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Tag: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans
The United States and Australia share similar demographics, but their pandemic death rates point to very different cultures of trust.
North Korea Says Its Covid Outbreak Is Spreading Fast
State media reported 21 new deaths and a huge jump in suspected cases on Saturday, but it was unclear how many had been definitively linked to the coronavirus.
North Korea Says Its Covid Outbreak Is Spreading Fast
State media reported 21 new deaths and a huge jump in suspected cases on Saturday, but it was unclear how many had been definitively linked to the coronavirus.
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The prime minister’s rules kept transmission at bay for two years, and by the time the highly infectious Omicron variant hit, the vast majority of New Zealand’s population had been vaccinated.
North Korea Reports 6 Deaths as Covid-19 Spreads ‘Explosively’
The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said 187,800 people were in quarantine, and state TV showed him wearing a mask for the first time.
At Biden’s Summit, Other Nations Pledge Billions to Bolster Pandemic Response
The meeting was meant to reinvigorate the response as vaccination and testing lag. Many attendees said Covid fatigue had become nearly as big a danger as Covid itself.
As Southern Africa Cases Climb, Health Officials Worry About Testing Drop
New reported cases in South Africa have increased 80 percent, from the average two weeks ago, and deaths have increased 44 percent.
Your Friday Briefing: The Fateful Bullet
Israeli and Palestinian authorities are divided over how to investigate the killing of the Al Jazeera journalist in the West Bank.
Africa’s First Covid-19 Vaccine Factory Has Not Received a Single Order
Aspen Pharmacare, in South Africa, was licensed to produce the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It was hailed as an answer to Africa’s struggle to get access to vaccines.