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Tighter restrictions for India's Maharashtra state
On Sunday the state recorded more than half of India's 93,249 new cases.
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Tighter restrictions for India's Maharashtra state
On Sunday the state recorded more than half of India's 93,249 new cases.
France enters third lockdown as ICU numbers surge
The measures come as Europe battles a third wave of the pandemic and delays in its vaccine rollout.
Pandemic peaks in Eastern Europe and ruins Easter
As Europe scrambles to vaccinate, several Eastern countries are facing their worst days in the pandemic.
AstraZeneca: Is there a blood clot risk?
Unusual clots have been detected in a handful of people after being injected with the jab.
Pfizer 'stopping 91% of cases in first six months'
And another study shows even 96-year-olds are producing an impressive immune response.
Children 'well protected by Covid Pfizer vaccine'
Initial results from trials in 12- to 15-year-olds in the US will be handed to regulators.
China lab leak theory needs deeper probe, says WHO
All possible causes of the pandemic remain on the table, says the WHO, though lab leak least likely.
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Tighter restrictions for India's Maharashtra state
On Sunday the state recorded more than half of India's 93,249 new cases.
France enters third lockdown as ICU numbers surge
The measures come as Europe battles a third wave of the pandemic and delays in its vaccine rollout.
Pandemic peaks in Eastern Europe and ruins Easter
As Europe scrambles to vaccinate, several Eastern countries are facing their worst days in the pandemic.
AstraZeneca: Is there a blood clot risk?
Unusual clots have been detected in a handful of people after being injected with the jab.
Pfizer 'stopping 91% of cases in first six months'
And another study shows even 96-year-olds are producing an impressive immune response.
Children 'well protected by Covid Pfizer vaccine'
Initial results from trials in 12- to 15-year-olds in the US will be handed to regulators.
China lab leak theory needs deeper probe, says WHO
All possible causes of the pandemic remain on the table, says the WHO, though lab leak least likely.
France enters third lockdown as ICU numbers surge
The measures come as Europe battles a third wave of the pandemic and delays in its vaccine rollout.
Pandemic peaks in Eastern Europe and ruins Easter
As Europe scrambles to vaccinate, several Eastern countries are facing their worst days in the pandemic.
AstraZeneca: Is there a blood clot risk?
Unusual clots have been detected in a handful of people after being injected with the jab.
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