COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: US approves new antigen test with fast results
US regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country.The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced…
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Coronavirus latest: Europe eyes restart to travel and tourism; Spanish PM urges caution
European Union nations are getting set to announce a relaxation in border restrictions next week, in an effort to boost their hard-hit tourist industries.French health officials on Saturday announced another…
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Coronavirus: US starts distributing Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug to states most in need
The US government began distributing remdesivir, an experimental drug recently approved for emergency use against Covid-19, to areas of the country struggling the most with the disease.The Department of Health…
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Coronavirus response: China’s military may have filled the gap left by the US but it’s only temporary, experts say
As the United States has taken a step back from world affairs to focus on an unprecedented health crisis at home, China has made full use of its massive military…
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Coronavirus lockdown in US triggers plunge in mass shootings
Forcing people in the US to shelter at home during the coronavirus outbreak may have resulted in less death from Covid-19 infections but also fewer victims of mass shootings.The number…
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They beat the coronavirus, but stigma still haunts Britain’s elderly Covid-19 survivors
From resounding applause to ostracisation and isolation.That is essentially the journey Lt. Cmdr. Robert Embleton, who served 34 years in Britain’s Royal Navy, took by ambulance when discharged from Derriford…
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China offers to help North Korea fight coronavirus as Kim Jong-un returns to public view
China has told North Korea it is willing to help contain the spread of Covid-19 in a note from President Xi Jinping to his counterpart Kim Jong-un.Xi’s message follows recent…
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Coronavirus live news: thousands turn out for Belarus VE Day parade, as Russia infections near 200,000
As Spain’s daily death toll fell to its second lowest since mid-March on Saturday, half of the country prepared to move into the next phase of exit from one of…
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UK coronavirus live: ministers plan 14-day quarantine for arrivals as garden centres set to reopen- latest updates
Responding to Labour’s proposal for an extension to the evictions ban, and for renters to be given two years to pay back rent arrears, Amina Gichinga from the London Renters…
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It’s raining Guinness! Irish pubs use vans and drones to lift spirits
If it’s a balmy evening and you hear buzzing in the sky over Rathdrinagh, a townland in the middle of Ireland, the odds are that it’s not bees but beer.…