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How to treat your first cold in over a year

Any sign of illness and you might have a shock-horror moment of thinking: ‘…Is it Covid?’ One negative lateral flow later and you’re relieved, but still feel rotten and order a PCR test. But then that comes back negative, too. It’s the ‘super cold’, or so it’s been dubbed. In arming ourselves with hand gel, […]

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COVAX vaccine 2021 delivery target cut to 1.425 billion doses

FILE PHOTO: A pack of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines is seen as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, at the international airtport of Accra, Ghana February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo(Reuters) – The COVAX vaccine-sharing facility will likely receive 1.425 billion doses of anti-COVID-19 shots from donor countries this […]

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Australia's Victoria reports 183 local COVID-19 cases

FILE PHOTO: A lone passenger sits at a tram stop on a mostly-empty city centre street on the first day of a lockdown as the state of Victoria looks to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, July 16, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra SandersMELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s Victoria state, home to more […]

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UK records 207 new COVID-19 deaths, highest since March

FILE PHOTO: Medical workers move a patient between ambulances outside of the Royal London Hospital amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, London, Britain, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleLONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday recorded 207 new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, marking the highest toll since March 9, […]

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COVID-19 deaths straining some Florida hospital morgues

MIAMI — Mounting deaths from the latest surge in COVID-19 have strained capacity at hospital morgues and funeral homes across central Florida. While Florida’s record levels of new cases and hospitalizations for the disease have leveled off over the past week, averages of daily reported deaths have continued to climb. Hospitals in Florida have reported […]