COVID-19 Updates
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Stopping an outbreak behind bars
The Cook County jail in Chicago, where CDC responders helped contain an outbreak of COVID-19 this spring. Close The Cook County jail in Chicago, where CDC responders helped contain an…
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Recommendations for Disaster Sheltering of Household Pets, Service Animals, and Support Animals during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Acknowledgments This information is provided through the One Health Federal Interagency COVID-19 Coordination Group, Companion Animals1 subgroup, with contributions from federal partners. This document was reviewed by multiple stakeholders representing…
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Additional Tools and Resources
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working closely with international partners to respond to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. CDC provides technical assistance to help other countries…
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Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Travel increases your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19. Staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. You can get COVID-19 during your travels. You…
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Singapore’s shopping hub Orchard Road buckles under coronavirus as economic pain grows
A walk down Orchard Road shows just how badly the coronavirus pandemic has hit Singapore’s famed shopping strip.Gone are popular restaurants like Modesto’s, which shut last month after 23 years.…
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Coronavirus cases worldwide pass 18 million as hard-hit US enters ‘new phase’
Global coronavirus cases topped 18 million on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University, with the pandemic adding a million reported infections about every four days.Fresh clusters have been reported in…
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Coronavirus latest: non-essential Melbourne businesses shut; Vietnam races to avoid major outbreak
Australia’s Victoria state will shut down large parts of its retail and manufacturing sectors for six weeks in the city of Melbourne as it tries to crush a spike in…
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Hong Kong property deals expected to fall 10 per cent in August, with second-hand home sales plunging by a fifth, as Covid-19 risk rattles buyers, sellers
Property transactions in Hong Kong may drop by about a 10th in August, with second-hand home sales leading the way with a 20 per cent plunge, as a third wave…
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Without jobs, some in Hong Kong tighten belts and deplete savings as they face an uncertain future
This is the first instalment of a five-part series in which the Post takes a look at unemployment in Hong KongThe Covid-19 pandemic, coming on the heels of anti-government protests…
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Hong Kong-listed old economy stocks are coronavirus roadkill. Will they come back to life?
As the coronavirus drags into its seventh month, old economy stocks face a high-stakes reckoning: do their battered share prices signal they are roadkill, unlikely to ever fully revive? Or,…