COVID-19 Updates
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Mask handout: another example of a government that doesn’t listen, giving people what they don’t want or need
A phone message from the Hong Kong government sent me into a panic. It said my attempt to apply for its free reusable CuMask+ face mask had failed; there was…
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T cells found in healthy people before pandemic may help fight coronavirus, study says
Some people in the United States were carrying immune cells that could recognise or attack the new virus strain as far back as five years ago, likely after being infected…
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Long-term changes in behaviour due to coronavirus could make gaming, e-commerce boom sustainable, experts say
While the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically altered the way people work, shop and play in the short term, gaming and online shopping companies are counting on longer term changes in…
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Coronavirus: Trump reveals he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to protect against Covid-19
US President Donald Trump on Monday made the surprising revelation that he is taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that his own government experts say is not suitable for fighting the…
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Coronavirus: US stocks rally on hopes for vaccine and economic recovery
The stock market bounced back from its worst week in nearly two months Monday as optimism about a potential vaccine for the coronavirus and hopes for a US economic recovery…
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Coronavirus: Uber to cut quarter of global workforce and scale back investment
Uber on Monday announced it is cutting a quarter of its global workforce and trimming investment to survive the financial hit to its business from the coronavirus pandemic.The San Francisco-based…
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Coronavirus latest: US death toll tops 90,000 as WHO promises pandemic review
A half-trillion-euro European fund laid out by France and Germany sparked optimism fighting economic fallout from the coronavirus, as did encouraging early results on vaccine research by a US biotech…
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A weak yuan will help strengthen China’s coronavirus-battered economy, but only for now
Sometimes, too much of a good thing can be a distraction from what really matters. Right now, China’s economy is enjoying a big break from the weak renminbi – no…
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slams ‘spiteful’ Taiwan exclusion from World Health Assembly
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has slammed the “spiteful” rejection of Taiwan to attend the World Health Organisation’s annual meeting as an observer, despite the island’s success in tackling…
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Asians in the US least likely to get coronavirus infection despite racist assumptions of many, data suggests
Cindy Song, a retired government employee living in Washington, saw the Covid-19 storm coming and hunkered down.Alerted by Chinese friends on social media about the danger, by early March she…