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The last Olympic torch relay runner for the Osaka leg concludes the event in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan, last month. Hiro Komae/AP hide caption
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Pfizer To Vaccinate Olympic Athletes As Japan Mulls Extending Pandemic Restrictions
May 6, 2021 • With the Tokyo Games weeks away, the pharmaceutical company and its German partner, BioNTech, have agreed to donate the necessary doses.
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VIDEO: An Easy Way To Understand Variants — Using Puzzle Pieces
May 6, 2021 • If you imagine viruses as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, that can help explain what happens when a coronavirus variant comes into contact with human cells.
COVID-19 patients in the emergency ward of an unidentified hospital on Monday in New Delhi. Dr. Sumit Ray, a hospital critical care chief in the city, says India's health care system is collapsing. Rebecca Conway/Getty Images hide caption
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Doctor In India: Emergency Room Is So Crowded, 'It's Nearly Impossible To Walk'
May 6, 2021 • Dr. Sumit Ray, critical care chief at a New Delhi hospital, is on the front lines of India's growing COVID-19 crisis. "As a system in different parts of the country, we have collapsed," he says.
Doctor In India: Emergency Room Is So Crowded, 'It's Nearly Impossible To Walk'