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Kazakh lower house speaker tests positive for COVID-19
The speaker of the lower house of Kazakhstan's parliament has self-isolated after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, the legislature said on Wednesday.
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 345 to 187,184 - RKI
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 345 to 187,184, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday.
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Beijing cuts flights to curb potential spread of mounting coronavirus cases
Officials cancelled scores of domestic flights in and out of Beijing on Wednesday as they ramped up attempts to contain a coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital over the past week that has sparked fears of renewed wider contagion.
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Japanese researchers confirm coronavirus testing in sewers as possible outbreak warning system
Japanese researchers confirmed the presence of the coronavirus in wastewater plants, a finding that could serve as a signal for future outbreaks.
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Bayer scraps U.S. plans to produce crop chemical blocked by court
Bayer AG said on Tuesday it will scrap a nearly $1 billion project to produce the chemical dicamba in the United States, but said the move is unrelated to a federal court decision that blocked sales of weed killers based on the product.
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Brazil sees record daily coronavirus cases; official says outbreak under control
Brazil reported a record 34,918 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the same day that one of the senior officials leading the country's widely criticized response to the crisis said the outbreak was under control.
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Amazon to use AI tech in its warehouses to enforce social distancing
Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses to help reduce any risk of contracting the new coronavirus among its workers.
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Mexico's total coronavirus cases rise to 154,863 and 18,310 deaths
Mexico's total confirmed coronavirus infections rose to 154,863 cases and 18,310 total deaths on Tuesday, as the health ministry reported 4,599 new infections along with 730 additional fatalities.
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Some Amazon villagers eschew drugs for COVID-19, take 'toothache plant' herbal tea
Some villagers in the eastern Amazon are spurning Brazilian government advice to take the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to keep the novel coronavirus at bay and are drinking tea of jambú, also known as the toothache plant.
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Steroid drug hailed as 'breakthrough' for seriously ill COVID-19 patients
A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save the lives of COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a "major breakthrough" in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Explainer: The coronavirus risks of everyday activities as economies reopen
Americans have started returning to more normal lifestyles with the end of coronavirus lockdowns. But what activities are safe?
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Around 9% of Guinea-Bissau health workers have been infected with COVID-19
More than 170 of Guinea-Bissau's 2,000 health workers have contracted COVID-19, a World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday, warning that hospitals were close to being overwhelmed.
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Mexico's coronavirus death surge puts testing regime under the microscope
Mexico went into the coronavirus outbreak insisting it would beat the pandemic without mass testing, but with deaths surging as it prepares to exit lockdown, the strategy looks increasingly untenable.
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Germany launches coronavirus app as EU eyes travel revival
Germany appealed to the public on Tuesday to download a new smartphone app to help break the chain of coronavirus infections, one of several such apps that European governments hope will revive travel and tourism safely.
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Weekly coronavirus death toll in French nursing homes doubles to 73
The number of people who died from coronavirus infection in France rose by 111 to 29,547 on Tuesday with the health ministry including weekly data for the death toll in nursing homes.
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U.S. appeals court rejects rule requiring drug prices in TV ads
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that struck down a Trump administration rule that required pharmaceutical companies to include the wholesale prices of their drugs in television advertisements.
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Exclusive: CureVac becomes second company to test coronavirus vaccine in Germany - sources
The unlisted biotech firm CureVac will become the second company to launch human trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in Germany, two people familiar with the plans told Reuters on Tuesday.
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U.S. CDC reports 2,104,346 coronavirus cases, 116,140 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 2,104,346 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 18,577 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 496 to 116,140.
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Cameroon archbishop says treating COVID-19 with plant-based remedy
A Catholic archbishop in Cameroon says he has developed two plant-based remedies for COVID-19 which are given free to those who test positive for the respiratory disease.
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Chile says accounting errors led to omission of 31,000 coronavirus cases
A rash of accounting glitches in Chile led to the omission of more than 31,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, or nearly one-sixth of the country's total so far, health officials said on Tuesday.
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