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Indonesian teacher brings lesson to village students without internet despite Covid-19 rules
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube As schools were forced to close and switch to online classes, a dedicated Indonesian teacher instead brings classes to students living…
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Forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq helping to bury coronavirus victims in mass graves
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Mass graves have been dug for coronavirus victims at a cemetery on the outskirts of Najaf, a city south of the…
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Beijing Covid-19 outbreak: Xinfadi market closure impact, and how it’s affecting residents
Beijing-based reporters Echo Xie and Qin Chen report on the outbreak of coronavirus at the Xinfadi wholesale market, how it's impacting on food supplies to Beijing supermarkets, how security lockdowns…
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Hong Kong fortune-tellers struggle as Covid-19 pandemic keeps tourists away
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Fortune-tellers normally busy soothsaying for tourists in Hong Kong's Temple Street say they are now struggling amid the Covid-19 pandemic. One…
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Singaporeans eat out and shop as coronavirus restrictions relaxed
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Some Singaporeans ate out, shopped and queued up for bubble tea as the city state’s coronavirus measures were relaxed on June…
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Israeli researchers invent reusable masks that kill coronavirus with heat from phone charger
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Israeli researchers say they have invented a reusable face mask that can kill the coronavirus with heat from a mobile phone…
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India is planning to build the world’s largest temporary Covid-19 hospital
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube India is building what it describes as the world’s largest temporary Covid-19 hospital, in an effort to ease the lack of…
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Modular ward helps add hospital beds quickly, allows doctors to treat Covid-19 patients remotely
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A Taiwanese company has designed a modular ward that can be assembled within 24 hours, helping hospitals to cope with a…
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Steroid dexamethasone a life-saving treatment for very ill Covid-19 patients, UK study indicates
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The World Health Organisation has welcomed preliminary results of a drugs trial conducted by scientists in the UK, which shows a…
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Hong Kong Disneyland to reopen after closing for almost five months amid pandemic
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong Disneyland will officially reopen to the public on June 18, 2020, after being closed for almost five months due…