[ad_1] South Korea reported fewer than 200 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday for the first time in more than two weeks, but authorities remain on high alert after the number of seriously ill patients rose and a new group of infections was identified in a kimchi factory. The country reported …
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[ad_1] RAJEWADI, India: The picturesque sugarcane-producing town of Rajewadi in western India did not have a single confirmed case of coronavirus until mid-August. Now one in four people tests positive for the virus, and police blame a local religious event for the spread. Such outbreaks in cases in small towns …
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[ad_1] The apps affected by the latest ban also include the popular NetEase game MARVEL Super War, Alibaba Taobao online marketplace and Youku video platform, Tantan dating app and China’s leading live streaming platform Huya. Get the latest insights and analysis from our Global Impact Newsletter about great stories originating …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – As Singapore works to reduce inequality, talks about the kind of social pact its citizens want and how to fund that support must continue, Education Deputy Minister Maliki Osman said on Thursday (September 3). “There needs to be a social consensus on what is a reasonable and …
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[ad_1] The latest government move to expand Covid-19 testing to community groups is a good strategy for detecting asymptomatic infections, Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said yesterday. NUS). But he added that making such a scheme mandatory …
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[ad_1] Disease X, a new unknown disease that could cause a future epidemic, should be seen as a serious threat to drive preparedness as it will be highly infectious, more lethal than Covid-19 and will mutate easily, local health experts said. For now, it’s more of a hypothetical concept to …
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[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his call for supporters to try to vote twice on November 3, a potentially illegal act that he says is the only way to ensure a ballot is counted. . Trump said Americans should first try to vote by mail, if that …
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[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s coast guard rescued a second survivor on Friday in waters where a ship carrying thousands of New Zealand cows is believed to have sunk during a storm, authorities said. Hours earlier, an unconscious crew member was also recovered but later died. The survivor, Jay-nel Rosals, …
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[ad_1] Raising the standard of living of the poor is a complicated matter and, although there has been significant progress in the last decade, the government will go further, Chief Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told Parliament yesterday. Standing up to speak amid a heated debate on Workers’ Party (WP) MP Jamus …
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[ad_1] KENOSHA, Wisconsin: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stepped squarely amid the ongoing national uproar over racial injustice and police brutality on Thursday (September 3), meeting with residents of conflict-ravaged Kenosha, Wisconsin, and talking on the phone with black people. man shot there by the police. Biden’s trip to Kenosha, …
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