Citing recent studies, they said live samples of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, can be isolated from the faeces and urine of infected people, in which the pathogen can survive for […]
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Canada govt receives flak for allowing pay hike for MPs amid Covid-19 outbreak
Canada’s government is getting panned for allowing a pay hike for members of Parliament to go through even as Canadians struggle with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which, […]
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Coronavirus | Opposition urges Sri Lankan govt. to reconvene Parliament
‘President can’t approve funds to fight COVID-19 after April 30’ Nearly a month after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolved Parliament and called for elections, the Opposition’s calls for reconvening the legislature […]
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Interview | ‘Testing and mass quarantines helped Wuhan defeat virus’
Doctor from the city explains how China battled COVID-19 Wuhan, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, is slowly rebounding after two months in lockdown. On Sunday, Wuhan and surrounding Hubei […]
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Coronavirus | Israeli PM Netanyahu enters quarantine after aide tested positive
Mr. Neyanyahu’s office said the step was a precaution and is being taken even before the epidemiological investigation has been concluded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday […]
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German Minister ends life after ‘virus crisis worries’
“We are in shock, we are in disbelief and above all we are immensely sad,” Bouffier said in a recorded statement. Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, […]
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Things will get worse before getting better, UK PM Boris warns
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has posted letters to 30 million households across the UK, cautioning people: “We know things will get worse before they get better”, as he continued to […]
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Canadian PM’s wife has recovered from coronavirus illness
“I am feeling so much better,” Sophie Gregoire Trudeau said in a statement on social media. She said she received the clearance from her doctor and Ottawa Public Health. Canadian […]
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North Korea fires more missiles than ever amid coronavirus outbreak
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South […]
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Abbott wins U.S. approval for test that can detect COVID-19 in five minutes
Abbott said in a statement that it plans to begin distributing the test next week and will ramp up manufacturing to 50,000 tests per day. Abbott Laboratories said on Friday […]
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