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South Sudan Students, Teachers Back in School After 14-month Lockdown
Officials say government will send COVID-19 committees to various schools to assess whether teachers have been adhering to health ministry's preventat
Students in Belgium Return to School After 2-Month COVID Break
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British to See if Different COVID-19 Vaccines Can Be Used in Same 2-Dose Regimen
Researchers to inoculate more than 800 volunteers with vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca-Oxford University
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WHO: Equitable, Global Distribution of 2 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Begin in 2021
Funding shortfall could stop COVAX effort to bring vaccines to poorest nations
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Harris Suspends Campaign Travel After 2 in Her Entourage Test Positive for COVID
Campaign says both Biden and Harris themselves have not tested positive for the virus
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Trump Returns to White House After 72 Hours in Hospital for COVID-19
The president may not entirely be out of the woods yet,' his lead physician tells reporters//
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Millions of Children in Pakistan Return to School Post-virus Crisis
The largest return to school in the world comes as daily infections and deaths from the outbreak in the country of 220 million have steadily declined
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Syrians Will Meet to Draft New Constitution After Nine-Month Break
Syrian talks broke off nine months ago because of disagreements over the agenda, and were not resumed because of COVID-19 restrictions
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New Bridge Set to Open in Genoa, Italy, 2 Years After Collapse That Killed 43
Families of those killed when the Morandi Bridge collapsed boycotted the ceremony, along with the firefighters who pulled many of the 43 dead from sma
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Students Return to Campus Amid Virus Growth in Some States
School begins with strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety
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Black Students Afraid to Return to Kansas State University After Racist Tweet
Many Black students at Kansas State University are afraid to return to school after a white student made a racist tweet about George Floyd, a Black ma
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During COVID, High School Students Find Other Ways to Celebrate End of Senior Year
Proms and graduations are a no-go. But senior portraits and summer dances can happen
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COVID School Lockdowns Leading to Increase in Violence Against Children, UN Says
New report says shut schools means children cannot access the people they turn to for support
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Beijing Returns to Lockdown After 106 COVID-19 Cases Reported in Recent Days
Beijing authorities have described the city's coronavirus outbreak as extremely severe as they place at least 28 local communities under lockdown
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Add $1.7 Million to School Budgets After COVID, Says Report
More staff, materials and transportation will be needed
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Traders Return to New York Stock Exchange after Two-Month Absence
COVID-19 restrictions meant the usually chaotic trading floor was more subdued
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Madagascar Deploys Troops, Doctors to City After Spike in COVID-19 Cases
The more than 100 soldiers sent to Toamasina are charged with keeping the peace and enforcing requirements for wearing masks and social distancing
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Children Return to Australian Schools After Weeks of COVID-19 Lockdowns
More than one million students are back in class Monday, as state and private schools in New South Wales resume full-time learning after two months of
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Students in Belgium Return to School After 2-Month COVID Break
Temperatures checked, regular handwashing, strict social distancing among safety measures
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Country-to-Country Bubbles: a New Way to Travel in Asia after COVID-19
Australia and New Zealand are considering a two-way only travel zone free of quarantine rules, They could be a model for the Asia-Pacific
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Italians Vote in 2 Regions; Salvini Eyes Return to Power
Right-wing opposition leader is telling Italians who are voting Sunday to use their ballots to help his anti-migrant party return to national power