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New Varient in Brazil causes concern, infected previous COVID-19 victims

In just a matter of weeks, two variants of the coronavirus have become so familiar that you can hear their inscrutable alphanumeric names regularly uttered on television news.

B.1.1.7, first identified in Britain, has demonstrated the power to spread far and fast. In South Africa, a mutant called B.1.351 can dodge human antibodies, blunting the effectiveness of some vaccines.

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New virus cases rising globally for first time in weeks---WHO

Twitter taking more action aganst COVID vaccine misinformation

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it has begun labeling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and using a “strike system” to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly violate its rules.

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New Study Shows One Dose of AstraZeneca Vaccine Protects Older People

A single shot of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid jab reduces the chance of needing hospital treatment by more than 80%, an analysis in England shows.

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OVERVIEW: Europe, Asia, Latin American developments

(Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass urged countries to enter contracts for vaccines now so they could get delivery schedules, saying it was vital to get started in more countries and work through more channels.

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Other countries urge drug companies to share vaccine production information

OVERVIEW U.S and elsewhere:: Downtrend in new U.S. infections stalls, fueling concerns over virus variants’ spread

First US J&J vaccine doses shipping tonight, and other developments

FDA approves J&J vaccine, giving the US and possibly Europe another Covid vaccine

EBOLA: White House orders screening of airline passagers from affected African countries.

WHO says vaccine hoarding hurts supplies for less wealthy countries

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries seeking their own COVID-19 vaccine doses are making deals with drug companies that threaten the supply for the global COVAX programme for poor and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

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J&J cornavirus vaccine wins endorsement from advisory group, paving way for FDA.

ISRAEL: Using carrots and maybe some sticks to persuade the remaining COVID-19 vaccine holdouts

Iceland: Countering the pandemic, bringing life back to normal

While the rest of the world grapples with mass vaccinations and fear of the new coronavirus variants, life in Iceland is getting closer to normal.

Since the beginning of the month, not a single person has been diagnosed with Covid-19 domestically apart from a handful of people who were already in quarantine.

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ANALYSIS: There is a chance to stop the coronavirus from making a big comeback after recent decline

Across the United States, and the world, the coronavirus seems to be loosening its stranglehold. The deadly curve of cases, hospitalizations and deaths has yo-yoed before, but never has it plunged so steeply and so fast.

Is this it, then? Is this the beginning of the end? After a year of being pummeled by grim statistics and scolded for wanting human contact, many Americans feel a long-promised deliverance is at hand.

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