America Together: Returning to Work Town Hall with President Trump | Part 1
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Japan’s Abe extends state of emergency to May 31
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday extended a nationwide state of emergency to May 31, saying the new coronavirus infection rate had yet to drop enough to justify ending measures aimed at slowing the outbreak. In a nod to the risk those restrictions pose to the world’s third-largest economy, however, Abe…
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Los Angeles coronavirus infections 40 times greater than known cases, antibody tests suggest
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Some 4.1% of adults tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in a study of Los Angeles County residents, health officials said on Monday, suggesting the rate of infection may be 40 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. The serology tests, conducted by the University of Southern California researchers on 863…
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How WHO Became China’s Coronavirus Accomplice
Beijing is pushing to become a public health superpower—and quickly found a willing international partner. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (left), the director-general of the World Health Organization, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 28. NAOHIKO HATTA – POOL/GETTY IMAGES hile the novel…
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Why next few weeks are critical in India’s coronavirus war
India has conducted some 180,000 tests so far – Getty Images At the weekend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the next three to four weeks would be “critical” to prevent the spread of coronavirus in India. Ever since its first case was confirmed on 30 January, India has taken a number of measures to try…
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‘Pandemic’ scientist makes breakthrough on Covid-19 cure
Scientists around the world have been racing to develop treatments, cures and a vaccine for COVID-19, and are getting closer by the day. Jacob Glanville – one of the stars of Netflix documentary Pandemic – runs Distributed Bio, which has been working to find an antibody therapy. On Monday he tweeted that a development was imminent. “I’m…
