SEOUL (Reuters) – The North Korean Red Cross has deployed 43,000 volunteers to help communities prevent coronavirus outbreaks and provide flood relief, an official with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in a statement. Monday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared a state …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese air force planes briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait midline on Monday and were tracked down by Taiwanese rockets, the Taiwanese government said as US health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer support to President Donald Trump . Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, the …
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FILE PHOTO: Chinese fax manufacturer CanSino Biologics’ sign is pictured at its building in Tianjin, China November 20, 2018. REUTERS / Stringer / File Photo DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will soon begin Phase III clinical trials on about 5,000 people for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics …
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PHILO PHOTO: People are seen on a shopping street, amid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in Windsor, UK 5 August 2020. REUTERS / Toby Melville (Reuters) – The UK’s official COVID-19 daily death toll could be scrapped following an investigation into the UK Public Health’s method of toll counting, …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand marked 100 days without a domestic coronavirus transmission on Sunday, but warned against complacency as countries such as Vietnam and Australia, which once controlled the virus, are now battling resistance to infections. PHILO PHOTO: People walk on Lambton Quay Street in Wellington, New Zealand, 23 …
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