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Now playing Next no comment Parts of Shanghai will be locked down as part of a test campaign. Shanghai will impose new containment measures on residents in several parts of the city this weekend as part of a mass testing campaign. 10/06/2022
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Now playing Next world news Kim Jong-un labels North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak a 'great disaster' Half a million people are thought to have developed fevers since late April in the country which lacks medicines and rejected international offers of vaccines. 14/05/2022
Now playing Next Health news ‘Pandemic within the pandemic’: Is Europe underestimating long COVID? Millions of people across Europe could be suffering from long COVID. Experts want more resources to be put into investigating the condition and how to treat it. 13/05/2022
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Now playing Next This will impact your life Europeans have decided COVID-19 is over. It isn't. In a short space of time, governments have lifted most restrictions meant to contain the deadly virus. 02/05/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Tourism in France surges after pandemic Paris and the south of France welcomed 20% more tourists over the Easter weekend compared to 2019, despite the Ukraine war and lockdowns in Asia. 02/05/2022
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Now playing Next no comment Beijing residents queue for tests Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai. 26/04/2022
Now playing Next Health news Mental health a factor in risk of breakthrough COVID infection - study Vaccinated patients over the age of 65 with a history of certain mental health conditions were found to be at higher risk of breakthrough infection 18/04/2022
Now playing Next Health news No more swabs? US approves its first COVID breath test The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is 91.2 per cent accurate at identifying positive samples and 99.3 per cent accurate with negative samples, according to the FDA. 15/04/2022
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