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FILE PHOTO: An essential worker walks past a ‘Please Stay Home’ sign on the first day of a five-day lockdown implemented in the state of Victoria in response to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders/File PhotoSYDNEY (Reuters) – The leader of Australia’s Victoria state said on Monday it

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minsiter Jacinda Ardern on Sunday announced a three-day lockdown in the country’s biggest city Auckland, after three new local COVID-19 cases were reported, the first local infections since late January.Slideshow ( 2 images )Ardern said the level 3 restrictions, which require everyone to stay home except for essential shopping

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Saturday called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it has “deep concerns” about the way the findings of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 report were communicated.FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s second most populous state Victoria entered a five-day lockdown on Saturday as authorities raced to prevent a third wave of COVID-19 cases sparked by the highly infections UK variant.Slideshow ( 5 images )One new locally acquired case was confirmed in the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Saturday, taking the

FILE PHOTO: A health worker, wearing a protective suit and a face mask, works at a testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nantes, France, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane MahePARIS (Reuters) – France’s pace of infection with the coronavirus again slowed on Friday, with 20,701 new confirmed COVID-19 cases compared to 21,063 on Thursday

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will extend its free COVID-19 vaccination programme to all foreigners residing in the country, including students, refugees and undocumented migrants, the government said on Thursday.FILE PHOTO: Foreign workers wait in line to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside a clinic in Kajang, Malaysia October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker prepares a dose of Sinovac’s vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mass vaccination for medical workers at the Istora Senayan stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Willy KurniawanMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has authorized an emergency use approval for China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, Deputy Health Minister Hugo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s health minister said on Wednesday the government may sell or swap its doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, but it would wait for advice from scientists as it prepares to roll out an alternative U.S. shot next week.Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and sryinge are seen in front of displayed

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian state of Victoria stepped back on Wednesday from plans to let more people return from abroad each week, following a cluster of cases linked to a hotel at Melbourne Airport used for quarantining arrivals from overseas.FILE PHOTO: People depart a hotel where tennis players and personnel preparing for the Australian

FILE PHOTO: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki delivers remarks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is looking forward to scrutinizing data included in a World Health Organization report released on Tuesday that said the COVID-19 virus did not originate

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain on Tuesday passed 3 million coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic and extended controls along its 1,200-km (750-mile) border with Portugal until March 1, as both countries strive to rein in a third wave of infections.FILE PHOTO: A health worker wearing full individual protection gear works beside a meal

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved Bristol-Myers Squibb’s cell-based gene therapy, Breyanzi, to treat adult patients with certain types of large B-cell lymphoma who have not responded to, or have relapsed after, at least two other types of systemic treatment. The FDA granted approval of Breyanzi for the treatment

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine live on television last month, but despite the fanfare, his ambitious inoculation campaign is already facing glitches from refrigeration, distrust and disinformation.FILE PHOTO: Indonesian healthcare workers are seen during verification and health screening before receiving Sinovac’s vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

(Reuters) – Tom Brady has previously mentioned a desire to compete in the NFL until he’s 45 and on Monday, as he prepares to make a 10th Super Bowl appearance, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback said he would consider playing even longer.FILE PHOTO: Oct 25, 2020; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady

HAMBURG (Reuters) – BhgAbout 20,000 turkeys will be slaughtered after bird flu was found on another poultry farm in Germany, authorities said on Friday. Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed in a farm in the Ludwigslust-Parchim area in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, said the Ludwigslust-Parchim local government authority. A series of outbreaks of bird

ZURICH (Reuters) – Scientists who normally focus on fixing defective genes said on Friday that up to $2.1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help them move their COVID-19 vaccine candidate toward 2021 human trials.Slideshow ( 2 images )Harvard University scientist Luk Vandenberghe and University of Pennsylvania gene therapy head James Wilson

A new variant of the coronavirus emerged Thursday in the United States, posing yet another public health challenge in a country already losing more than 3,000 people to COVID-19 every day. The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South Carolina. Public health officials said it’s

Fox News Flash top headlines for January 21 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A California woman is pleading with others to remain diligent in protecting themselves and loved ones against the novel coronavirus after she and eight other members of her family contracted the disease, including her

One year ago today (Jan. 20), officials identified the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. Since then, the country has tallied more than 24.2 million cases and more than 400,000 people have died of the virus. The first known U.S. case involved a 35-year-old man who had traveled to Wuhan, China to visit family

Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold. As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with federal authorities to curtail travel from countries where new variants