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African nations still encouraged to use AstraZeneca vaccine

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

A nurse holds a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine before administering it to a tourist resort employee north of Port Louis, Mauritius, Wednesday Feb. 10, 2021. Three tourist hotels have been selected as vaccination centers as the Indian ocean island kicks its COVID-19 vaccination campaign. (Sumeet Mudhoo/L'express Maurice via AP)

WHO expert group recommends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

A woman wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus visits shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

The Latest: Jump in cases worries S. Korea as holiday starts

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Marion Koopmans, left, wears her mask as Peter Daszak shakes hands with a Chinese staff member outside their hotel before leaving for the airport at the end of their WHO mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Peter Ben Embarek, of the World Health Organization team holds up a chart showing pathways of transmission of the virus during a joint press conference held at the end of the WHO mission in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Seniors wait to be vaccinated with China's Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center set up at the Carmela Carvajal school in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Chile is starting its vaccination plan for the general population on Wednesday, starting with seniors over 90 and health workers. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

The Latest: Mexico’s president has negative antigen test

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Security personnel gather near the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

WHO investigators finally allowed into lab at center of COVID-19 controversy

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A pharmacist fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at a pop-up vaccination site at the God's Battalion of Prayer Church, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. SOMOS and Elderplan volunteer nurses are expected to vaccinate up to 500 older New Yorkers who attend the church or live in surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

145 countries to receive COVID-19 shots for vulnerable groups

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2021 file photo, a health care professional prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel. Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s office said Sundya, Jan. 31, 2021, that Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers. It is the first time that Israel has confirmed the transfer of vaccines to the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Palestinians give first vaccines after Israel shares supply

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

A member of a World Health Organization team is seen wearing protective gear during a field visit to the Hubei Animal Disease Control and Prevention Center for another day of field visit in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The WHO team is investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has visited two disease control centers in the province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

WHO team visits animal disease center in Wuhan, China

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Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organization's representative in Syria, speaks during an interview at her office in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Magtymova said the arrival of vaccines to war ravaged Syria will depend on availability, manufacturing capacity and implementation and may initially cover only three percent of the population in the first phase. She said Syria is eligible to receive the vaccine for free through the global COVAX effort aimed at helping lower-income countries obtain the shots. (AP Photo)

Slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout expected in war- ravaged Syria

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along a pedestrian crossing Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 390 new coronavirus cases on Monday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

The Latest: Wash. state warns hospitals on VIP vaccinations

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A car that's part of a convoy carrying the World Health Organization team of researchers arrives at the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine also known as the Hubei Province Xinhua Hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. The World Health Organization team of researchers emerged from their hotel Thursday for the first time since their arrival in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to start searching for clues into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early COVID-19 patients

By Emily Wang Fujiyama - Associated Press

Workers wave to the team of experts from the World Health Organization who ended their quarantine and prepare to leave the quarantine hotel by bus in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

EXPLAINER: How experts will hunt for COVID origins in China

By SAM McNEIL - Associated Press

In this Jan. 14, 2021, file photo, a worker in protective coverings directs members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team on their arrival at the airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Relative of coronavirus victim asks to meet WHO experts in Wuhan

By Emily Wang and Dake Kang - Associated Press

In this Feb. 23, 2017, photo, Shi Zhengli works with other researchers in a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. (Chinatopix via AP) **FILE**

Wuhan lab theory in coronavirus outbreak bolstered by declassified U.S. intelligence

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this March 19, 2020, file photo, a biosafety protective suit for handling viral diseases are hung up in a biosafety level 4 training facility at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., where scientists are working to help develop solutions to prevent, detect and treat the coronavirus. China is trying to spread doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines and the origin of the coronavirus as a World Health Organization-selected team of scientists are in the city where the pandemic first broke out. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

China pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, virus

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. he Biden administration is taking quick steps to keep the United States in the World Health Organization, part of his ambition to launch a full-throttle effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Just hours before Wednesday’s inauguration, the Biden-Harris transition team announced its plans to “take action” to halt a U.S. withdrawal begun under Trump and work with partners to reform WHO and support its response to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

EXPLAINER: What’s next for WHO after US takes steps to stay

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden leaves after attending a virtual swearing in ceremony of political appointees from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The United States will resume funding for the World Health Organization and join its consortium aimed at sharing coronavirus vaccines fairly around the globe, Biden’s top adviser on the pandemic said Thursday, Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s US revives support for WHO, reversing Trump retreat

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 30, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), talks to the media at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)

Joe Biden will reverse WHO withdrawal, restore health team on security council

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times