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Aug 20, 2022
Berlin (Germany), August 20: The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Germany continues to fall, but the infection risk remains high, the country's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Friday.
U.S. admits COVID-19 response mistakes, but repeats them over monkeypox: NBC
Ukrainian, Turkish presidents meet on cooperation, grain exports
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Top German court upholds mandatory measles vaccination for children
Drought threatens Romania's agricultural production
Italy's COVID-19 infections rise again
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