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Coronavirus vaccine tracker: How close are we to a vaccine?
Pre-clinical vaccines not yet in human trials 138 Phase 1 vaccines in small-scale safety trials 17 Phase 2 vaccines in expanded safety trials 9 Phase 3 vaccines in large-scale efficacy…
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America is not prepared for schools opening this fall. This will be bad | Siva Vaidhyanathan
The public school district in Charlottesville, Virginia, has proposed a model for schooling this fall that resembles what most districts are trying to do. Because state health officials recommend putting…
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The world needs grown-up leadership. Time for Germany to step up | Shada Islam
With Trump’s US missing in action from the global stage, the European Union should be stepping into the vacuum. Germany, which has just taken over the bloc’s rotating presidency, could…
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Hong Kong postpones book fair, other events amid third wave of Covid-19
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) has announced it will postpone the city’s annual book fair and three other major public events this month amid mounting concerns over a…
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Before he died, a 30-year-old US man told nurse of his ‘mistake’ attending a ‘Covid party’
A 30-year-old man from Texas died from the new coronavirus after attending a “Covid-19” party hosted by an infected person, a doctor has revealed, underlining the risk to younger people.Jane…
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How serious is Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 infections and what can be done to beat it?
Barely two weeks since people began returning to Hong Kong’s gyms and cinemas, and venturing out for dim sum in larger groups as social-distancing regulations were eased after the apparently…
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Coronavirus: Catalonia goes back into lockdown as global infections gather pace
Hundreds of thousands of Catalonia residents were ordered back into lockdown on Sunday as coronavirus cases spiked in the Spanish region and new figures showed infections accelerating in many other…
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Coronavirus: ‘silent spreaders’, dummy particles and why some coronavirus carriers are asymptomatic
The coronavirus may be producing defective “dummy” particles, causing some people without symptoms to test positive for the pathogen, according to a study by Chinese scientists.About 20 per cent of…
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How the coronavirus is turbocharging Hong Kong’s fintech revolution
Covid-19 has changed consumer behaviour forever and Hong Kong’s banking and financial services industry urgently needs to adapt. Digital transformation with artificial intelligence has quickly become the top priority for…