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India’s coronavirus figures still rising but at a slower pace

India has reported another 70,496 new infections in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s total since the pandemic began to more than 6.9...

Rapid bedside testing ‘faster than standard centralised testing for Covid-19’

Rapid bedside testing is faster than standard centralised tests for coronavirus, and may improve infection control in hospitals, research suggests. Point-of-care-testing for suspected Covid-19 reduces...

More than 1,000 students test positive for coronavirus at Newcastle University

More than 1,000 students at Newcastle University in the UK have tested positive for coronavirus in the past six days, the institution has said. That...

European Commission reaches deal for remdesivir

The European Commission says it has sealed a deal with pharmaceutical company Gilead to buy 500,000 treatment courses of remdesivir. No treatment has yet proved...

Scotland bans indoor alcohol sales in pubs, cafes and restaurants

Pubs, restaurants and cafes in most of Scotland are being barred from selling alcohol indoors for more than two weeks as part of efforts...

Hundreds of coronavirus cases linked by Sri Lanka to garment factory

Sri Lanka has confirmed a cluster of more than 300 garment factory workers infected with coronavirus, days after reporting its first community infection in...

Trump preparing to leave hospital after Covid-19 treatment

Donald Trump has said he is leaving the military hospital where he has been treated for Covid-19 and will continue his recovery at the...

Elon Musk says he will not take a Coronavirus vaccine

In an interview with the New York Times, Tesla founder Elon Musk revealed that he would not take a vaccine for Covid-19. The interview was...

Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi Arabia eases virus restrictions

A very small, limited number of people wearing the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on...

Donald Trump ‘not yet out of the woods’ after Covid-19 infection

The medical team treating US President Donald Trump are “cautiously optimistic” but say he is “not yet out of the woods”. The latest assessment came...

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