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Tarik Jasarevic

A bartender is shown pulling a draft beer while wearing a face maks with glasses hanging above the bar.

More masks, less play: Europe tightens rules as virus surges

COVID-19

Governments across Europe are ratcheting up restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the continent recorded its highest weekly number of new infections since the start of the pandemic.

A health worker spray disinfectant at an airport wearing protective gear.

WHO fills gaps to fight COVID-19 in countries with weaker health systems, says spokesperson

COVID-19
News of the spread of the ebola virus has residents of Guinea's capital Conakry on edge.

Why the World Health Organization is taking the ebola outbreak in Guinea ‘very seriously’

Health & Medicine
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