COVID-19
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Health
Is the Delta Variant Making Younger Adults ‘Sicker, Quicker’?
Recently, a 28-year-old patient died of COVID-19 at CoxHealth Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. Last week, a 21-year-old college student…
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Emergency
As COVID Cases Hit Record High in Tokyo, Can the Olympic Bubble Hold?
TOKYO — Outside the Tokyo Olympics bubble, the coronavirus situation in Japan has never been worse. Both the city and…
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Health
Study Says India’s COVID Toll Is At Least 3 Million
The number of people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic in India is likely to exceed 3 million —…
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Featured
Coronavirus Cluster Overshadows Run-Up to Tokyo Olympics
The opening ceremony is Friday and the first competitions are Wednesday. But organizers of the Tokyo Olympics, delayed one year…
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Emergency
With Limited Access to Global Vaccine Supply, Africa’s Crisis Deepens
Africa is now in the deadliest stage of its pandemic, and there is little prospect of relief in sight.
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Health
Fiji receives Jack Ma Foundation COVID-19 protective equipment
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has handed over medical supplies to the Fiji Government as it battles a surge of…
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Health
Africa Marks Its ‘Worst Pandemic Week’ Yet
NAIROBI, Kenya — Africa has just had its “worst pandemic week ever,” the World Health Organization said Thursday. The continent…
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News
U.S. Government donates GeneXpert SARS-CoV-2 cartridges
U.S. Ambassador to PNG, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Erin McKee, today formally handed over 5,000 GeneXpert SARS-CoV-2 cartridges to Government…
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Featured
COVID-19 Test NOT Required for Domestic Travel
Air Niugini advises that effective today, a COVID test for domestic travel is no longer required.
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Emergency
Provincial COVID-19 Screening Facility: Ineffective
Members of the public in Lae have raised concerns over the covid-19 screening centre at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium…
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