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Australia nets 10 mn Chinese virus tests despite diplomatic row
Apr 29, 2020 (AFP)
Andrew Forrest, head of mining giant Fortescue, said he had used contacts to secure an order for the tests with Chinese genomics firm BGI Group at a significant...
China decries 'barefaced lies' over its handling of virus
Apr 28, 2020 (AFP)
The new virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year before spreading across the world, and countries including the United States and Austral...
China envoy threatens Australia boycott over virus inquest demand
Apr 27, 2020 (AFP)
Australia has joined the United States in calling for a thorough investigation of how the virus transformed from a localised epidemic in central China into a pa...
Trump says US may seek damages from China over virus
Apr 27, 2020 (AFP)
"We are not happy with China," Trump said at a White House briefing. "We are not happy with that whole situation because we believe it could have been stopped a...
Apple, Google say users to control virus 'tracing' tool
Apr 24, 2020 (AFP)
The US technology giants, engaged in an unprecedented collaboration to allow smartphones to communicate across their respective platforms, released new technica...
Asia virus latest: Ramadan begins; Pompeo targets China
Apr 24, 2020 (AFP)
- Muslims mark Ramadan with virus lockdowns - Muslims around the world began marking Ramadan under coronavirus lockdowns with unprecedented bans on family gathe...
China suspends consular visits to detained Canadian pair over coronavirus
Apr 23, 2020 (AFP)
"We have been working extremely diligently on the issue of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who have been detained for 500 days in China," Trudeau told a dail...
Lockdowns, immunity, 'test, test, test': searching for the right virus strategy
Apr 23, 2020 (AFP)
Still others are letting the virus circulate almost unimpeded, hoping to avoid health system collapse while perhaps edging towards "herd immunity" -- despite fe...
US bases in Djibouti under 'precautionary' health emergency
Apr 23, 2020 (AFP)
Major General Michael Turello, commander of the US Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission, said in a statement the "precautionary measure" gives him m...
Pompeo says China may have known of virus in November
Apr 23, 2020 (AFP)
"You'll recall that the first cases of this were known by the Chinese government maybe as early as November, but certainly by mid-December," Pompeo said in an i...
China's northeast tightens restrictions as virus resurges
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
China has largely curbed the spread of the deadly virus, but there are growing fears of a second wave of cases and Heilongjiang province has emerged as a new fr...
Pompeo presses China to allow lab inspections amid pandemic
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
Pompeo has refused to rule out that the deadly virus leaked out of a laboratory in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, a scenario strenuously denied by Beijing. "Y...
Coronavirus second wave may be even worse: US health chief
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), called on Americans to use the coming months to prepare -- and get their flu ...
US state sues China's leaders over virus
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
Missouri is seeking damages over what it described as deliberate deception and insufficient action to stop the pandemic. The first-of-a-kind state lawsuit comes...
Flickers of joy in China's virus ground zero mask deep fears
Apr 21, 2020 (AFP)
At a nearby park in the central Chinese city, a grandfather swings his tiny grandson in a hammock strung between trees while families with tents and picnic mats...
Social distancing app uses space to save lives
Apr 21, 2020 (ESA)
Devised by Lanterne, a UK start-up company supported by ESA, it uses satellite data and artificial intelligence technologies to identify where people are congre...
Merkel urges 'transparency' from China
Apr 20, 2020 (AFP)
Critics have accused China of downplaying the scale and scope of the outbreak when it first emerged late last year, while conspiracy theories have swirled in th...
Facebook-powered virus 'heat map' unveiled
Apr 20, 2020 (AFP)
The Carnegie Mellon University project offers "real-time indications of COVID-19 activity not previously available from any other source," according to a univer...
Europe takes cautious steps to ease virus lockdowns
Apr 20, 2020 (AFP)
Some shops reopened in Germany and Denmark and parents dropped their children off at nurseries in Norway as tight restrictions in place for weeks were lifted in...
Wuhan lab denies virus link as online mega-concert raises spirits
Apr 19, 2020 (AFP)
The denial came as world governments were debating how and when to ease lockdowns that have kept more than half of humanity -- 4.5 billion people -- confined to...
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