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EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron?
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EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron?

Scientists and health officials around the world are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the omicron variant that has…
China’s Olympics COVID measures test residents’ patience
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China’s Olympics COVID measures test residents’ patience

BEIJING (AP) — Repeated COVID-19 testing of millions of Beijing residents is starting to test the patience of some as…
Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron
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Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron

Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron…
UK police investigating alleged lockdown breaches at PM’s residence
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UK police investigating alleged lockdown breaches at PM’s residence

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – British police will investigate alleged lockdown breaches at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street residence…
WHO chief warns against talk of ‘endgame’ in pandemic
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WHO chief warns against talk of ‘endgame’ in pandemic

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general on Monday warned that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to…
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
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Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity

World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more…
Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels
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Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels

BRUSSELS (AP) — Police fired water cannons and thick clouds of tear gas Sunday in Brussels to disperse people protesting…
Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel
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Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel

JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (Reuters) – A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in Israel made them…
China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing
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China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities lifted a monthlong lockdown on the northern city of Xi’an and its 13 million residents…
China’s success taming virus could make exit strategy harder
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China’s success taming virus could make exit strategy harder

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The sweeping “zero-tolerance” strategy that China has used to keep COVID-19 case numbers low and its…
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