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  Global death toll rises to 17,58,026

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 04:20pm on December 27, 2020

  The novel coronavirus has killed at least 17,58,026 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 11:00 GMT on...

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  COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last: WHO chief

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 10:43am on December 27, 2020

  The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are ‘doomed’ without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the...

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  Three women scientists speak out against cyberbullying

  Agence France-Presse. Paris | Updated at 10:44am on December 25, 2020

  Three woman scientists who have spoken to the press about the merits of the anti-malarial drug hydroxyl chloroquine for treating COVID-19 spoke out this week...

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  Oxford vaccine submitted for UK approval

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 09:16am on December 24, 2020

  The University of Oxford and drug manufacturer AstraZeneca have applied to the UK health regulator for permission to roll out their COVID-19 vaccine, health minister Matt Hancock said...

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  ACC to freeze MP Shahid, family bank accounts, property

  Staff Correspondent   | Updated at 05:38pm on December 23, 2020

  The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday submitted an application to a Dhaka court seeking permission to freeze the bank accounts and confiscate the property of independent...

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  Every 100th person on Earth already contracted coronavirus

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha/Tass . Moscow | Updated at 11:46am on December 23, 2020

  The overall number of novel coronavirus cases worldwide exceeded 77.95 million, or more than 1 per cent of the Earth’s population, according to TASS calculations...

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  WHO Europe to convene members over new virus variant

  Agence France-Presse .Copenhagen | Updated at 10:33am on December 23, 2020

  The World Health Organisation in Europe said Tuesday it would convene its members to discuss how to handle a new variant of the novel coronavirus...

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  Scientists scramble to assess mutated coronavirus

  Agence France-Presse. Paris | Updated at 07:39pm on December 22, 2020

  As dozens of countries blocked the flow of people and goods from Britain to avoid a new and more contagious strain of coronavirus, scientists raced...

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  BioNTech can make vaccine for new variant in six weeks

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 06:36pm on December 22, 2020

  The co-founder of BioNTech said Tuesday it was ‘highly likely’ that its vaccine against the coronavirus works against the mutated strain detected in Britain, but it could also adapt the vaccine if...

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  New coronavirus variant not out of control: WHO

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:21pm on December 22, 2020

  The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures,...