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Sweden admits failure to protect elderly in care homes
May 11, 2020 (AFP)
"They didn't have time to take care of my mother," he told AFP. Her coronavirus test came back negative two days after her death, but Branngard, who claims she ...
China's ground zero reports virus infections
May 11, 2020 (AFP)
The cases added to fears China could be facing a new wave of infections, even as restrictions continued to ease in some other parts of the country. Five new inf...
Lebanon army says 13 coronavirus cases at military court
May 10, 2020 (AFP)
Lebanon has so far announced 845 cases of COVID-19, including 26 deaths. The country started to lift confinement measures this week, although the number of case...
US military recruits will need waiver if hospitalized for COVID-19
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
The US military will consider potential recruits who have been hospitalized for the virus to be "medically disqualified," the official said. Their case would th...
Pompeo has no evidence about virus lab leak: China
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing have clashed repeatedly over the virus, which emerged in China late last year but has since spiralled into a global pandemic. Theories th...
Epidemic to 'die out on its own' in Denmark, for now
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
The report was released by the Danish health agency SSI, which operates under the health ministry and is responsible for the surveillance of infectious diseases...
Students in China's virus centre Wuhan return to school
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
Senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalk boards and digital displays for the first time since their city -- the ground zero of the...
Brazilian Amazon mayor pleads for world help on virus
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
Manaus is the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, which has been devastated by the pandemic. Mayor Arthur Virgilio sent video messages and letters plead...
The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have both claimed that there is evidence the pathogen came from the lab in Wuhan -- the city where ...
Pompeo presses China but acknowledges 'no certainty' virus from lab
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
Pompeo renewed his call for global pressure on China to provide more data on the origins of the illness, which has killed more than 250,000 people worldwide and...
WHO says has no proof from US on 'speculative' Wuhan lab claims
May 05, 2020 (AFP)
"We have not received any data or specific evidence from the United States government relating to the purported origin of the virus -- so from our perspective, ...
Hong Kong to lift major social restrictions as virus fades
May 05, 2020 (AFP)
The relaxation, which comes into effect Friday, will be a boost for a city mired in a deep recession following months of virus restrictions as well as anti-gove...
Outraging China, Pompeo pushes US hard line over virus
May 04, 2020 (AFP)
Pompeo has been at the forefront of bringing into the mainstream a theory that the illness that has killed nearly 250,000 worldwide slipped out of a virology la...
AFRL adapts PJ tactics for COVID-19 monitoring
May 04, 2020 (SPX)
"One of the struggles doctors and nurses are having in highly-affected hospitals right now is similar to what PJs deal with-a high ratio of patients assigned to...
US says 'evidence' virus came from China lab as Europe eases lockdown
May 04, 2020 (AFP)
Pompeo's comments came as Europe and parts of the United States prepared to cautiously lift virus lockdowns as signs emerge that the deadly pandemic is ebbing a...
Asia virus latest: Philippines cancels inbound flights, Thailand parks re-open
May 03, 2020 (AFP)
- Thais hit the park as restrictions eased - Thailand began easing restrictions on movement and gatherings, allowing restaurants, hair salons and open-air marke...
In schools and offices, China steps up virus tests
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
Companies, schools and individuals across China are lining up to be tested for the virus as the country rises back to normal life after largely taming the epide...
AFRL aircraft decontamination team ramps up battle against COVID-19
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
To support the global fight against COVID-19, the Air Force Research Laboratory quickly stood up an aircraft decontamination team pooling bioenvironmental, airc...
How Beijing is reigniting Hong Kong's protests
Apr 30, 2020 (AFP)
Flashmob rallies have resurfaced in recent days and protesters are calling for a bigger show of force on Friday's Labour Day holiday. Violent demonstrations las...
'Don't waste a minute': Chinese firm readies mass vaccine production
Apr 30, 2020 (AFP)
Sinovac Biotech, which is conducting one of the four clinical trials that have been authorised in China, has claimed great progress in its research and promisin...
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