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Covid-19 is likely to be ‘local’ like the flu

Health workers wear protective suits and face masks. Collection of swab samples by medical personnel at the drive-in testing center at San Filippo Neri Hospital in Roma, Italy, October 19, 2020. Nourphoto | Nourphoto | Getty Images LONDON – Covid-19 is likely to be as “local” as the annual flu …

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Impact on the economy already affected by the Covid-19 epidemic

SINGAPORE – Recent protests in Thailand will be a “double whammy” for development in the country, which has already been hit by the Kovid-11 epidemic, analysts say. Moreover, Chullongkorn University professor Thitinan Pongs Nasudhirk told CNBC on Friday that protesters would not leave until they saw “new” Thailand. On Thursday, …

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In the UK, pressure is mounting for a mini-downdown

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to Downing Street, London, England on October 13, 2020. Barcraft Media | Barcraft Media | Getty Images Pressure is mounting on the UK government to impose a strict, short, mini-lockdown on coronaviruses known as “circuit breakers”. Opposition Labor leader Kierkegaard Starmer added to the …

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