Sat 21 November 2020: US President Donald Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., tested positive for coronavirus earlier this week, according to his spokesman Friday. “Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result,” the spokesman said. “He’s been completely asymptomatic so far and […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: China is starting mass testing on 3 million people in a section of the northern city of Tianjin and has tested 4,015 others in a hospital in Shanghai after the discovery of a pair of cases there. The National Health Commission recorded seven new domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 Saturday, with […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging African countries to be on high alert for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases. This comes as nearly 20 countries in the region experienced an uptick in cases since early October after reporting a downward trend, then a plateau. “Unlike the first wave of […]
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Fri 20 November 2020: India’s coronavirus cases crossed the 9 million mark early Friday after it recorded over 45,000 new infections, Health Ministry figures show. According to a Health Ministry update, the number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at over 9 million. Some 584 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, […]
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Thu 19 November 2020: The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said Wednesday that the international health body was planning to vaccinate at least 20% of the continent’s population for COVID-19. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said in a teleconference that all African countries should prepare themselves for the COVID-19 vaccinations, adding the WHO planned to […]
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Thu 19 November 2020: In the first three quarters of 2020, global debt increased by $15 trillion to reach $277 trillion by the end of the year as governments and companies continue to spend in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Institute of International Finance said in a report on Wednesday. After a large surge […]
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Thu 19 November 2020: BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin on Thursday said that the delivery of his firm and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine could begin before Christmas if the companies get emergency approval in the second half of December. The vaccine was found to be 95% effective in a phase-3 study. The vaccine’s efficacy was found […]
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Tue 17 November 2020: “My COVID-19 test result is positive. Thank goodness my general condition is well. My treatment continues at home,” Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk said . Turkey’s Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk tested positive for the novel coronavirus, she announced on Tuesday. “My COVID-19 test result is positive. Thank goodness my general condition is well. […]
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Tue 17 November 2020: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested negative for COVID-19, his spokesman said on Tuesday, but the British leader will continue to self isolate according to government guidance. “He took a test yesterday and that test was negative but he will in accordance with the rules on self isolation continue to self isolate,” the […]
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A shop in Japan has enlisted a robot to ensure customers are wearing masks, and practice social distancing to prevent possible third wave of coronavirus infections. Robovie, developed by the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Kyoto, is able to pick out customers who aren’t wearing masks and politely ask them to cover up. It can also intervene […]
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