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Europe

London cancels New Year event over virus surge

The city authorities said there would be a "live broadcast spectacular" on the BBC instead that would celebrate the city

People queue at a popup Covid-19 testing site in New York, US, December 3, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Omicron variant may have picked up a piece of common-cold virus

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Global Economy

Wall Street rebounds after virus-linked sell-off

Japan's newly-elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant: PM

aposhi Gosh and Ashok Kumar Ghosh lost their two kids - Aronno Kumar and Ananya - to the Nipah virus 10 years ago. Nipah virus, a zoonotic virus, can be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. Photo: TBS
Health

As winter nears, many in Bangladesh fear a Nipah Virus re-emergence

Nurse Gavriil Hadjioannou holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the health centre of Karyes, the administrative centre of the all-male Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos, Greece, November 16, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Experimental chewing gum may reduce virus spread; Booster shot protection may be longer lasting

People wearing protective masks walk on a street, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Shanghai, China, August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

Beijing tightens entry restrictions amid virus resurgence

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk past extra papers reporting on Japanese gold medalists at Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Photo: UNB/AP
Coronavirus chronicle

Tokyo records record virus cases days after Olympics begin

The City of London financial district can be seen, whilst British stocks tumble as investors fear that the coronavirus outbreak could stall the global economy, in London, Britain, March 9 2020. Photo : Reuters
Global Economy

Global growth to stay strong but virus the top risk, say economists: Reuters poll

Men stand on a vehicle on a flooded road following heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China July 23, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Global Economy

Global supply chains buckle as virus variant and disasters strike

'Learn to live with' the virus Johnson tells Britons
Coronavirus chronicle

'Learn to live with' the virus Johnson tells Britons

A devotee cheers while standing near an idol of 'Corona Mata' (Mother Corona), amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at a temple in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India June 11, 2021, in this still image taken from video. ANI/REUTERS TV/VIA REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Indian village prays to ‘goddess corona’ to rid them of the virus

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Global Economy

India poised to grow at world’s fastest rate despite virus