COVID-19 Updates
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Google honours Chinese-Malaysian face mask pioneer Doctor Wu Lien-teh, whose surgical face covering is seen as origin of N95
Google has paid tribute to a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist, whose early invention of a face mask is still saving lives today during the coronavirus pandemic.On Wednesday Google’s logo tribute on its…
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How India’s first transgender doctor to head a Covid-19 vaccination centre inspires, one dose at a time
When Dr Aqsa Shaikh announced on Twitter last week that she had been appointed to head a Covid-19 vaccination centre in New Delhi, her timeline was inundated with hundreds of…
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Coronavirus: Filipinos go hungry amid rising pork prices, inflation and job losses
Jen Armado, a 32-year-old mother of two, was supposed to mark her 10th year as a secretary in a private school in Tanza, Cavite, a coastal town south of Metro…
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Testing Strategies for SARS-CoV-2
This guidance describes and compares different types of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) testing strategies, including their intended use and applications, regulatory requirements, and reporting requirements. Read the original…
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Thai tourism businesses seeking early coronavirus vaccination face backlash; Phuket says ‘We cannot afford to wait’
A year after Thailand closed its borders to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Phuket’s famous Walking Street, lined with colourful shophouses, is empty, its white sand beaches deserted.But a proposal by…
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Why has Hong Kong’s coronavirus vaccination drive stumbled recently, and should you be worried about possible side effects?
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 vaccination drive has got off to a rocky start, with the take-up rate continuing to drop since the programme first began rolling out jabs in early February.The…
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Trapped in Macau: the Singaporeans and Malaysians desperate to get home
Gavin Chin, a Malaysian living in Macau, is desperate to hop on the next flight back to his hometown of Sabah. He was working as a diver technician on The…
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Australia news live: Covid-19 ‘code yellow’ emergency at Cairns hospital; half-price airline tickets in bid to revive tourism
Federal government announces $1.2bn tourism package with 800,000 subsidised airfares; key crossbench senator warns PM the Christian Porter saga will become an ‘albatross around his government’s neck’. Follow latest updates…
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Coronavirus live news: at least 3,000 nurses have died in year since WHO declared Covid pandemic
3,000 nurses dead, Covid exodus looming warns global federation; Brazil again suffers record deaths; five countries suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine Israel says 600 children given Covid jab had no…
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House passes Biden’s $1.9tn Covid relief bill projected to slash US poverty in 2021 – live
Biden will sign coronavirus relief bill on Friday ‘Help is on the way,’ Democratic leaders say after House passes bill Merrick Garland confirmed as attorney general Marcia Fudge confirmed as…