Beirut, Lebanon | Wed, August 5, 2020 | 07:42 pm Lebanese rescue workers dug through rubble on Wednesday looking for survivors after a massive warehouse explosion sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 100 people and injuring nearly 4,000. Officials said the toll was expected to rise after the […]
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Thu, July 30, 2020 | 07:15 pm AstraZeneca says COVID-19 vaccine may very well be permitted by the top of this year Britain’s AstraZeneca stated on Thursday that good knowledge was coming in to this point on its vaccine for COVID-19, already in large-scale human trials and extensively seen because the front-runner within
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Islamabad, Pakistan | Mon, July 20, 2020 | 08:53 pm Pakistan resumed its polio vaccination campaign Monday after a four-month pause due to the coronavirus outbreak, which health authorities feared would cause a surge in cases of the crippling disease. The country is one of only two in the world where
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Singapore | Sat, July 11, 2020 | 17:27 pm Singapore’s long-ruling party retained power Saturday but its support fell sharply, while the opposition made gains, in a general election held under the shadow of a coronavirus outbreak. Voters put on masks and gloves and had to observe social distancing rules during
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Melbourne, Australia | Tue, July 7, 2020 | 06:13 pm Nearly five million Melbourne residents will be put under another lockdown after coronavirus cases surged in Australia’s second-largest city. From midnight on Wednesday, residents will be confined to their homes for six weeks – unless undertaking essential business such as travelling to
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S.Korea says to begin talks to purchase COVID-19 drug remdesivir in August Seoul, South Korea | Wed, July 1, 2020 | 05:45 pm South Korea has started distributing stocks of the COVID-19 treatment remdesivir which have been donated by Gilead Sciences Inc and plans to begin talks to purchase more
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Jakarta | Sat, June 27, 2020 | 11:32 am We, the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN Member States and the Russian Federation, held the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19via video conference on 17June2020to discuss ASEAN-Russia cooperation in countering COVID-19 and other areas of mutual concern in this challenging time,Expressing our
Beijing coronavirus testing to enter ‘fast track’ as cases mount Beijing, China | Tue, June 23, 2020 | 07:13 pm Beijing’s mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a “fast track” as the city’s testing capacity expands, a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday, following a sudden
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Singapore scientists to start human trials of COVID-19 vaccine in August Singapore / Tue, June 16, 2020 / 05:00 pm Singapore scientists testing a COVID-19 vaccine from US firm Arcturus Therapeutics plan to start human trials in August after promising initial responses in mice. More than 100 vaccines are being developed
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Museums slowly back in business as Jakarta eases restrictions Jakarta | Sun, June 14, 2020 | 19:10 pm Works of art are indeed best viewed at some distance, but the virtual museum tour we currently have because of the COVID-19 pandemic has not been a satisfying alternative to enjoying each of a collection’s pieces.
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