Coronavirus Global Update Episodes Episode guide
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Countries struggle to enforce social distancing
Italy and Germany limit public movement, as the WHO calls for an "attack" on coronavirus
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Countries send aid to ease India's oxygen emergency
Doctors say people are dying because of a shortage of oxygen and beds
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Countries around the world stop travel from UK
EU leaders try to agree a common response to spread of new Covid-19 variant in England
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Countries act to secure Pfizer vaccine supplies
Countries around the world look at how to get the proposed Covid vaccine to citizens
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Coronavirus: 'Drop in global trade to be worse than 2008 crisis'
The World Trade Organization is predicting a severe decline in international commerce
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Coronavirus death toll passes 10,000
Countries place more restrictions on the movement of people
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Coronavirus data withheld from Brazilians
President Bolsonaro defends decision, The World Bank calls the pandemic a catastrophe
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Coronavirus confirmed as pandemic
The WHO says the number of cases outside China has increased 13-fold in two weeks
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Coronavirus cases worldwide pass 200,000
Asian nations face a battle to halt the spread of Covid-19.
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Coronavirus cases in eastern Europe surpass 20 million
One of the worst affected countries is Romania
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Confusion over Omicron variant
Concern varies over vaccine effectiveness for Omicron
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Confirmed global cases pass one million
The number of people infected worldwide has doubled in the past week
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Concern over pandemic waste
WHO says tonnes of medical waste have been created responding to covid
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Concern in Vietnam after first coronavirus cases in months
The city of Da Nang has been closed to tourists to contain a new Covid-19 outbreak
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Chinese police search for possibly infected migrants
A reward is offered for three people after cases were discovered among their group
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Chinese lockdown residents complain of lack of food
Reports say people in Xian are struggling to access supplies
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Chinese experts report changes to Covid-19 symptoms
The National Health Commission says new infections also have longer incubation
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China's economic recovery continues
Chinese figures show the country sustained its rebound from lockdowns for the 3rd quarter
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China vaccinates almost a billion people
Beijing says two thirds of the population have been double jabbed
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China turns away WHO scientists
They were travelling there on a planned trip to investigate the origins of Covid-19
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China to test 9 million people in just five days
The city of Qingdao is testing its entire population for Covid-19 over five days
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China tells population to stop ordering from overseas
Beijing fears items delivered from overseas could spread the Omicron variant
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China seals off city after fresh Covid-19 cluster
Restrictions on movement are re-imposed in Jilin after new cases emerge
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China says it won't co-operate with new WHO investigation
Beijing believes the investigation into how the virus emerged has been politicised
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China restricts entry to the capital, Beijing, as outbreaks are recorded in the north of the country
People arriving from districts with even one Covid case won't be able to access the city
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China rejects second WHO probe into Covid origins
China rejects a plan for a second WHO probe into the origins of Covid-19
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China puts several cities in lockdown
China imposes lockdown measures on a whole province amid rising cases
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China piles pressure on Hong Kong's Covid response
The Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged Hong Kong to take "all necessary measures"
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China jails citizen journalist for Wuhan reports
A Chinese journalist who covered Wuhan's outbreak has been jailed for four years
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China hurries to contain new outbreak
More than 200 cases traced back to the city of Nanjing
