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Europe's virus toll tops 100,000 as protests spread in US
Apr 19, 2020 (AFP)
As the latest grim data emerged, performers from around the world kicked off an hours-long live-streamed concert aimed at supporting health care workers, and cu...
New York state epidemic 'on the descent': governor
Apr 19, 2020 (AFP)
"We are past the high point, and all indications at this point is that we are on the descent," Cuomo told a press conference. "Whether or not the descent contin...
New universal Ebola vaccine may fight all four virus species that infect humans
Apr 17, 2020 (SPX)
Scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report their preclinical results in the Journal of Virology, published by the American Society for M...
Duterte threatens crackdown
Apr 17, 2020 (AFP)
- Wuhan deaths rise - The Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged raised its death toll by 50 percent to a total of 3,869. The revision came as a growi...
Army awards $635.1M in contracts to aid coronavirus response
Apr 17, 2020 (UPI)
The Army awarded $586 million in contract modifications to 10 different companies in an omnibus deal the Department of Defense said was "in support of the presi...
WHO: others will revise virus death tolls like China
Apr 17, 2020 (AFP)
Wuhan, the COVID-19 epicentre, admitted missteps in tallying its death toll, abruptly raising the city's count by 50 percent -- following growing world doubts a...
UK extends coronavirus lockdown for 'at least' another three weeks
Apr 16, 2020 (AFP)
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he recuperates from COVID-19, said it was "too soon" to lift the stringent...
Low-cost imaging system poised to provide automatic mosquito tracking
Apr 16, 2020 (SPX)
"A remote system like ours can dramatically reduce the labor needed to monitor mosquitos in a given area, thus greatly increasing the capability to do more moni...
Study points to evidence of stray dogs as possible origin of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Apr 16, 2020 (SPX)
Scientists have been looking for an intermediate animal host between bats, which are known to harbor many coronaviruses, and the first introduction of SARS-CoV-...
China under mounting pressure over virus origins
Apr 16, 2020 (AFP)
The new focus on China's role came as the world wrestles with a crisis that has killed more than 140,000 people and created historic jobless numbers, with Brita...
Virus 'tracing' by smartphone: a key to reopening society?
Apr 15, 2020 (AFP)
Digital "contact tracing" would allow mobile systems to log instances where people have been in proximity with an infected person and send alerts where appropri...
Asia virus latest: South Korea votes; China concern at US freeze of WHO funds
Apr 15, 2020 (AFP)
- South Koreans back Moon in pandemic poll - South Korean voters turned out in force to back President Moon Jae-in's handling of the coronavirus epidemic, putti...
UN chief warns of 'epidemic of misinformation' about coronavirus
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
"This is a time for science and solidarity," Guterres said in a statement and video message. "As the world fights the deadly COVID-19 pandemic -- the most chall...
France summons Chinese ambassador over virus comments: ministry
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
"I made clear my disapproval of certain recent comments when the ambassador... was summoned this morning," Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a ministr...
China approves trials for two more coronavirus vaccines
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
The vaccines use inactivated coronavirus pathogens, and the approvals pave the way for early-stage human trials, Wu Yuanbin, an official from China's Ministry o...
NASA CO2 Conversion Challenge competitor pitches in to help COVID-19 efforts
Apr 13, 2020 (SPX)
They're using the same unique technology to convert carbon dioxide into simple sugar molecules known as D-sugars for the NASA competition. The ability to make D...
'Medibot' to do rounds on Malaysian virus wards
Apr 13, 2020 (AFP)
"Medibot" is a 1.5 metre tall (five foot) white robot, equipped with a camera and screen via which patients can communicate remotely with medics. The invention,...
Asia virus latest: China infections rise, oil rally fizzles
Apr 13, 2020 (AFP)
- China infections rise - China reported 108 new virus cases, 98 of which were imported from overseas, its highest figure since early March. The country where t...
Asia virus latest: China imported cases rise, World Bank warning
Apr 12, 2020 (AFP)
- China's imported cases up - China recorded its highest daily toll of imported virus cases, confirming 97 new infections. No new deaths were reported Sunday. T...
Peru police arrest Chinese man for illegal COVID-19 testing
Apr 12, 2020 (AFP)
Tianxing Zhang, 36, was arrested in the Brena district of Lima as he was about to take samples from two women at the door of their house, police said. He "was p...
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