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COVID-19 cases rise in Europe for 5th consecutive week GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases has risen in Europe for the fifth consecutive week, making it the only world region where COVID-19 is still increasing, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday. AP NEWS

GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases has risen in Europe for the fifth consecutive week, making it the only world region where COVID-19 is still increasing, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday.

Merck to share its COVID-19 pill with developing nations Merck Peter Sullivan TheHill

Merck announced on Wednesday that it will share its antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 with developing countries in a move to broaden access to the promising treatment.

The COVID-19 Pandemic Could Continue Well Into 2022. Here's Why. Western countries might be majority inoculated, but what about the global South? YahooNews

We might be ready for the pandemic to be over, but it looks set to be with us for a long while yet.

Moderna won't share its vaccine recipe. WHO has hired an African startup to crack it It's the first step in an audacious plan to solve vaccine inequity by setting up the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines across low-resource countries. NPR.org

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The World Health Organization has hired the company, called Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, as part of a $100 million plan to figure out how to make an mRNA vaccine against COVID that is as close as possible to the version produced by Moderna.