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Scientists use ostrich cells to make glowing Covid detection masks
Japanese researchers use bird antibodies to detect virus under ultraviolet lightCoronavirus – latest updatesSe…
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Hong Kong authorises Sinovac Covid vaccine for children aged 3 to 17
Benefits of approving age extension outweigh the risks, says secretary for food and healthCoronavirus – latest…
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First known Covid case was Wuhan market vendor, says scientist
Claim will reignite debate about origins of pandemic, a continuing source of tension between US and ChinaThe f…
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Beijing school pupils in lockdown after staff tests positive for Covid
Parents alarmed as children held overnight before some sent to centralised quarantine for two weeksCoronavirus…
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Local Covid vaccines fill gap as UN Covax scheme misses target
India, Egypt and Cuba among first states to develop and make their own vaccines as Covax falls behind Developi…
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New Zealand Mongrel Mob leader given essential worker exemption to help boost Covid tests
Head of the Waikato Mongrel Mob chapter Sonny Fatupaito was asked to encourage gang members and their families…
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The Wuhan lab leak theory is more about politics than science
Whatever this week’s Biden review finds, the cause of the pandemic lies in the destruction of animal habitatsC…
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China refuses further inquiry into Covid-19 origins in Wuhan lab
WHO proposal to audit Chinese laboratories is ‘arrogance towards science’, says health officialCoronavirus – l…
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Covid ‘perfect storm’ as more patients hit by fungal infections
Weakened lungs and immune systems make people increasingly vulnerable, warn scientistsCoronavirus – latest upd…
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‘Black fungus’ is creating a whole other health emergency for Covid-stricken India | Ian Schwartz and Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Rates of mucormycosis were high even before the pandemic, and now the country is running out of antifungal dru…
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Vietnam says new Covid variant is hybrid of India and UK strains
‘Very dangerous’ coronavirus variant is ‘more transmissible’ than previously known typesCoronavirus – latest u…
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Taiwan raises Covid alert level nationwide as infections increase
Authorities impose mask-wearing and limit gatherings after outbreak spreads to half of island’s counties Coron…
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Covid third wave ‘inevitable’ in India, say health experts
New variants are contributing factor behind country’s vicious second wave with likelihood of more variants eme…
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Workers at Indonesian pharma firm arrested over ‘reused’ Covid swabs
Nasal swabs allegedly washed, repackaged and sold to passengers required to take test at Medan airportCoronavi…
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Covering India’s Covid crisis: ‘Hundreds of journalists have lost their lives’
Our South Asia correspondent reflects on a catastrophe that is now affecting the lives of almost everyone in t…