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Wastewater testing for COVID-19 could soon be a reality
Dec 07, 2020 (UPI)
New research showed settled solid samples collected from sewage treatment facilities hosted higher concentrations of coronavirus viral fragments. According to t...
Some Russian Cosmonauts May Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 With Sputnik V, Source Says
Dec 07, 2020 (Sputnik)
"Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin has tasked the head of the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center, Pavel Vlasov, together with the Federal Medical-B...
How the world has sped up vaccine approvals
Dec 03, 2020 (AFP)
As authorities in the US and Europe probe other candidates, here is how countries have sped up their approval procedures to face up to the pandemic. - Britain: ...
Hong Kong, Singapore 'travel bubble' delayed indefinitely
Dec 01, 2020 (AFP)
The arrangement allowing people to travel between the financial hubs without quarantining had been due to launch on November 22, but was postponed for two weeks...
'I died too': A year after outbreak, Wuhan kin struggle to move on
Dec 01, 2020 (AFP)
Zhong Hanneng still struggles to sleep or eat following the death of her son from the disease nearly 10 months ago, and says friends and relatives are shunning ...
Strawberry-flavoured child HIV drug slashes cost: Unitaid
Dec 01, 2020 (AFP)
The dispersible HIV treatment is the first specifically made for children and will initially be available in six African countries in the first half of 2021, th...
1,000 veterans died of COVID-19 in November, VA reports
Dec 01, 2020 (UPI)
The Department of Veterans Affairs reported Tuesday that COVID-19 killed more than 1,000 people in VA facilities in November -- its highest death count in a sin...
Hong Kong reimposes strict social distancing as fourth wave strikes
Nov 30, 2020 (AFP)
The financial hub has maintained bans on large group gatherings for much of the year and has shuttered various industries when cases have spiked. The measures h...
WHO says 'will do everything' to find Covid-19 origins
Nov 30, 2020 (AFP)
"We want to know the origin and we will do everything to know the origin," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters. He insisted the UN health agency...
Russian army starts mass coronavirus vaccination campaign
Nov 27, 2020 (AFP)
Shoigu said that over 2,500 soldiers had already been vaccinated, adding that by the end of the year the number is expected to reach 80,000. Russia this week sa...
Undiagnosed HIV rising in Eastern Europe, Central Asia: agencies
Nov 26, 2020 (AFP)
Early detection of the virus that causes AIDS mitigates the impact on the patient and prevents further spread. A report by the European Centre for Disease Preve...
Pakistanis join final trials for China-made vaccine
Nov 26, 2020 (AFP)
It is the first time Pakistan has participated in such a trial, which comes amid a string of positive vaccine announcements by Western pharmaceutical companies ...
Thin liquid films help COVID-19 survive on surfaces
Nov 24, 2020 (UPI)
To find out how, researchers used to computer models to simulate the behavior of thin liquid films. Their simulations -- detailed Tuesday in the journal Physics...
Hundreds of flights cancelled as Shanghai tackles virus outbreak
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
Health officials have tested thousands of staff at Pudong International Airport since a small cluster of Covid-19 cases in the city was linked to several cargo ...
Pandemic respite for Thai 'sea gypsies' threatened by mass tourism
Nov 23, 2020 (AFP)
Since the pandemic began, life has been easier for Sanan Changnam and his people -- there's an abundance of fish to eat and real estate projects on their ancest...
U.S. forces in South Korea, Japan confirm more than 50 new COVID-19 cases
Nov 23, 2020 (UPI)
Contractors, service members and their dependents were quarantined after they arrived at Osan Air Base and at Inchon International Airport. Despite the increase...
International virus sleuths expected to go to China soon: WHO
Nov 23, 2020 (AFP)
"We fully expect and have reassurances from our Chinese government colleagues that the trip to the field... will be facilitated, and as soon as possible," WHO e...
Hong Kong, Singapore travel bubble popped by virus spike
Nov 21, 2020 (AFP)
The decision is both a blow to the two cities' battered tourist industries but also for other countries who had been hoping the scheme might be a model to repli...
Almost a million people inoculated with Chinese Covid-19 vaccine: firm
Nov 20, 2020 (AFP)
China has been giving experimental Covid-19 vaccines to people including state employees, international students and essential workers heading abroad since July...
Can surgical masks be reused
Nov 20, 2020 (AFP)
As the coronavirus continues to spread, masks have in many places become mandatory on public transport, in shops and at work. But cost has become an issue, as h...
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