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North Korea launched 2 ballistic missiles, say US and Japan

[ad_1] SEOUL – North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, in its first significant provocation against the United States under Biden’s presidency, US and Japanese officials said. South Korea confirmed that North Korea had launched two unidentified projectiles, but Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of …

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Few rapid COVID-19 antigen tests meet WHO standards, review finds

[ad_1] (CNN) – A new large-scale international review of rapid COVID-19 tests finds that few of them meet the World Health Organization’s minimum acceptable performance standards. There are two types of rapid tests: molecular tests, including PCR, which are considered the gold standard of molecular diagnostics; and rapid antigen tests, …

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Switzerland removes US and UK from COVID quarantine list

[ad_1] GENEVA – Switzerland said Wednesday that travelers from the United States and Britain will soon no longer need to be quarantined upon arrival due to falling COVID-19 infection rates, but Greece and others were added to the list. Swiss authorities also said Wednesday that they planned to launch a …

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