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WHO Expert Warns Nations to Remain on Guard Against Pandemic
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Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) chief scientist is…
Zanzibar Uses New Scanner to Detect COVID-19 in Travelers
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A traveler at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar, Tanzania, stopped in front of an…
COVID-19 Spread Among Animals Raises Concerns About New Mutations
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An outbreak of COVID-19 among big cats at a South African zoo raises the prospect that the virus could…
African COVID Cases Likely Much Higher Than Reported
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In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many questioned why Africa appeared to be spared the level…
Highly Mutated Omicron Variant Becomes Dominant Strain in South Africa
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The highly transmissible, highly mutated BA.2 subvariant of COVID-19’s omicron strain has become the…
End of COVID-19 Pandemic May be Near, WHO Says
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Having taken “a brutal toll” on Africa, COVID-19 appears to be shifting out of the pandemic phase…