Mon 07 December 2020: Scientists have developed a novel technology for a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in under 30 minutes. According to the research published in the journal Cell, the new diagnostic test can not only generate a positive or negative result, but it also measures […]
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Mon 07 December 2020: Indonesia on Sunday received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from China, its president announced. “I want to convey the good news that today the government has received 1.2 million doses from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd.” Joko Widodo told an online news briefing. The vaccine has gone through clinical trials in […]
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Mon 07 December 2020: Oil prices were down on Monday as vaccine hopes were overshadowed by a worldwide surge in new COVID-19 cases amid fresh lockdowns in the US, Europe and Asia, which raised concerns over the outlook for crude demand. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $49.09 per barrel at 0641 GMT for […]
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Sun 06 December 2020: After the United Kingdom became the first country to authorize the use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is set to receive the vaccine ”within weeks”. The monarch, 94, and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip will get the vaccine dose early due to their age, but will not receive any preferential treatment. Instead, […]
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Sun 06 December 2020: Boston: Scientists have assessed the novel coronavirus infection in monkeys and found that the immune system’s T-Cells may contribute to protection against the virus if antibody responses are suboptimal, an advance which may aid in the development of vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19. The study, published in the journal Nature, shed […]
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Sun 06 December 2020: Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country’s 1.4 billion people. Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said Thursday during a UN meeting, as Britain […]
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Sun 06 December 2020: Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine this week, initially making the shot available at hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors’ clinics, the government said on Sunday. The first doses are set to be administered on Tuesday, with the National Health Service (NHS) giving […]
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Sat 05 December 2020: Russia has started its COVID-19 vaccination programme, with the first jabs going to workers at high risk of becoming infected with coronavirus. President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nationwide voluntary vaccination programme to begin next week. He said Russia will have produced 2 million vaccine doses within the next few days. […]
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Sat 05 December 2020: The UN health chief has declared that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,” but he said rich and powerful nations must not trample the poor and marginalised “in the stampede for vaccines.” In an address to the UN […]
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Sat 05 December 2020: Hundreds of Zimbabweans have been left stranded at the borders of South Africa and Botswana, as officials have blocked entry points. Authorities say the stranded people do not have credible COVID-19 test certificates. The Zimbabwean government recently announced that it was opening land borders with neighboring countries after it eased out […]
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