COVID-19 Updates
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Somerset hospital closed to new patients to halt spread of coronavirus
A general hospital in Somerset has temporarily stopped accepting new patients in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid-19 on site. Weston general hospital in Weston-super-Mare stopped taking admissions,…
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Food delivery giant Meituan Dianping posts quarterly revenue decline amid Covid-19 disruptions
Meituan Dianping, China’s largest on-demand services provider, reported a 12.6 per cent drop in first-quarter revenue, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the company’s food delivery operations and other businesses across…
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Bishops turn on Boris Johnson for defending Dominic Cummings
Church of England bishops have fired a volley of unprecedented criticism at Boris Johnson over his defence of actions taken by his chief aide, Dominic Cummings. One suggested the church…
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Large-scale Geographic Seroprevalence Surveys
CDC is conducting a nationwide COVID-19 seroprevalence survey in 25 U.S. metropolitan areas, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Vitalant Research…
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COVID-19 Surge
COVID-19Surge is a spreadsheet-based tool that hospital administrators and public health officials can use to estimate the surge in demand for hospital-based services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A user of…
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Will Singapore banks regret easy loans for coronavirus-hit businesses?
In a coronavirus-stricken world, Singapore’s loan sharks and licensed moneylenders are feeling the pinch as struggling customers look elsewhere for cheaper credit.Some loan sharks have been driven to desperation from…
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The life or death question: who gets the Covid-19 vaccine?
The Covid-19 pandemic and its devastating impact on human health and way of life has driven the global search for a vaccine like few diseases in living memory.As the United…
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Coronavirus: here’s how Hong Kong can speed up testing for airport arrivals
It was reported on April 22 that the Hospital Authority had introduced a new testing process for Covid-19 that promised to deliver results in 45 minutes – compared with up…
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In the post-pandemic conflicts to come, Asia will have to fend for itself
With the scale and impact of the coronavirus pandemic, we are told to expect a different kind of world when lockdown and quarantine regimes are eventually lifted.But almost certainly, the…
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US Muslim families try to balance Eid rituals with virus concerns
With no congregational prayers or family gatherings, Salsabiel Mujovic has been worried that this year’s Eid al-Fitr celebration will pale. Still, she is determined to bring home holiday cheer amid…