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Coronavirus: is China’s rigorous home disinfection prudent disease control, falsely reassuring or overkill?
Emphasising deep cleaning aligns with Beijing’s persistent view the virus can spread from surfaces, and may originally have been imported into Wuhan on goods. Read the original article at South…
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Coronavirus: North Korea reports fifth day of over 200,000 new ‘fever’ cases
Experts say North Korea is almost certainly downplaying the true scale of the viral spread, including a strangely small death toll, to soften the political blow on Kim Jong-un. Read…
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Shanghai lockdown: city records rise in new Covid cases for second day but community infections remain at zero
No cases were discovered in low-risk unguarded zones, indicating that the mainland’s commercial and financial capital is able to limit infections to only people in quarantine. Read the original article…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong rolls out fourth vaccine dose for residents aged 18 to 59, while 228 cases logged
The shots are available at vaccination centres and open for walk-ins until a new online booking system is set up. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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‘Caught unawares’: Covid is preventing Australians in hospital from voting
Mobile polling in health facilities was stopped amid the pandemic and patients in hospital unexpectedly have no way to cast their ballot Australia federal election 2022 LIVE – latest news…
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CanSino Biologics CEO Yu Xuefeng says mRNA vaccines are key to China’s coronavirus fight
China has yet to approve any mRNA vaccines, which have a much higher efficacy rate than ones made using older forms of technology. Read the original article at South China…
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Coronavirus: Shanghai faces exodus of talent as lockdown dashes workers hopes for good jobs and a better life
Shanghai, which went into a citywide lockdown on April 1, plans to ease draconian pandemic curbs from June 1 – but some residents have had enough. Read the original article…
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Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid
Sturgeon tweeted she had been experiencing mild symptoms on Friday evening Nicola Sturgeon has tested positive for Covid-19. The Scottish first minister tweeted she had been experiencing mild symptoms on…
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Covid cases and hospitalizations rising in US as vaccine rates for children lag
Most children ages five to 11 are still unvaccinated and new coronavirus strains are expected by fall Rising coronavirus infections and hospitalizations across the US are spurring fears of an…
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Two types of Omicron classified as Covid variants of concern in UK
Small number of BA.4 and BA.5 cases identified but data suggests ‘growth advantage’ over dominant BA.2 Two types of the Omicron known as BA.4 and BA.5 have been labelled as…