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American study finds signs of coronavirus in US before China outbreak
The US has added to research from Italy and France that indicates the coronavirus might have been circulating among people in a number of countries before it was identified in…
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Coronavirus India: can bull semen transport network be used for vaccine distribution?
India, with the second-largest number of Covid-19 infections in the world, has turned its focus to vaccine development and procurement as it seeks to inoculate as many of its 1.3…
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Corpse-carrying female soldiers break taboos to help tackle Nepal’s coronavirus crisis
Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and hand it over to crematory workers – a scene…
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Slump in Hong Kong retail sales eases but outlook remains downbeat as Covid-19 fourth wave takes hold
Hong Kong’s retail sales declined by a lesser extent in October, slumping 8.8 per cent year on year, but the consumption outlook remained downbeat as the city battled another surge…
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Photo of US doctor Joseph Varon comforting elderly Covid-19 patient goes viral
Joseph Varon, a doctor treating coronavirus patients at a Texas hospital, was working his 252nd day in a row when he spotted a distraught elderly man in the Covid-19 intensive…
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Coronavirus: Vietnam, Thailand on alert for outbreaks, Malaysia to charge Top Glove
Vietnam reported two more coronavirus cases on Tuesday linked to a rare domestic infection in its commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City, while the government urged public vigilance and tighter…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: care homes, hospitals, schools affected as city logs 82 new Covid-19 cases, with tighter restrictions, boat party crackdown in works
Hong Kong confirmed 82 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday as officials moved to curtail more recently eased social-distancing rules, with tighter restrictions for weddings, religious events, tour groups and rule-flouting…
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Coronavirus: Asia’s grounded pilots spark airline safety fears over lack of flying practice
On September 15, an Indonesian flight carrying 307 passengers and 11 crew to the northern city of Medan momentarily veered off the runway after landing, sparking an investigation by the…
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DeepMind AI breakthrough helps solve how diseases invade cells by predicting protein structures
Google’s artificial intelligence unit took a giant step to predict the structure of proteins, potentially decoding a problem that has been described as akin to mapping the genome.DeepMind Technologies’ AlphaFold…
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China gave Covid-19 vaccine to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, US analyst says
China has provided North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his family with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a US analyst said on Tuesday, citing two unidentified Japanese intelligence sources.Harry Kazianis, a…