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WHO: Mortality from COVID-19 around the world dropped to lowest level

The number of weekly coronavirus deaths worldwide continues to decline and is now at its lowest level in nearly a year.

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WHO probing Indian cough syrup after 66 children die in Gambia

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert Wednesday over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India

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Toddlers make up 10% of hospital cases in Omicron epicenter in S.Africa

Children under the age of 2 account for about 10% of total hospital admissions in the omicron epicenter Tshwane in South Africa, according

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'It was scary': How South African scientists spotted the Omicron COVID variant

On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight

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Sudan bans travellers from India, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions

Sudan will restrict all travellers who have visited India within the prior two weeks, the country's health emergency committee said in a sta

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South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule died on Sunday at the

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South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa

A South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the first time that the shot will be produced in Africa,

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WHO to meet on Friday to assess new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa

The World Health Organization is monitoring the new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 first detected in South Africa and will hold a "special me

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