Tag: #coronavirus

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Hong Kong’s beleaguered tourism sector has called on government officials to speed up talks with their Singaporean counterparts about a ...

France’s new daily Covid-19 cases at all-time high, hospitalisations up

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PARIS - France reported on Wednesday a second daily record of new Covid-19 infections in five days, with almost 19,000 ...

Japan to remove travel ban for 12 countries including Singapore next month

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TOKYO - Japan is planning to remove a ban on overseas travel to China and 11 other countries next month, the ...

Trump says catching Covid-19 was a ‘blessing from God’

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WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared that catching the coronavirus was a “blessing from God” that exposed him to ...

Indonesian busts out of South Korean quarantine facility

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SEOUL - An Indonesian seaman bust out of a South Korean quarantine facility by breaking through a wall a day before ...

Q&A: Where are we in the Covid-19 vaccine race?

by The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network

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NEW YORK - Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on Covid-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several ...

Jakarta’s plan to mark houses with self-isolation stickers gets mixed reactions

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The Jakarta administration has announced its plan to put stickers on the houses of residents currently self-isolating. Tri Yunis Miko ...

Covid-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end, says WHO’s Tedros

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GENEVA - A vaccine against Covid-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. ...

Breathing with face mask does not alter oxygen level; virus can last 9 hours on skin