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  2021-07-02

  China's COVID-19 'global public good' turning a bad situation worse?

  Infection rates are spiking in countries that relied on Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, while leaders in Beijing continue to tout their country's 'greatness' in defeating the virus.

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  2021-07-01

  Afghans displaced by Taliban violence face elevated COVID-19 threat

  Hundreds of thousands of Afghans displaced by fighting are often forced into cramped and unsanitary living conditions, putting them at higher risk of infection, authorities say.

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  2021-06-11

  United States to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to world

  It represents the largest single purchase and donation of COVID-19 vaccines by any single country ever. Pfizer jabs will start being sent out to the world's poorest countries in August.

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  2021-06-04

  Afghanistan to receive COVID-19 vaccines from US

  The additional doses are part of an 80-million-dose tranche to be distributed globally that will help to boost Afghanistan's coronavirus response.

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  2021-05-28

  Wuhan lab leak theory gains traction as COVID-19 origin probe continues

  Mounting evidence points to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the origin of the devastating global pandemic, and China's propaganda machine is working overtime to debunk the theory.

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  2021-05-10

  New polio cases emerge in Badghis following Taliban vaccine interference

  Workers have vaccinated only 33% of the province's 170,000 children under age five against polio, while the rest are at risk because of the Taliban's ongoing obstructions.

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  2021-05-06

  World increasingly wary of COVID-19 disinformation from Russia, China

  Moscow and Beijing seek to undermine public trust in Western vaccines while promoting their own jabs -- which have raised serious concerns over efficacy, quality control and transparency.

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  2021-02-18

  International probe accuses China of withholding info on COVID-19 origins

  Beijing's lack of transparency and selective data sharing have frustrated the team of international specialists tasked with probing the origin of the pandemic. No conclusive findings were made.

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  2021-01-29

  China attempts to convince world that it is 'victim' of COVID-19

  Beijing's spin took on more urgency in recent weeks as World Health Organisation (WHO) experts arrived in Wuhan to probe the origins of the coronavirus.

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  2021-01-26

  Polio on rise in Afghanistan following Taliban vaccine obstruction

  The Taliban make vaccinations impossible in areas they hold by threatening to kill the door-to-door teams, and they also tell the public that vaccines are a Western conspiracy.