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A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Elijah Nuvelge | Bloomberg by Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday it has posted erroneous guidelines stating that coronavirus is …

India and Pakistan have increased production of the coronavirus drug remidesivir under a licensing agreement with Gilead Science, but its distribution to other developing countries has been slow. Vamshi Krishna Bandi, managing director of pharma company Hetero, said there was no shortage of rimadasivir in India – the country has …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media CitationCovid in Scotland: FM says stricter bans expected ‘within days’ Additional lockdown sanctions will be “almost certainly” placed in Scotland over the next few days, said Nicola Sturgeon. Speaking at his daily briefing, the first minister said “rapid and urgent action” was …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media CitationChief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Valens says steps must be taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The government’s chief scientific adviser has warned that the UK could see more than 1,000,000 new coronavirus cases a day in mid-October. A month later, …

Taken together, the frequent incursions, which came from many directions and included sophisticated fighter jets and heavy bombers, are without modern examples and show a significant increase in cross-strain tensions. “What we are seeing now is not just the situation off the coast of Taiwan, but a regional situation. China’s …