Zika mosquito found in Chile, first time in decades
The species of mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been found in mainland Chile for the first time in six decades, the country's health minister said Monday.
Apr 19, 2016
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The species of mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been found in mainland Chile for the first time in six decades, the country's health minister said Monday.
Apr 19, 2016
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Under fire for a glacially slow rollout of coronavirus vaccine shots, France's government pledged Thursday to pick up the pace, offering quicker inoculation to a broader array of health care workers starting next week.
Jan 1, 2021
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The death toll from a brain disease that has stricken children in India's Bihar state rose above 150 on Monday as a court ordered an investigation into the crisis.
Jun 24, 2019
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Health officials in Sweden, which opted not to respond to the first wave of COVID-19 with a national lockdown, misjudged the power of the virus's resurgence, the country's prime minister said Tuesday, and an independent commission ...
Dec 15, 2020
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Face masks sold out and officials at airports and train stations checked passengers for fevers as China on Tuesday sought to control the outbreak of a new virus that has reached four other countries and territories and threatens ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Fifteen people in Saudi Arabia have died from a SARS-like virus out of 24 people who contracted it since last August, Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia said on Sunday.
May 12, 2013
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The wife of South Africa's first novel coronavirus patient tested positive on Sunday becoming the third confirmed case in the country, the health authority said.
Mar 8, 2020
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Portugal, hit by the world's highest per capita COVID-19 death rates and infections in recent weeks, is now seeing a decline in cases, the health minister said Thursday.
Feb 4, 2021
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Papua New Guinea's prime minister launched a nationwide coronavirus vaccine roll-out Tuesday, hoping to quell a runaway outbreak and counter widespread public hesitancy about jabs.
May 4, 2021
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Kosovo's government on Monday re-imposed nightly curfews in the capital Pristina and three other towns in a bid to curb an increase of coronavirus infections in the Balkan nation.
Jul 6, 2020
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