COVID-19 Updates
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CDC Seroprevalence Survey Types
CDC is collaborating with public health and private partners on a variety of surveys of different sizes, locations, populations studied, and purposes. The seroprevalence surveys CDC is conducting include large-scale…
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How to Get CDC’s COVID-19 Diagnostic Test and Supplies
The CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel detects the SARS-CoV-2 virus in upper and lower respiratory specimens. It is designed to be used with an…
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Obama hits U.S. virus response; Italy plans to roll back lockdown measures
The coverage on this live blog has ended — for up-to-the-minute coverage on the coronavirus, visit the live blog from CNBC’s Asia-Pacific and Europe teams. Governments and officials around the world…
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Coronavirus live updates: Brazil surpasses Spain and Italy in total confirmed cases
The coverage on this live blog has ended — but for up-to-the-minute coverage on the coronavirus outbreak, visit the live blog from CNBC’s U.S. team. Global cases: More than 4.6 million Global deaths:…
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Once coronavirus social distancing ends, let’s hope the gadget-led one will be over as well
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a global health care crisis and, along with it, stress, fear and loneliness. To add to the anxiety, there is social distancing. Humans are inherently…
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Battle looms at WHO meeting as pressure mounts on China over coronavirus inquiry
The World Health Organisation has been on the front line coordinating the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. When its decision-making body gathers, virtually, for its annual meeting on Monday, it…
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Why a cooler, greener Hong Kong has a better chance of keeping a future pandemic at bay
Wearing a face mask outdoors is becoming unbearable for many in Hong Kong, as urban temperatures have soared to over 30 degrees Celsius in recent days. Trying to seek refuge…
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Australia has dug itself into a hole in its relationship with China. It’s time to find a way out
In diplomacy, as in life, if you find yourself in a hole it is better to stop digging. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has excavated a diplomatic cavity for himself…
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Obama criticises Trump’s virus response in online graduation speech
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised some officials overseeing the coronavirus response, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials “aren’t even pretending…
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Coronavirus: as India’s lockdown leaves thousands jobless, migrant workers are dying to go home
At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed in road accidents on Saturday as they tried to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials said.The accidents,…