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2020 Coronavirus Outbreak 

    The unknown type of viral pneumonia was first reported in Wuhan in late December and has since been confirmed by China and the World Health Organisation to be a new strain of the coronavirus, currently labeled as 2019-nCoV or Novel Coronavirus. The virus has also been detected in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, and the United States. Over a dozen people have died and hundreds have been infected so far.

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    FBI Assesses Origins of COVID-19 'Most Likely' From Potential Leak in Wuhan Lab - Director
    In this file photo taken on 18 March, 2022 employees spray disinfectant and wipe surfaces as part of preventative measures against the Covid-19 coronavirus at the Pyongyang Children's Department Store in Pyongyan - Sputnik International
    1 March 2023, 02:31 GMT
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    Wuhan Lab 'Leak' Yarn Returns: How US Reporter Pours Gasoline Into Washington's War Machine
    A visitor wearing a face mask takes a photo of a model of a coronavirus and boxes for COVID-19 vaccines at a display by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic largely under control, China's capital on Saturday kicked off one of the first large-scale public events since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, as tens of thousands of attendees were expected to visit displays from nearly 2,000 Chinese and foreign companies showcasing their products and services. - Sputnik International
    Ekaterina Blinova
    27 February 2023, 15:35 GMTLongread
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    House Committee Bemoans Lack of US Spying on Chinese Health Figures During Covid’s Earliest Days
    A security personnel wearing a face shield and a mask to help protect from the coronavirus stands watch at the Alpine downhill venue displaying the China and United States national flags - Sputnik International
    Fantine Gardinier
    15 December 2022, 19:37 GMT
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    ‘Am I a B*tch?’: In New Pelosi Film, House Speaker Muses to Daughter Over Grilling VP Pence
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, August 10 , 2022, in Washington. - Sputnik International
    Fantine Gardinier
    13 December 2022, 20:45 GMT
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    India Might Challenge WHO's COVID-19 'Excess Deaths Report'
    World Health Organization logo on its headquarters in Geneva - Sputnik International
    Deexa Khanduri - Sputnik InternationalDeexa KhanduriSputnik correspondent
    6 May 2022, 11:51 GMT
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    'Four Million Indians Died of COVID Due to Government Negligence', Says Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi
    India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi gestures as he addresses a rally during an election campaign at Shibmandir on the outskirts of Siliguri on April 14, 2021 - Sputnik International
    Rahul Trivedi - Sputnik InternationalRahul Trivedi
    17 April 2022, 10:50 GMT
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    Risk of Vaccinating Children Against COVID Greater Than Benefits, Senior Indian Epidemiologist Says
    Doctors and health workers entertain children at a COVID-19 care center functioning in an indoor stadium in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 20, 2020 - Sputnik International
    Rahul Trivedi - Sputnik InternationalRahul Trivedi
    28 December 2021, 11:03 GMT
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    What's Behind Skyrocketing Number of US Military Suicides & Is US Gov't Doing Enough to Stop It?
    An officer of the US Marine Corps Color Guard stands at attention during the flag raising ceremony at the official opening of the National Day USA, at the Expo 2015 world's fair in Rho, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2015. - Sputnik International
    Ekaterina Blinova
    19 October 2021, 18:56 GMT
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    US-Funded American Company Reportedly Researched Coronaviruses in Chinese Wuhan Lab Since 2014
    Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland - Sputnik International
    Tim Korso - Sputnik InternationalTim Korso
    7 September 2021, 19:35 GMT
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    WHO: Very Unlikely Lab Leak Caused COVID Outbreak But Animal Source Still Unidentified
    The Wuhan Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, where a number of people related to the market fell ill with a virus, sits closed in Wuhan, China, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. - Sputnik International
    9 February 2021, 09:54 GMT
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    ‘Deadly Obsession With Secrecy' Slammed as US Claims Wuhan Lab Staff Had COVID Symptoms in Fall 2019
    This aerial view shows the P4 laboratory (C) on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on May 13, 2020. - Sputnik International
    Svetlana Ekimenko
    17 January 2021, 13:13 GMT
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    Chinese Scientists, Military Warn Coronavirus Death Toll Could More Than Double by March
    Health workers in suits walk in the international arrivals area, where arriving travelers are to be taken into quarantine, at the international airport in Wuhan on January 14, 2021, ahead of the expected arrival of a World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. - Sputnik International
    Ilya Tsukanov
    16 January 2021, 17:37 GMT
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    France Backtracks on Plans to Install 'New COVID Controls' at UK Border to Deter Mutant Strain
    A sign alerts customers that the French Borders are Closed at the entrance to the Port of Dover in Kent, south east England on 21 December 2020, as a string of countries banned travellers all but unaccompanied freight arriving from the UK, due to the rapid spread of a more-infectious new coronavirus strain. - Britain's critical south coast port at Dover said on Sunday it was closing to all accompanied freight and passengers due to the French border restrictions until further notice. - Sputnik International
    Svetlana Ekimenko
    15 January 2021, 12:03 GMT
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    China's Wuhan Boasts Packed Crowds Greeting New Year as Countries Languish Under COVID-19 Lockdowns
    People dance at a nightclub, almost a year after the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, 12 December 2020. - Sputnik International
    Svetlana Ekimenko
    1 January 2021, 05:42 GMT
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    2021 to Be ‘Catastrophic’: World Food Programme Chief Predicts Crises Over Conflicts, COVID Pandemic
    World Food Programme - Sputnik International
    Svetlana Ekimenko
    5 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
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    Seniors Found Prone to 'Brain Fog’, Weakness, Emotional Turmoil After Surviving COVID-19
    Tom Stevens and his wife, Virginia, were hospitalized with COVID-19 in early August and put in separate rooms. Within a day, their physicians agreed that the couple, married for 66 years, should not be kept apart ― they needed to recover in a room together. - Sputnik International
    Victoria Teets
    20 October 2020, 23:51 GMT
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    Emails Reportedly Show HHS Official ‘Dictating’ Anthony Fauci Media Responses to Favour Trump Agenda
    Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, walks from the podium after speaking about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 17, 2020 - Sputnik International
    Svetlana Ekimenko
    10 September 2020, 09:36 GMT
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    'Waiting for Instruction Vid': Netizens Chortle as Canada Doc Touts Mask-Wearing During Pandemic Sex
    Wearing masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Thiago do Nascimento, right, and Keilla de Almeida kiss during their drive-thru wedding at the registry office in the neighborhood of Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 28, 2020. - Sputnik International
    Svetlana Ekimenko
    3 September 2020, 14:00 GMT
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    Boris Johnson Reportedly to Offer UK Roadmap to ‘Normality’ as Schools Reopen Post-COVID-19 Lockdown
    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Castle Rock school on the pupil's first day back to school, in Coalville, Britain 26 August 2020. - Sputnik International
    Svetlana Ekimenko
    1 September 2020, 07:49 GMT
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    No10 Rejects Reported Claims by Cummings’ Father-in-Law That PM May Quit Over COVID-19 Health Issues
    FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo - Sputnik International
    25 August 2020, 11:06 GMT
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