Mon 17 August Health officials to tighten safety measures as COVID-19 cases jump on weekend PARIS – The French government is proposing the wearing of face masks in all workplaces to stem the spread of COVID-19. Minister for Labor Elisabeth Borne has announced that she will propose it in meetings with union leaders on Tuesday. […]
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Mon 17 August 2020: China, ground zero of the novel coronavirus outbreak, confirmed its first COVID-19 vaccine patent Sunday, according to state-affiliated media. “#China has approved its first #COVID19 #vaccine patent, which has been developed by PLA infectious disease expert Chen Wei’s team. Earlier, the phase 2 trial of the vaccine candidate found that the vaccine is […]
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Mon 17 August 2020: 25 deaths in the country take national death toll to 421 with 290 more cases reported a single day Australia witnessed the deadliest day since the outbreak of the COVID-19 reporting 25 deaths in the past 24 hours. According to the country’s health authorities, 290 new cases of the infection were […]
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Sun 16 August 2020: LONDON – The British government ignored warnings from its own scientific advisers that lockdowns, if implemented poorly, could fuel racial tensions, according to the Guardian newspaper. The basis of the views is a recently released document written by SPI-B, the government’s team of behavioral scientists, who gave it to the Scientific […]
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Sat 15 August 2020: Initial batches of vaccine will be reserved for doctors, health workers MOSCOW – Russia has started production of its first COVID-19 vaccine, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Initial batches of the vaccine will be earmarked for immunizing doctors and health workers, before going to the general public. Russia officially registered the world’s […]
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Fri 14 August 2020: As educators worldwide have reinvented their practice online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google will adopt new tools to help make virtual education easier. “At Google, we’re honored to work on tools that lighten the load for teachers, school leaders, families, and especially the students who have navigated learning from home […]
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Fri 14 August 2020: As the world battles with the surging number of coronavirus infections, India’s death toll overtook Britain’s to become the fourth-highest with another single-day record increase in cases Friday. A total of 1,007 deaths were reported Thursday, taking the countrywide death toll to 48,040. This places India behind the United States, Brazil […]
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Fri 14 August 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday (August 13) downplayed the danger of the coronavirus latching on to food packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering the food chain. Two cities in China said they had found traces of the coronavirus in imported frozen food and […]
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Fri 14 August 2020: 2nd wave feared in Paris and sunny tourist attractions like French Riviera just months after end of lockdowns PARIS (AA) – France on Friday declared two departments of the country active coronavirus circulation zones, including the capital Paris and a Mediterranean region with the metropolis of Marseille, raising alarms of a […]
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Fri 14 August 2020: 9% increase in COVID-19 cases in Africa over past week, compared to 13% previous week. Coronavirus cases in Africa has continued to slow down, as seen in the past two weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. In its situation report, the WHO Regional Office for Africa said there […]
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