[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India is aggressively pressing a state-backed contact tracking app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world’s second most populous nation is on its way to high social control methods Chinese-style technology. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has touted its app, Aarogya Setu, or …
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[ad_1] WUHAN, China: Nervous residents of Wuhan’s Chinese pandemic epicenter queued up across the city to test for COVID-19 on Thursday (May 14) after a new group of cases triggered a mass detection campaign. The ranks of residents who kept their social distance formed at makeshift testing sites set up …
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[ad_1] TOKYO – Japan lifted its state of emergency in 39 of its 47 prefectures on Thursday (May 14) before the expected expiration on May 31, after a sharp drop in new Covid-19 cases across the country. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a press conference that the emergency decree, …
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[ad_1] PARIS: France said Thursday (May 14) that nations of the world would have equal access to any new coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, a day after the CEO suggested that Americans would likely be the first to the row. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Starting Friday (May 15), all preschool staff in Singapore will be screened for COVID-19 before the preschool centers reopen on June 2, The Straits Times reported Thursday. The cost of one-time swab testing will be borne by the government, ECDA head of licensing Jamie Ang said in …
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[ad_1] WUHAN, China: On Thursday, May 14, nervous residents of Wuhan’s Chinese pandemic epicenter queued up throughout the city to be tested for the new coronavirus after a new group of cases triggered a mass detection campaign. The ranks of residents who kept their social distance formed at makeshift testing …
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[ad_1] CHICAGO: More than a third of patients treated for COVID-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney damage and nearly 15 percent required dialysis, US researchers reported Thursday (May 14). The study was conducted by a team at Northwell Health, New York State’s largest healthcare provider. …
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[ad_1] PARIS: Sanofi Chief Executive Paul Hudson said Thursday (May 14) that it was vital that any coronavirus vaccine reach all parts of the world, after infuriating the French government by saying some countries would gain priority access. But the CEO of the French pharmaceutical giant stood firm in the …
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[ad_1] A massive fire broke out in a two-story warehouse in Tuas on Wednesday morning (May 13). The Singapore Civil Defense Force said it responded to the fire at 2B Tuas Avenue 12 at around 6:50 a.m. The fire, which included the contents of the warehouse consisting mainly of machinery …
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[ad_1] REUTERS: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent a clear message to interest rate futures traders on Wednesday (May 13): Bets that the US central bank. USA A negative policy of interest rates will be out of base. The chief Federal Reserve official became the latest in a parade of …
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