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Coronavirus Global Update Episodes

  1. China has given approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 drug

    For the first time China has given conditional approval for a foreign-made Covid pill

  2. China gives first approval of own coronavirus vaccine

    China gives first full approval of one of own coronavirus vaccines for general public

  3. China denies US claims on Covid origins

    President Biden has stated Beijing withheld vital information on the pandemic's start

  4. China denies a cover up over Covid-19

    Beijing says it briefed the US in early January

  5. China condemns coronavirus lawsuits

    The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, said the US and China should work together

  6. China claims Covid began in numerous countries

    Chinese Foreign Minister made controversial claim; US won't delay second dose of vaccine.

  7. China cases 'may have been four times official figure'

    China's ambassador to the UK denies a cover-up

  8. China arrests scores over fake vaccines

    About three-thousand counterfeit doses containing a saline solution were seized

  9. China approves second vaccine

    The new Sinovac jab is already in use in China and abroad

  10. China accuses President Trump of shifting the blame for the US outbreak

    There's anger in Beijing after he called the WHO a "puppet of China"

  11. Catalonia shuts nightlife venues to stem spike

    Having stabilised the virus just a few weeks ago, Spain is again struggling to control it

  12. Cases rise at Beijing Olympics

    Cases are rising - but not enough to worry the authorities

  13. Cases in India surge - almost tripling in a week

    A hundred and thirty thousand new infections were registered

  14. Canadian police say they're in control of the truckers protest

    Vehicles have been towed away and demonstrators handcuffed

  15. Canadian PM warns protesting truckers

    Justin Trudeau has said he's not ruling anything out in order to clear border crossing

  16. Canadian PM demands end to truckers鈥� protest over Covid restrictions

    Justin Trudeau held an emergency debate on the demonstrations in Ottawa

  17. Canada calls pandemic election

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government needs a mandate for its response

  18. Can children spread the virus?

    Research from South Korea shows children can carry the virus for up to three weeks

  19. Call to stagger global vaccine donations

    Unicef says flooding poorer countries with vaccines could lead to waste

  20. California reimposes sweeping restrictions amid virus spike

    The Governor has ordered an immediate halt to all indoor activities at restaurants, bars

  21. California introduces night-time curfew

    Thirty seven million residents will be affected by the new measure

  22. California in strict new lockdown

    Officials talk of a 'viral tsunami' of cases, with intensive care capacity shrinking fast

  23. British scientists urge to do more to help poorer countries manufacture their own vaccines

    British scientists have urged to help poorer countries manufacture their own vaccines

  24. British Prime Minister returns to work after recovering from coronavirus

    Boris Johnson will formally return on Monday as the UK records more than 20,000 deaths

  25. British Prime Minister moved to intensive care unit in hospital as symptoms worsen

    Boris Johnson was given oxygen before being transferred to the intensive care unit

  26. British Prime Minister hospitalised with coronavirus

    Boris Johnson was taken to hospital for precautionary tests after "persistent symptoms"

  27. British PM under attack in parliament for lockdown violations

    Britain's PM has come under pressure in parliament over alleged breach of Covid rules

  28. British PM to self-isolate in U-turn

    Downing Street says Boris Johnson will conduct meetings remotely

  29. British PM gives upbeat message despite high death toll

    Boris Johnson said Britain was past the peak of the outbreak and on the downward slope

  30. British PM denies 'vaccine blocking' claims

    Boris Johnson says he opposes vaccine nationalism

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