COVID-19 Updates
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COVID-19 Webinar and Partner Calls Videos
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Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2
Note: This document is intended to provide guidance on the appropriate use of testing among healthcare personnel and does not dictate the determination of payment decisions or insurance coverage of…
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Australia set to open borders for international students
While Australia’s borders remain firmly closed to overseas visitors, the government plans to make a notable exception as it races to save its fourth-biggest export: education.In time for the new…
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How a Chinese pharmaceutical firm has leapt to the front of the global race for a vaccine while the pandemic rages on
When a group of Chinese scientists gathered over barbecue and beer in a Toronto backyard a decade ago, talk drifted to their homeland’s vaccines, which had long lagged the developed…
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As the coronavirus crisis speeds up economic, political and social decoupling, here’s what central banks should ponder
The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated a number of transformations around the world that were already happening before the pandemic struck. These can be summarised as three “decouplings”. The first is…
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Beijing coronavirus outbreak could have link to South or Southeast Asia, study claims
A new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing could have come from strains that originated in South Asia or Southeast Asia, according to a study by Harvard University researchers.The study, which has…
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China’s experience shows coronavirus second wave need not be a disaster
By early June, life in Beijing had largely returned to normal. Roads and restaurants were full again. Almost two months went by without a locally-acquired infection. On June 11, a…
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Coronavirus: Donald Trump shifts messaging on masks, saying he’s open to wearing one in public
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Max Cohen on politico.com on July 1, 2020.US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he…
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Cancelled flight? How to get a full refund, and why Air Canada has more than its fair share of customer refund complaints
Grounded by Covid-19, many of the world’s airlines have begun to resemble dubious strangers hanging around school playgrounds with offers of confectionery. “Look what I have here,” they say. “Change…
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Coronavirus: US slammed for hoarding Covid-19 treatment remdesivir after Trump’s ‘amazing deal’
Health experts on Wednesday slammed the US decision to hog nearly the entire global supply of remdesivir, the only drug licensed so far to treat Covid-19, warning that type of…