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Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 15, 2020
Indonesia President Widodo to take COVID-19 test as cases top 100
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JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Sunday (Mar 15) he would get tested for coronavirus, while some of his ministers had also undergone precautionary tests after the Southeast Asian country’s transport minister tested positive for the disease. Widodo also suggested people work from home and avoid mass gatherings, as he sought to calm rising
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 15, 2020
Trump takes coronavirus test, US death toll rises
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WASHINGTON/CHICAGO: President Donald Trump said on Saturday (Mar 14) he had taken a coronavirus test but that his temperature was “totally normal,” as he extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to slow the spread of a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life. After White House
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 15, 2020
Trump takes coronavirus test, US death toll rises to 50
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WASHINGTON/CHICAGO: President Donald Trump has taken a coronavirus test but said on Saturday (Mar 14) that his temperature was “totally normal”, and his administration extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to contain a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life. After White House officials took
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
Philippines’ President Duterte to undergo ‘precautionary’ COVID-19 test
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MANILA: Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte will be tested for COVID-19, his spokesman said Thursday (Mar 12), as two key government buildings were being disinfected over an exposure scare. The Philippines has seen a jump this week in cases, including people who recently attended events with Senate lawmakers and government officials, potentially exposing them. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
Seattle-area nursing home unable to test 65 workers with COVID-19 symptoms
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SEATTLE: The Seattle-area nursing home at the epicentre of the US coronavirus outbreak said on Monday (Mar 9) it had no kits to test 65 employees showing symptoms of the virus that has killed at least 13 patients at the long-term care centre. The staffers, representing more than a third of the Life Care Center’s 180
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
21 in cruise ship off US test positive for coronavirus
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WASHINGTON: Twenty-one people on board a cruise ship stranded off the coast of San Francisco have tested positive for the new coronavirus, United States Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday (Mar 6). “Among those positive for coronavirus were 19 crew members and two passengers,” said Pence, who has been tasked by President Donald Trump to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
COVID-19 death toll hits 12 in US, helicopter flies test kits to cruise ship
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WASHINGTON: The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to 12 on Thursday (Mar 5) with the latest fatality recorded in King County, Washington, and 53 new cases broke out across the country, striking for the first time in Colorado, Tennessee, Texas and San Francisco. A helicopter flew testing kits to a cruise
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
New COVID-19 test kits used to screen swab samples collected at Singapore checkpoints
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SINGAPORE: Newly developed COVID-19 test kits will be used to test swab samples collected Singapore’s checkpoints from Thursday (Mar 5), promising results within three hours. A collaboration between the Home Team Science & Technology (HTX) and Verdus Laboratories, the HTX COVID-19 test kit has an accuracy of more than 99 per cent and is able
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Commentary: Developing affordable, accurate test kits for COVID-19 one of the biggest challenge this outbreak
EAST LANSING, Michigan: As COVID-19 spreads from China, public health officials the world over mobilise, preparing for declaration of a global pandemic. “It’s not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of when this will happen,” said Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the US Centers for