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Coronavirus Global Update Episodes

  1. Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is a step closer to US approval

    They say it's 95% effective and safe in older people

  2. Pfizer and BioNTech say three jabs can block Omicron

    They expect to have an omicron-specific vaccine by March

  3. Pfizer and AZ jabs 'work against Indian variant'

    A study says they are effective but protection is low after only one dose

  4. People of Wuhan allowed to leave after ten-week lockdown is lifted

    The strict lockdown in Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic started, has been eased

  5. Paralympics end - 'still overshadowed by Covid'

    Tokyo hospitals continue to be under severe strain 鈥� with thousands unable to find beds

  6. Pandemic to dominate G20

    World leaders are being asked to raise billions of dollars to fund vaccines worldwide

  7. Pandemic takes centre stage at US presidential debate

    Donald Trump and Joe Biden clash over Covid-19

  8. Pandemic sends US oil prices into negative territory

    Producers paid buyers to take their supplies as demand dries up

  9. Pandemic pushes US into recession

    Production, employment and consumption have collapsed as a result of the coronavirus

  10. Pandemic pushes German economy into recession

    GDP shrank by more than 2% in the first quarter of the year

  11. Pandemic hits global campaign to end child labour

    The UN warns nine million additional children are at risk as a result of Covid-19

  12. Palestinians cancel a vaccine swap with Israel

    Palestinians cancel a vaccine swap with Israel; trials for a nasal vaccine in Australia.

  13. Pakistan's drug regulators approve the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

    There is uncertainty about how Pakistan can get hold of the doses it needs

  14. Oxygen leak leaves many Covid patients dead in India

    At least twenty-two patients died

  15. Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approved for use in UK

    The first doses will be given on Monday, amid concern over rising cases in Britain

  16. Oxford jab protection against S Africa variant 'limited'

    AstraZeneca says the trial involved over 2,000 mainly healthy and young patients

  17. Oxfam warns that more people could die from hunger than Covid-19

    The UK based charity says the pandemic is disrupting food supplies and aid

  18. Oxfam criticises rich nations' new pledge to poor countries

    The charity says their promise to boost vaccination efforts is too little, too late

  19. One billion vaccines expected to be donated by G7 leaders

    Grand gestures from the world's richest nations at the summit in Cornwall

  20. Omicron variant takes hold in South Africa

    Health officials say coronavirus cases in South Africa are surging at unprecedented rate

  21. Omicron travel disruption continues

    Tens of thousands of airline passengers have had their flights cancelled

  22. Omicron spreading twice as fast as Delta

    Scientists say the number of cases in South Africa has shot up over the past week

  23. Omicron is milder according to preliminary studies

    The wave of Omicron appears to be milder according to preliminary studies

  24. Omicron has become the dominant variant in France

    The variant accounts for nearly two thirds of new infections

  25. Omicron becomes dominant variant in US

    Figures show it accounts for almost three quarters of new infections

  26. Omicron around since September

    Health officials say it could already have spread widely before travel bans were imposed

  27. Olympics 100% on says Tokyo 2020 president

    But she warns they could be held without fans if there is an outbreak

  28. Olympic hotel in Japan reports Covid-19 cluster

    Seven staff members test positive at a hotel hosting Brazilian athletes in Hamamatsu

  29. Officials in Afghanistan warn of impending coronavirus 'catastrophe'

    Afghan health officials call for the re-imposition of strict lockdown measures

  30. OECD: Global recession not as deep as expected

    But the pandemic could still cost the world economy 7 trillion dollars

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