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Health experts decry Trump’s shunning of virus rules

Aug 29, 2020

WASHINGTON: Public health experts expressed concern Friday about President Donald Trump’s largely mask-free, socially un-distanced Republican convention event on the White House lawn, saying some of his 1,500 guests may have inadvertently brought and spread the coronavirus to others. “There almost certainly were individuals there who we...

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Singapore battles record dengue outbreak with more mosquitoes

Aug 28, 2020

SINGAPORE: From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block, an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher, the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue. With the click of a button and a whirr of a fan, a hatch opens and 150 lab-reared male mosquitoes are sent flying, ...

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Severe or fatal COVID-19 very rare in children, study finds

Aug 28, 2020

LONDON: Children and young people are far less likely than adults to get severe cases of COVID-19 infection, and death from the pandemic disease among children is exceptionally rare, according to UK research published on Thursday. A study of COVID-19 patients admitted to 138 hospitals in Britain found that less than 1% were children, and of those ...

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Australian coronavirus antibody therapy aims for trial in early 2021

Aug 26, 2020

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE: Australian researchers hope to start human trials of a coronavirus antibody therapy in early 2021, while a large-scale trial of a vaccine could begin by the end of this year, scientists said on Wednesday. The research targets came as the country’s virus hotspot, Victoria state, recorded its second-most deadly day of the pan...

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Sujeev Shakya’s ‘Arthat Pariwartan’ released as e-book

Aug 25, 2020

KATHMANDU: Sujeev Shakya’s ‘Arthat Pariwartan’ has hit the market as Nepalaya’s first primary e-book release following five single chapter releases. An anthology of essays, the book builds up on the premise of Shakya’s previous book Arthat Arthatantra, reads a statement issued by the publishing house, Nepalaya. It ...

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Kenya woman’s ordeal highlights newly identified sex trafficking route

Aug 19, 2020

Kenyans lured to India for forced prostitution Victim says East Africans control the business UN worries COVID economic fallout will fuel trade NAIROBI: J’s cousin promised her a well paid job in India as a housekeeper. Instead, she found herself in a brothel until the United Nations brought her home to Kenya when it was al...

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German institute says coronavirus vaccinations could start in early 2021

Aug 19, 2020

BERLIN: The head of Germany’s vaccines regulator said some groups of people living in Germany could be vaccinated early next year against the coronavirus that has killed hundreds of thousands and wreaked havoc on the global economy. More than half a dozen drugmakers around the world are conducting advanced clinical trials, each with tens of ...

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Amazon continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it

Aug 19, 2020

NOVO PROGRESSO, BRAZIL: A year ago this month, the forest around the town of Novo Progresso erupted into flames — the first major blazes in the Brazilian Amazon’s dry season that ultimately saw more than 100,000 fires and spurred global outrage against the government’s inability or unwillingness to protect the rainforest. This ye...

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Pandemic now driven by 20s, 30s, 40s group, many asymptomatic: WHO

Aug 18, 2020

MANILA: The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of which were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups. WHO officials said this month the proportion of younger people among those infected had risen globally, pu...

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Mexico needs 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses; shots could start in April

Aug 16, 2020

MEXICO CITY: Mexico will need up to 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses, according to a senior government official, and inoculation of its 120 million inhabitants could start as early as April if clinical trials and regulatory approvals for pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca Plc go as planned. In partnership with the governments of Mexico and Argent...

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