GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. FILE PHOTO: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a press conference organized by the Geneva …
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FILE PHOTO: A scientist prepares samples during the research and development of a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) in a laboratory of the biotechnology company BIOCAD in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 11, 2020. REUTERS / Anton Vaganov MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian institute developing one of the country’s possible coronavirus vaccines …
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