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China outcry after volleyballers don N95 masks
China's Volleyball Association later apologised, saying the decision was due to "lack of experience".

Dr Anthony Fauci to step down after 38 years
The infectious disease specialist became the most famous doctor in the US during the pandemic.

Live fish tested for Covid amid China's new outbreak
Footage has gone viral showing live fish and crabs being tested in China for the coronavirus.

Shanghai Ikea shoppers flee Covid lockdown attempt
Video shows people running out of the store in Xuhui district as guards tried to shut them in.

Remote Pacific nation hit by first Covid outbreak
Cases in the Marshall Islands have surged not long after the first community spread was confirmed.

Kim Jong-un 'suffered fever' during Covid outbreak
The sister of North Korea's leader also blames South Korea for causing her country's outbreak.

Australian Covid app branded expensive 'failure'
The health minister urges people to delete the contact-tracing app, which identified just two infections.
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China outcry after volleyballers don N95 masks
China's Volleyball Association later apologised, saying the decision was due to "lack of experience".

Dr Anthony Fauci to step down after 38 years
The infectious disease specialist became the most famous doctor in the US during the pandemic.

Live fish tested for Covid amid China's new outbreak
Footage has gone viral showing live fish and crabs being tested in China for the coronavirus.

Shanghai Ikea shoppers flee Covid lockdown attempt
Video shows people running out of the store in Xuhui district as guards tried to shut them in.

Remote Pacific nation hit by first Covid outbreak
Cases in the Marshall Islands have surged not long after the first community spread was confirmed.

Kim Jong-un 'suffered fever' during Covid outbreak
The sister of North Korea's leader also blames South Korea for causing her country's outbreak.

Australian Covid app branded expensive 'failure'
The health minister urges people to delete the contact-tracing app, which identified just two infections.

Dr Anthony Fauci to step down after 38 years
The infectious disease specialist became the most famous doctor in the US during the pandemic.

Live fish tested for Covid amid China's new outbreak
Footage has gone viral showing live fish and crabs being tested in China for the coronavirus.

Shanghai Ikea shoppers flee Covid lockdown attempt
Video shows people running out of the store in Xuhui district as guards tried to shut them in.
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