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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Tue 17 November 2020: The UK has bought 5 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the US-led biotech firm Moderna, Health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday, with the earliest doses expected for delivery in spring. Early trials showed the vaccine to be 94.5% effective, Moderna said earlier on Monday. Hancock said the […]
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Tue 17 November 2020: Oil markets may take advantage of the prospects of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech to stabilise, Bloomberg reported today. Last week, crude oil prices soared to their highest level in 2020 after Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech announced a breakthrough on a vaccine for COVID-19. According to Bloomberg analysts, such a discovery will ease […]
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Mon 16 November 2020: Moderna said preliminary phase three trial data shows its coronavirus vaccine is more than 94% effective in preventing Covid-19 — a result CEO Stephane Bancel called a “game changer.” The company said its study for a successful vaccine enrolled more than 30,000 participants in the US, and its analysis included 95 participants from diverse […]
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Mon 16 November 2020: The protein, which acts as an ion channel, could be a target for new drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. MIT chemists have determined the molecular structure of a protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This protein, called the envelope protein E, forms a cation-selective channel and plays a key role in […]
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Mon 16 November 2020: U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who battled a coronavirus infection in intensive care earlier this year, is in self-isolation after having been exposed to the virus again, officials said Sunday. Johnson will self-isolate in Downing Street, where he will continue to work, said a spokesman. “Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told to self-isolate through the […]
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Sat 14 November 2020: Donald Trump has that “time will tell” if he remains president, in a momentary slip of his unprecedented refusal to concede his election defeat and help Democrat Joe Biden prepare to take power. In his first public address, after being declared the loser of the November 3 election, the US president touted medical […]
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Sat 14 November 2020: Crude oil prices fell from the upward trajectory on Friday with further rises in COVID-19 cases, which fuelled demand fears, hopes for a vaccine kept crude futures on track for a second straight weekly gain. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $43.05 per barrel at 0633 GMT on Friday with […]
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