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Coronavirus Global Update Episodes

  1. Japan lifts its state of emergency

    The Japanese PM says it got the outbreak under control in less than two months

  2. Japan extends restrictions to three more prefectures

    70% of Japan's population is now affected by measures brought-in to slow the virus

  3. Japan extends restrictions as cases rise

    The Prime Minister says the virus is spreading with unprecedented speed

  4. Japan extends Covid-19 restrictions as Olympics draw near

    The number of coronavirus cases is rising

  5. Japan extends Covid restrictions as Olympics loom

    Officials have extended the state of emergency less than three months before the Games

  6. Japan eases state of emergency

    Relaxed measures in Tokyo and other regions ahead of Olympics

  7. Japan announces emergency Covid-19 restrictions just months before the Olympics

    The Japanese government insists the Olympics will go ahead

  8. Janssen's single dose vaccine 66% effective

    Trials of the vaccine involved more than 40-thousand people

  9. Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid 'miracle drug'

    Investigation casts serious doubt on research which was used by Ivermectin's promoters

  10. Italy鈥檚 daily death toll at lowest level for six days

    But the outbreak in Italy continues to take a heavy toll on the medical profession

  11. Italy's nationwide shutdown is to be extended

    China reports no new home grown cases

  12. Italy's infection rate drops

    Italy now has a lower infection rate than many other European countries

  13. Italy vaccine demand spikes

    Demand for coronavirus vaccines in Italy has risen by forty percent

  14. Italy to gradually ease strict restrictions imposed seven weeks ago

    The prime minister Giuseppe Conte has outlined a timetable for easing lockdown measures

  15. Italy starts life under lockdown

    Italy adjusts to restrictions on travel and public gatherings amid outbreak

  16. Italy returns to strict lockdown for Easter

    Italy is battling a third wave of the pandemic, with more than 20,000 new cases daily

  17. Italy quarantines 16 million people

    16 million people quarantined, the economic impact and false claims being shared online.

  18. Italy opens borders

    From June Italians can travel abroad and foreign visitors can enter

  19. Italy launches COVID "green pass"

    It admits the holder to restaurants and cinemas

  20. Italy imposes new coronavirus restrictions

    The measures which divide the country into three zones are criticised by regional leaders

  21. Italy and Spain relax lockdown measures

    Governments in Madrid and Rome want to revive their economies

  22. Italian dockers strike over Covid rules

    About 2,000 workers are outside Trieste port, angry at a mandatory Covid pass

  23. Israel starts vaccinating Palestinians with Israeli work permits

    Human rights activists say Israel should vaccinate all Palestinians

  24. Israel races to unload vaccine surplus

    About a million doses of Pfizer vaccines are due to expire by the end of July

  25. Israel imposes travel ban

    Israel bans foreigners to limit the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant

  26. Israel eases restrictions after vaccine success

    Shops, synagogues and gyms re-open but entry limited to people who've been immunised

  27. Israel closes bars and clubs as COVID-19 cases rise

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is one step away from a full lockdown

  28. Israel brings back Covid-19 restrictions as cases increase

    Shops are shut temporarily and two cities go into lockdown

  29. Israel begins vaccinating Palestinian labourers

    Believed to be first time Israel has offered jabs to non health workers from West Bank

  30. Is Europe facing a second wave?

    Spain, Germany and Belgium see a rise in cases

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