The 2020 US presidential election is very different from the previous election as people are nervous about the future of the country amid nearly 8% unemployment and more than 231,000 deaths from Covid-19. The division and anxiety are evident in conversations among voters in long lines outside early voting locations …
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced new lockdown rules amid a spike in Covid-19 cases through a televised address to the nation. Under the new rule, people in France will have to fill out a form to leave their homes, as was the case in the country’s first shutdown, and it …
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The British national pharmaceuticals AstraZeneca vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has seen a robust immune response in older people, according to a report. The Financial Times report, citing two unidentified people familiar with the finding, said the vaccine the company is making has produced protective antibodies and …
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The world is now at a critical juncture in the Covid-19 pandemic and some countries are on a dangerous path, facing the prospect of health services collapsing under pressure, the head of the World Organization said on Friday. Health. “We are at a critical juncture for the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly …
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro annulled his own Health Minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a possible vaccine against Covid-19 that is being tested in the state of Sao Paulo. Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello announced the purchase on Tuesday along with Sao Paulo Governor …
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A city in eastern China is offering an experimental coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine outside of clinical trials for about $ 60 to high-risk groups under an emergency inoculation program, officials said, including when experts raised concerns about the massive launch of an ace-yet untested vaccine. Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine, called …
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China’s censors blocked live coverage of the vice presidential debate on Wednesday night when Mike Pence was asked a question about the communist nation. “The outage affected only a small number of people in China with access to channels like CNN, which is available in some hotels. She came back …
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China, which has four coronavirus vaccine candidates in stage 3 clinical trials, said on Friday that it will join the Covid-19 vaccine alliance known as COVAX. The country signed an agreement with GAVI, the co-leader of the alliance, on Thursday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. China initially …
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White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller is the latest in Donald Trump’s close circle to test positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Before him, several top officials have reported how to positively crush the myth of invincibility surrounding the White House. US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested …
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As cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) exceed 30 million worldwide, the appeal of herd immunity as an end to the pandemic becomes increasingly persuasive. However, some countries, including India, have recently reconfirmed reinfection through genome sequencing to show that the second infection was caused by the genetically distinct Sars-CoV-2 virus, …
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