COVID-19 Updates
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Impala steaks, anyone? African game reserve sells bush meat to survive lack of safari tourists during pandemic
South Africa’s luxury game lodges are empty and safari vehicles gather dust, with borders closed and airlines struggling due to the coronavirus crisis.For Somkhanda, a community-owned game reserve, selling game…
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CDC COVID-19 Response Health Equity Strategy: Accelerating Progress Towards Reducing COVID-19 Disparities and Achieving Health Equity
Guiding Principles Reduce health disparities. Use data-driven approaches. Foster meaningful engagement with community institutions and diverse leaders. Lead culturally responsive outreach. Reduce stigma, including stigma associated with race and ethnicity.…
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Operating schools during COVID-19: CDC’s Considerations
Updates have been made to align with the new school resources and tools that were released on July 23rd and 24th and the latest COVID-19 information. The Considerations are intended…
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Hong Kong third wave: city moving to lock down procurement of eventual Covid-19 vaccine, Carrie Lam says
Hong Kong’s chief executive has pledged to secure a Covid-19 vaccine for city residents as soon as it becomes available via a worldwide procurement push that is already under way,…
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Chinese students in Australia leave as coronavirus upends study
Just a few months after arriving in Sydney for a planned two-year stay, university students Maggie Zhang and boyfriend Sunny Gu sat down to make a “pros and cons” list…
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Coronavirus: Vietnamese men accused of scamming 5,000 US buyers looking for PPE
Police in Vietnam have arrested four men accused of defrauding more than 5,000 Americans trying to buy coronavirus protective equipment online out of nearly US$1 million, the Ministry of Public…
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Why we need to properly, and sustainably, dispose of single-use surgical face masks
Five months into almost universal mask wearing in Hong Kong and it’s clear that the face coverings are not going away any time soon. We’ve adapted well – we’ve got…
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Coronavirus Australia latest updates: NSW, Qld, Victoria at odds over border closures before national cabinet – live news
Finance minister Mathias Cormann was on ABC News Breakfast a short time ago with a bit of forward sizzle about the national cabinet meeting, although that is probably too racy…
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Surge in passport sales delivers Vanuatu a record budget surplus
Surging demand for Vanuatu passports has driven an unexpected record surplus, funding Covid-19 bailout packages and cyclone recovery. With nearly every other sector of its fragile economy reeling from the…
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Coronavirus live news: France reports another record post-lockdown jump in cases; Russia to start mass vaccine trials
Morocco could return to a complete coronavirus lockdown as cases continue to rise, Moroccan King Mohammed VI said on Thursday, warning of severe economic repercussions. The warning came as a…