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Markets hit by UK quarantine move and China retail sales fall – as it happened
And finally, after a turbulent day the FTSE 100 index has closed down 1.5%. The blue-chip index lost 93 points to finish at 6,092, wiping out the gains earlier this…
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I love the Isle of Wight. But it’s no longer the perfect place to test contact tracing | Zoe Williams
When the government first chose the Isle of Wight to pilot its coronavirus contact-tracer app, I figured that made sense. They needed somewhere contained, like an island. They needed somewhere…
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Philippines bans chicken imports from Brazil after Chinese reports
The Philippines on Friday imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen…
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Coronavirus: blood plasma of recovered Covid-19 patients could save the very ill, finds US study
Treating coronavirus patients in hospital with a high level of antibodies from the blood plasma of recovered patients could greatly reduce mortality, according to a large-scale study run by the…
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China economy loses steam amid weak demand, coronavirus and floods, analysts say
Facing a multitude of headwinds at home and abroad, from floods along the Yangtze River, to coronavirus outbreaks in the West, and an inability to stimulate domestic demand, analysts said…
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FOMO hasn’t gone away during lockdown, it’s just moved online – but if everything’s cancelled because of the coronavirus, why are we still so afraid of missing out?
The coronavirus pandemic has cancelled many things, but FOMO – the “fear of missing out” – doesn’t appear to be one of them.Jennifer Wolkin, a New York-based clinical health and…
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What will happen if we cannot produce a coronavirus vaccine?
There are over 175 Covid-19 vaccines in development. Almost all government strategies for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic are based on the idea that one of these vaccine candidates will…
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Malaysia’s economy shrinks by 17.1 per cent in Q2, worst slump since Asian financial crisis
Hit hard by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and three-month lockdown, the Malaysian economy contracted by 17.1 per cent in its second quarter on a year on year basis,…
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Indonesia’s Jokowi says pandemic can spur ‘big leap forward’ for economy
Indonesia must use the coronavirus pandemic to reboot Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, including by improving food and energy security, as well as processing more natural resources at home, President Joko…
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Coronavirus latest: New Zealand extends Auckland lockdown; South Korea sees spike in cases
New Zealand on Friday extended a lockdown of its largest city Auckland by at least 12 days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced, as authorities struggled with a growing new coronavirus…