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Costa Rica to accept tourists from countries with virus under control
Costa Rica will will open its international airports on Aug. 1 to tourists from countries that have “controlled transmission” of coronavirus, Health ...Argentina tightens Buenos Aires lockdown as coronavirus cases surge
Argentina will extend and tighten a lockdown in and around Buenos Aires following a sharp rise in cases of the novel coronavirus ...Texas halts reopening as US virus cases soar
Texas on Thursday halted steps to reopen its economy after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, as the United States hits some ...Eiffel Tower reopens with strict virus restrictions
Tourists and Parisians will from Thursday again be able to admire the view of the French capital from the Eiffel Tower after ...Virus cases surge in Americas as IMF warns of economic carnage
More than 78,000 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in the US and in Brazil alone Wednesday, as the IMF laid out the ...Qatar confirms first virus death among World Cup workforce
World Cup organisers in Qatar reported the first coronavirus death of a worker involved in construction of 2022 tournament venues on Thursday. ...Coronavirus surges in Latin America as deaths surpass 100,000
Latin America’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 100,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with few signs of the ...Germany locks down district over outbreak as Djokovic gets virus
Germany became the latest country to reimpose lockdown measures to tackle a coronavirus cluster on Tuesday, as tennis star Novak Djokovic contracted ...Arab League urges Libya cease-fire amid fears of wider war
The Arab League on Tuesday pressed Libya’s warring parties and their foreign backers to halt fighting and restart peace talks, as regional ...Germany imposes lockdown on slaughterhouse outbreak region
The governor of Germany’s most populous state has announced lockdown measures in a county that has seen a large increase in COVID-19 ...