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Two Australians join IPL pull-outs as 'grim' COVID-19 crisis grows
The Indian Premier League has attracted criticism for continuing during the crisis, with a leading newspaper group accusing it of 'commercialism gone crass' as it suspended coverage on Sunday.
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FS Health Dept activating all resources to deal with COVID-19 infection surge
On Friday, the Free State reported 222 new infections and on Saturday more than 700.
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Zimbabwe street vendors reel under virus curbs
Since authorities banned street hawkers a year ago as part of a raft of measures to limit the spread of Covid-19, she plays cat-and-mouse with the police who comb the streets to rid them of vendors.
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J&J vaccine rollout to resume on Wednesday, Health Dept confirms
The Health Department has confirmed that it had all the doses it needed to complete vaccination of half a million healthcare workers through the early access protocol.
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Zikalala: KZN aims to vaccinate 2.9m people before local govt polls in October
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala held a briefing on Sunday where he gave an update on the province’s COVID-19 response.
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SA confirms 1,101 new COVID-19 cases, 23 more deaths
In the last 24 hours, 1,101 infections have also been reported, with more than 1.5 million positive cases identified since the start of the pandemic.
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Global pledges of help for Covid-stricken India
The Indian healthcare system has struggled to cope with a huge surge in cases, leaving patients' families begging for help on social media and the capital New Delhi forced to extend its strict lockdown.
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EU chief says vaccinated US tourists to be able to visit
Signalling a major change in EU policy as vaccinations step up worldwide, von der Leyen gave no timetable, but 'The Times'said that the new rules could be in place by this summer.
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Fauci: US will consider sending AZ vaccine to Covid-hit India
Western nations including Britain and Germany have pledged help as India's coronavirus crisis grows, driving increases in global case numbers in recent days even as the number of vaccines administered globally surpasses the one billion mark.
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Fire kills 82 at Iraqi Covid hospital, health minister suspended
Many of the victims were on respirators and were suffocated or burned in the smoke and flames when the blaze at eastern Baghdad's Ibn al-Khatib hospital started with an explosion caused by "a fault in the storage of oxygen cylinders", medical sources said.
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Fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies of Covid aged 59
"It was with shock and enormous sadness that I heard of Alber's sudden passing," Richemont chairman Johann Rupert said in a statement.
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EU says will 'respond rapidly' to assist Covid-hit India
"Alarmed by the epidemiological situation in India. We are ready to support," von der Leyen said on Twitter.
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DBE: Contact & noncontact sports to resume at schools but without spectators
The changes have been gazetted.
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New Delhi extends COVID lockdown as India cases hit new record
The vast nation of 1.3 billion people recorded 349,691 fresh cases and 2,767 deaths - the highest since the start of the pandemic.
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UPDATE: 82 killed in Iraq COVID hospital fire, 110 wounded: ministry
Flames spread quickly across multiple floors in the middle of the night, as dozens of relatives were at the bedsides of the 30 patients in the hospital's intensive care unit where most severe COVID-19 cases are treated.
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SA records 1,385 new COVID-19 cases in latest 24-hour cycle
The health department said 1,385 new cases were picked up, which brought the known caseload to over 1,574,000.
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Bollywood composer Shravan Rathod dies after Covid diagnosis
Rathod worked with fellow composer Nadeem Saifi to create some of Bollywood's most enduring hits of the 1990s, with the duo winning multiple awards for their soundtracks during the decade.
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India COVID deaths hit record with 2,624 fatalities in a day
India has become the new pandemic hotspot -- queues of COVID-19 patients and their fearful relatives have built up outside hospitals in major cities as another 2,624 deaths, a daily record, were reported in 24 hours.
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SA records over 1,600 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate stands at 95%
The health department has also recorded 1,637 new COVID-19 cases and 71 new COVID-19 related fatalities in the past 24-hour cycle.
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Madagascar says vaccines to arrive in two weeks as virus flares
The Indian Ocean island nation is struggling with burgeoning infections with nearly 9,900 cases recorded over the past month, of which at least 194 have been fatal.
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EU to have enough vaccines for 70% of adults 'in July'
The EU chief had previously set a goal of late September for this feat, but announced the new target during a visit to a Belgian vaccine plant that is ramping up production.
