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Stories for November 23rd 2020
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Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:01 UTC
WHO official anticipates third wave of Covid-19 in Europe, early 2021; “countries failed to prepare in summer”
A World Health Organization (WHO) special Covid-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections.
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Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Germany ready to begin Covid-19 vaccination in mid-December
Germany could start administering shots of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next month, Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying.
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Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:59 UTC
US top disease center, CDC, advises against cruise travel: risk of Covid-19 is “very high”
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised against cruise ship travel, as the risk of Covid-19 on liners is very high.
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Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:38 UTC
US expects to begin Covid-19 vaccination by mid-December, a day after regulatory approval
US healthcare workers and others recommended for the nation’s first Covid-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of regulatory consent next month, a top official of the US government’s vaccine development effort said on Sunday.
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Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:31 UTC
World leaders join forces to fight the accelerating crisis of antimicrobial resistance
The heads of the and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the new One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.
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Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:07 UTC
Another man dies bitten by a shark at a popular beach in Australia
A man has died after being bitten by a shark at a beach popular with tourists on Australia's northwest coast, authorities said on Sunday. Police were called to a Cable Beach in the morning after reports of the attack.
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Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Nine year old invents a portable “lunar toilet” for astronauts and wins NASA's challenge 2020
A 9-year-old Malaysian boy has come up with a solution to a long-standing dilemma faced by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa): a gravity-defying loo for its next lunar mission.
