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Trump awards deal to company to manufacture COVID-19 drugs in U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has awarded a $354 million contract to U.S.-based Phlow Corp to manufacture drugs being tested or used to fight the new coronavirus as well as some medicines that are in shortage.
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England reports far fewer COVID-19 deaths in care homes than European states
England has reported the lowest level of deaths in nursing homes as a share of total COVID-19 fatalities compared to other European nations, a document from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) showed on Tuesday.
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EU resolution on pandemic adopted at WHO assembly: official
A resolution on the need to investigate the global response to the coronavirus pandemic won endorsement at the World Health Organisation's annual ministerial meeting on Tuesday.
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UK defends its care home coronavirus 'protective ring'
Britain defended its handling of the coronavirus outbreak in care homes on Tuesday, saying the government had put a "protective ring" around them and that 62% of homes had reported no COVID-19 cases.
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Phlow gets $354 million U.S. funding to ensure drug supply amid COVID-19 pandemic
U.S. drug manufacturer Phlow said on Tuesday it had received $354 million from the government to speed up the manufacturing of drugs being tested and used to fight the new coronavirus.
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Some signs children may not transmit COVID-19, two UK epidemiologists say
There are tentative signs that children may not spread the novel coronavirus as much as adults, two top epidemiologists said on Tuesday, though they cautioned that the bad news was that human immunity may not last that long.
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Tested in harbour, Spanish fishermen return to sea
Spanish fishermen are taking coronavirus tests before returning to sea to avoid spreading infection among colleagues at close quarters in boats as the industry creaks back into action.
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China's Wuhan conducts 467,847 COVID-19 tests, says health authority
The city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, conducted 467,847 nucleic acid tests on May 18, the local health authority said on Tuesday, up from the 335,887 tests a day earlier.
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U.S. to send Russia 200 ventilators as Russian coronavirus cases near 300,000
The United States said on Tuesday it would this week start delivering 200 medical ventilators to Russia, which has the world's second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases.
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India coronavirus infections surge past 100,000, deaths top 3,000
Coronavirus cases in India reached 100,000 on Tuesday, matching its number of intensive care beds, and the rate of increase of new infections showed little sign of slowing.
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Myanmar says eight coronavirus cases among returnees from Malaysia
Myanmar authorities said on Tuesday said they have found eight coronavirus cases among scores of people who returned from Malaysia, where the authorities have recently been detaining undocumented migrants.
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Coronavirus infections in Poland may start to fall: minister
New coronavirus infections in Poland may start to fall within a week, Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski said on Tuesday.
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Step up COVID-19 testing, tracking, lawmakers criticise UK response
Britain must step up its testing and tracking to help tackle the coronavirus crisis, lawmakers said on Tuesday, criticising the government for dropping a programme to check for COVID-19 in March and not moving fast enough to build it up.
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Czech coronavirus cases show biggest rise in four weeks, infections hit coal mine
The Czech Republic reported its biggest daily rise in new coronavirus cases in four weeks, climbing by 111 to an overall total to 8,594 as of Tuesday morning.
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Indonesia reports 486 new coronavirus infections, 30 deaths
Indonesia reported on Tuesday 486 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 18,496, the country's COVID-19 task force reported on its official website.
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Malaysia reports 37 new coronavirus cases with one new death
Malaysian health authorities on Tuesday reported 37 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 6,978 cases.
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Philippines reports 224 new coronavirus infections, cases near 13,000
The Philippine health ministry on Tuesday reported six new coronavirus deaths and 224 more infections, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 12,942.
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Japan may free more regions from emergency as new virus cases drop: Asahi
Japan may lift its state of emergency in more regions this week as new coronavirus infections drop, the Asahi newspaper said on Tuesday, moving to resume sorely needed activity in the world's third-largest economy, battered by containment measures.
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UK ventilator consortium says scaling up in case of COVID-19 second spike
A consortium of British aerospace, automotive and medical companies said they were ramping up ventilator production to make sure there were enough available should there be a second spike in the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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