Health workers wait to receive the COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine at the Ayeyarwaddy COVID treatment center, in Yangon, Myanmar.
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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, smiles as she inspects the vaccination processes to health workers at a hospital in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Health workers in Myanmar on Wednes...
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Nepalese health workers observe a minute of silence in memory of people who died due to COVID-19 before administering vaccine at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Students wearing masks attend a class after schools re-opened following remaining shut since March due to coronavirus pandemic, in Karad.
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A Nepalese doctor receives AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccines, manufactured under license by Serum Institute of India at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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A Nepalese doctor receives AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Thousands of health workers lined up across Nepal to get the coronavirus...
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Edgar Barbaran exchanges a small, empty oxygen tank for this large one in a line of other people's tanks as he waits since the previous day for a refill shop to open in Callao, Per...
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A demonstrator shows her red-painted hands representing the blood of the more than 200,000 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, during a protest against the government's re...
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The deserted Damrak street is seen during curfew in the heart of Amsterdam. The Netherlands entered its toughest phase of anti-coronavirus restrictions to date, imposing a nationwi...
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A man is detained after confronting a police officer as he wants to enter the closed area in Jordan area of Hong Kong.
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Government workers wearing personal protective equipment walk at the closed area of Jordan district in Hong Kong. Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down in an unpreceden...
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People take part during a protest in support of coronavirus deniers and against restrictions by the government in downtown Madrid, Spain. Although health authorities believe that t...
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A hospital staff receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a government Hospital in Hyderabad. India kicked off its massive vaccination drive on Jan. 16, with a goal of inoculating 300 millio...
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A coot swims through pollution gathered on the side of the Grand Union Canal in London. The UK is in its third national lockdown with people being told to stay at home.
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The Ramlet al-Baida public beach is empty during a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut Lebanon. Authorities extended a nationwide lockdown by a week ...
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Pallbearers carry the coffin of a government minister of Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba who died of COVID-19, at the Heroes Acre in Harare. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa who presid...
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A medic collects the nasal sample of a devotee for COVID-19 testing during 'Magh Mela', in Prayagraj.
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A couple wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus embraces each other at the railway station in Beijing. China is now dealing with coronavirus outbreaks across...
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Students undergo thermal screening after schools reopened for 10 and 12 standard pupils, following allowance by authorities since its closure from March 19, 2019 due to coronavirus...
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A teacher takes a class at a Rajkiya Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, as schools in the national capital reopened for students of class 10 and 12, after remaining shut since March 19, 2019...
The rioting, which started with the torching of a coronavirus testing centre in a fishing village on Saturday night, is the worst to hit the Netherlands in years
The report said the increase in wealth of the top 11 billionaires of India during the pandemic could sustain the rural job scheme MGNREGA for 10 years or the Health Ministry for 10 years.
Women and marginalised racial and ethnic groups are 'more likely to be pushed into poverty, more likely to go hungry, and more likely to be excluded from healthcare' in Covid aftermath
The enemy always strikes when the castle lowers its guard. And the coronavirus is already mutating into forms that may elude the shield offered by current vaccines.
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Economic recovery was to embody a sharp, upward curve. Instead, national unemployment touched a ghastly 9 per cent in December. Urban, salaried employees are the worst affected.