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Yemen gives details on coronavirus case
A Somali immigrant died from the new coronavirus in a hotel in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, Yemen’s health minister affiliated with the Houthi rebels said on Tuesday.
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Smartphone apps may soon trace virus spread
As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stanch the pandemic.
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Economist's warnings on inequality amid pandemic
Renowned French economist Thomas Piketty pocketed a small fortune from the publication of a weighty book about the perils of economic inequality and the necessity of wealth taxes.
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Palestinians report two cases of new coronavirus
The Palestinian Health Ministry on Sunday announced that two residents who returned recently from Pakistan to the Gaza Strip have tested positive for the new coronavirus, making them the first cases to be diagnosed in the region.
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Ex CDC head: We're at the begging of virus 'storm'
The former head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday warned the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. will "get worse before it gets better."
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Coronavirus hits rich and poor unequally in Latin America
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Los Angeles to require masks at grocery stores
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says the city will require that all employees and customers of essential businesses that remain open must wear cloth face coverings at the businesses.
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Hard hit by virus, black voter turnout in question
The decision to go ahead with Wisconsin's primary amid a global pandemic could disproportionately affect the turnout of black voters, who have suffered the most from the spread of the coronavirus in the state.
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Fauci: Hopeful of vaccine trials by winter
The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the government is working on several potential vaccines for COVID-19.
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Virus testing in impoverished areas of Nairobi
Kenya began the mass testing of people in poor neighbourhoods of Nairobi on Friday, in an effort to combat the coronavirus in areas where self-isolating and social distancing is impossible.
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Study Says Lasting Immunity Likely From Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines
The study did not look at the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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President Biden Signs 17 Executive Orders on First Day
That's more on a first day than the last four presidents combined.
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Pres. Biden: Vaccine Rollout 'Beginning To Click'
President Biden took a virtual tour of the mass vaccination site in Phoenix with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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British Health Chief: Back In Eye Of Storm
It’ll be late spring before the most vulnerable people will be vaccinated in the U.K.
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Senate Democrats 'Won't Dilute, Dither' On $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan
Senate Democrats began reconciliation process, signaling a rejection of GOP plan to reduce aid checks.
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New York City High Schools Resume In-Person Classes
The majority of kids will stick to remote learning.
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Pfizer Asks FDA To Approve Vaccine For Kids Ages 5-11
The FDA is expected to take weeks to review data before it would grant emergency use authorization.
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FDA Panel To Consider Moderna, J&J Boosters
The committee's advice will help the FDA determine whether to authorize the boosters.
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Asian Development Bank discusses impact of SARS
Manila - 12 May 2003
1. Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials arriving for news briefing
2. Various reporters
3. Reporter looking at news release
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Clay G. Westcott, ADB Principal Regional Cooperative...
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Health ministers meet over ways to stop virus spreading
1. Various delegates arriving
2. Mid shot security
3. Wide of podium
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chua Jui Meng, Malaysian Health Minister:
"This 21st century disease could have other consequences as well. Should SARS continue to spread the...
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USA: FORMER US SENATOR PAUL TSONGAS DIES OF PNEUMONIA
English/Nat
Former U-S Senator Paul Tsongas, who rebounded from cancer to briefly become the Democratic front-runner for president in 1992, died Saturday of pneumonia.
He was 55.
Tsongas, who was hospitalised Jan. 3 with a liver...
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Report on fourth quarter 2003 economic statistics
1. Wide shot of news briefing
2. Cutaway cameras
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Li Deshui, Commissioner for Chinese National Bureau of Statistics:
"According to preliminary estimation and evaluation, the Gross Domestic Product of China in 2003...