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North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state and one of the hardest hit, paid 14.7 million euros for some 10 million masks in March 2020 only to discover they did not exist
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09.08.2024
Germany caught up in mask fraud scheme
The head of a major Russian research centre said scientists at a top-secret lab complex located in Koltsovo outside the Siberian city of Novosibirsk had developed several prototype coronavirus vaccines
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09.08.2024
Russia ready to start testing coronavirus vaccines on humans in June
A picture taken on March 9, 2020 shows the sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the WHO headquarters in Geneva
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09.08.2024
Trump attacks 'China centric' world health body
A member of Spanish car manufacturer SEAT's medical service checks a ventilator manufactured at its factory outside Barcelona after the firm switched production in the battle to tackle COVID-19
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09.08.2024
Barcelona's biggest hospital devoted to virus patients
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Ethiopian Airlines, the biggest carrier in Africa, has axed most of its scheduled flights because of the pandemic -- it is looking to cargo and charter trade to help fill the gap
World 09.08.2024
Africa's biggest airline takes $550m hit due to coronavirus: CEO
A view of a UN Security Council meeting in February 2020 before the coronavirus crisis forced such meetings to be held via videoconference
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After criticism, a snippet of UN Security Council meet made public
Britain's epidemic lags behind the rest of the continent by several days, and its death toll trajectory is worryingly high
World 09.08.2024
Britain set for 66,000 COVID-19 deaths, highest toll in Europe: study
Cardinal George Pell is driven from prison after being released
World 09.08.2024
Cardinal Pell: Parishioner, prisoner and divider of public opinion
The DR Congo army launched an offensive against the ADF in October 2019
World 09.08.2024
Six killed in quarantined DR Congo region
The Sahel is dotted with camps housing hundreds of thousands people who have fled jihadist violence
World 09.08.2024
Threat of coronavirus hangs over Sahel displaced
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care on Monday
World 09.08.2024
British PM Johnson fights coronavirus in intensive care
Like half the planet, Ying Ying and Le Le have only really had each other for company since coronavirus-caused lockdowns shut off the flow of guests to their themepark pad
World 09.08.2024
Pandas use lockdown privacy to mate after a decade of trying
Health workers in Greece demonstrated on Tuesday calling for more help from the government to fight coronavirus
World 09.08.2024
Greek health workers demonstrate over coronavirus conditions
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