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COVID-19 Surges in U.S. With More Than 58,000 New Cases Reported
Nearly, 38,000 people are hospitalized from the coronavirus, the highest since August, says a Wall Street Journal analysis.
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Michigan Goes Into Three-Week Partial Shutdown From Wednesday
Nov.16 -- Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces a new three-week partial shutdown in the state, one of several similar orders imposed across the U.S. as the virus surges to new highs. “We are at a precipice and we need to take...
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CLEAN : On the ground in Nigeria, Africa's last polio hotspot
The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to certify that the African continent is free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : Expertos de la OMS visitan mercado de Wuhan donde hubo primer brote de coronavirus
Los expertos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) que investigan el origen del coronavirus en China visitaron el domingo el mercado de Huanan, en Wuhan, donde se detectó el primer brote de la epidemia hace un año (Footage by...
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WHO 'Disappointed' as Team Encounters China Visa Issues
Jan.05 -- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he's "disappointed" after the agency's team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 virus has been temporarily prevented from entering China because...
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CLEAN : Wuhan: WHO member says 'excellent facilities' after visiting disease control centre
The World Health Organization team, investigating the origins of the coronavirus, leaves the provincial disease control centre in Wuhan after a visit. A team member tells reporters: "excellent facilities, very informative meeting...
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VOICED : La OMS inicia en Wuhan su investigación de la pandemia
Los expertos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud iniciaron el jueves en la ciudad china de Wuhan su delicada investigación sobre el origen del coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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World Leaders Call For Pandemic Treaty
The idea for a treaty was floated by EU officials last November.
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Taiwan Is 'Quite Sure' it Can Control Covid Outbreak: Fmr. VP
May.17 -- Chen Chien-jen, Taiwan's former vice president who was the health minister during the SARS pandemic, discusses the governments efforts in fighting the coronavirus outbreak. Taipei City will close high schools, elementary...
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World Marks One Year Since WHO Declared COVID-19 A Pandemic
The virus is now responsible for an estimated 2.6 million deaths worldwide and over 529,000 in the United States.
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Fauci: U.S. Will Not Delay Second COVID Shots Amid Distribution Issues
Amid high demand and distribution challenges, some have suggested the U.S. should get more people the first shot before giving anybody their second.
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CLEAN : Honduras president oversees arrival of AstraZeneca vaccines from Covax scheme
In the presence of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, 48,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine arrive in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa under the World Health Organisation's Covax mechanism, to immunise hospital staff and the...
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Sweden Joins List Of Nations Halting AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
There are reports of blood clots in some recipients but several regulators insist the vaccine is still safe and effective against COVID-19.
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W.H.O. Chief Calls For Pause On COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wants a temporary moratorium to help struggling countries catch up with the global inoculation effort.
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The Risks of Covid-19 Airborne Transmissions
May.20 -- Lidia Morawska, distinguished professor in the school of earth and atmospheric sciences at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane and a consultant of the World Health Organization, discusses a study she led that...
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Scientists: It's Crucial For COVID To Move From Pandemic To Endemic
Scientists think COVID outbreaks will continue to flare up sometimes. But we'll learn to live with that risk.
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VOICED : Variante ómicron se propaga por el mundo, por ahora sin provocar muertes
La variante ómicron del coronavirus se propaga generando temor y una avalancha de restricciones en un mundo cansado por dos años de una pandemia, aunque la Organización Mundial de la Salud dijo el viernes que hasta ahora no tiene...
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CLEAN : Malawi child infected with wild polio 'not fully immunised': WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that a four-year girl in Malawi diagnosed with wild polio was not fully immunised, prompting the country's health ministry and its partners to embark on a national immunisation campaign targeting...
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VOICED : La OMS da luz verde a primera vacuna anticovid elaborada en América Latina
La Organización Mundial de la Salud dio luz verde a la primera vacuna anticovid elaborada en Latinoamérica: una versión del inmunizante del laboratorio anglo-sueco AstraZeneca fabricada conjuntamente por Argentina y México, dijo el...
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Could Omicron Be More Transmissible But Less Virulent?
Jennifer Rohn, professor at University College London, discusses early data on the new coronavirus variant and why there is a chance that omicron could turn out to be a net positive for the globe. "If it's more transmissible and less...
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CLEAN : Venezuela vaccination rate drops amid shortages and misinformation
Vaccine shortages in the Venezuelan public health system and a lack of information in state campaigns have pushed rates of core vaccinations in the country below the 95 per cent required to prevent outbreaks, according to World Health...
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New Waves Prove Covid Isn't Over, WHO Chief Says
The World Health Organization says rising infection levels across Europe and the US prove that the Covie-19 emergency is not over. Sub-variants of the omicron strain are lifting case numbers and leading to further fatalities, Director...
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WRAP WHO on health concerns; people in hospital; UNICEF on children, aid
Maharajgunj, India - 9 August 2007
1. Pan from flooded area to temporary relief shelters
2. Mid of temporary shelter
3. Close up of girl sleeping inside shelter
4. Wide of shelters and people
5. Flood relief distribution centre
6. Flood...
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WHO says quake refugees succumbing to cold releated disease
1. Wide Shot of Helicopter at Muzaffarabad Helicopter pad
2. Workers unloading relief packages from truck, snow covered mountains in background
3. Workers loading the relief packages on Helicopter
4. Helicopter takes off from...