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Video: Steroid dexamethasone a life-saving treatment for very ill Covid-19 patients, UK study indicates
Video of Katherine Millbank, a British Covid-19 survivor, who was among 2,100 participants who took part in clinical drug trial launched in March 2020, which shows a widely available, low-cost steroid can…
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Mongolia heads to polls amid coronavirus success but corruption, economy a worry
Mongolians were voting in parliamentary elections on Wednesday across the vast, lightly populated country, a US ally squeezed between authoritarian governments in China and Russia.The polls are being held amid…
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Japan’s foreign students struggle with high bar for coronavirus aid
Xiaomei Wang can no longer find work in Japan and her savings are running low. She is unable to return to China because of the restrictions on travel and she…
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Gojek joins global tech lay-offs in slashing 9 per cent of staff
Gojek, the ride-hailing and delivery giant competing with Grab Holdings, will cut 430 jobs or 9 per cent of employees, as it grapples with the economic fallout of the coronavirus…
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US senators consider easing law so Americans can sue China over coronavirus
US lawmakers debated whether to make it easier for Americans to sue China for damages related to the coronavirus pandemic at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday in Washington.“At…
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Can Xi Jinping revive China’s dream of turning its poor west into an economic powerhouse?
This is the second story in a three-part series examining the Chinese government’s new Go West plan to develop the central and western regions of the country in response to…
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Why dreams of easy coronavirus recovery crumble in face of reality
As social restrictions from months of coronavirus isolation ease around the world, there’s growing optimism that perhaps the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is over. Maybe all this talk of…
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Fashion after the coronavirus: no fashion weeks and a more personalised experience, Chinese online retailer foresees
The magnitude of the threat the coronavirus pandemic posed to her online fashion platform Curated Crowd hit home for Ada Yi Zhao in March. She had to shut down her…
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EU countries may bar US travellers because of coronavirus failures, report says
European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to block Americans from entering because the US has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic, The New York Times reported…
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Coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci says Donald Trump hasn’t ordered slowdown of US testing
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Brianna Ehley on politico.com on June 23, 2020.The government’s top infectious disease expert told a…