populous provinces are cancelling or postponing medical procedures in the face of another wave of the coronavirus pandemic, increasing backlogs of procedures that health practitioners say will take years to work through and could cost more lives.
Anna Mehler Paperny
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Coronavirus pandemic pushed 77M into ‘extreme poverty’: UN
Wed, 2022-04-13 13:10 —
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Coronavirus pandemic pushed 77M into ‘extreme poverty’: UN
The coronavirus pandemic pushed 77 million people into extreme poverty last year, according to a new report from the United Nations (U.N.) released on Tuesday. The 208-page report from the U.N. Dep…
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IMF and other global groups propose international pandemic plan costing $10 bln a year
Tue, 2022-04-05 09:50 —
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Global groups propose pandemic plan at a cost of $10 bln a year
Four organizations focused on global health and the economy say it will take $15 billion in grants this year, and another $10 billion annually after that to establish and maintain an adequate toolkit to respond to COVID-19 and address future pandemic threats.
Julie Steenhuysen
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A shift urged in global vaccination strategy: Health organizations again seek to prioritize at-risk populations for Covid shots.
Fri, 2022-04-01 11:26 —
mike kraft
‘Recognition of failure’: A shift urged in global vaccination strategy
Health organizations again seek to prioritize at-risk populations for Covid shots.
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Ukranian war impact: Curtailed harvests and scarcer fertilizer all but promise hunger and hardship for tens of millions.
Fri, 2022-03-25 18:39 —
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Russia’s Invasion Unleashes ‘Perfect Storm’ in Global Agriculture
Curtailed harvests and scarcer fertilizer all but promise hunger and hardship for tens of millions.
Christina Lu
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A covid surge in Western Europe has U.S. bracing for another wave
Thu, 2022-03-17 09:07 —
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A covid surge in Western Europe has U.S. bracing for another wave
Vaccines, natural immunity and relaxed restrictions make it difficult to predict how severe the next round of coronavirus will be.
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U.S. Covid response may have to be scaled back because of congressional funding inaction- White House
Fri, 2022-03-11 10:01 —
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Covid response may have to be scaled back amid congressional inaction, White House says
With $15.6 billion in coronavirus aid stripped from a deal to fund the government, Democrats are scrambling for how to fund the effort.
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Ukraine Covid concerns increase as Russian invasion continues
Wed, 2022-03-09 09:37 —
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As Ukrainians contend with Russia's unprovoked invasion, Covid-19 is complicating the picture
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is causing a devastating humanitarian crisis in the country, with at least two million people fleeing into neighboring countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) warning that the deteriorating conditions will make it easier for Covid-19 to spread.
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Ukraine: Hundreds of thousands cut off from aid--UN report
Mon, 2022-03-07 10:05 —
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Hundreds of thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, U.N. says
Hundreds of thousands of people inside Ukraine have been cut off from life-saving aid due to the military encirclement of cities, a U.N. report said on Monday, calling urgently for safe passage.
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