COVID-19

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  • Coronavirus: Latest CoVID-19 News In China, South Korea, Japan, Australia
    Coronavirus in Asia
    Some Asian countries are experiencing a decline in new CoVID-19 cases but governments are keeping their guard up to prevent a potential second wave.
  • Coronavirus versus democracy: 5 countries where emergency powers risk abuse
     Hungarian police officers gesture while the Hungarian-Austrian border is closed, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, near Nickelsdorf
    Most of the travel bans, stay-at-home orders and business closures taking effect worldwide follow health experts’ advice on curbing the spread of this highly infectious disease. But other restrictions governments say are meant to protect people seem designed to curtail human rights, suppress dissent and consolidate authoritarian power.
  • Coronavirus: Germany’s surprisingly low fatality rate
    A sister welcomes people during a food distribution for the needy at the Cologne seminary, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Cologne, Germany
    Germany has received a great deal of attention for having a lower death rate for COVID-19 than most comparable European countries. A simple explanation for the low case-fatality rate in Germany is that the country has been testing more people, so they have more confirmed cases for the same number of fatalities.
  • NBA Monitoring CBA Moves, Season Options Dwindling
    NBA Commissioner Adam Silver
    The NBA is reportedly angling to set up a deal to end the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Hong Kong MPF Retirement Fund Incurs $13.6 Billion Loss In Q1 2020
    Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund
    Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund incurred a massive $13.6 billion for the first quarter this year, wiping out most of its gains for the entire 2019.
  • Apple To Make 1 Million Face Shields A Week, After Donating 20 Million Face Masks
    APPLE INC
    Tech giants like Google and Facebook have also unveiled new campaigns and services to help fight the virus
  • Taiwan Noted As One Of The Best In Responding To COVID-19 Pandemic
    TAIWAN
    While the World Health Organization announced that there is no clear evidence of human to human transmission of COVID-19, in Jan. 14, the Taiwan CDC reported otherwise.
  • Study: Working From Home During A Pandemic May Lessen Productivity
    Employees work at DingTalk office, an offshoot of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China July 20, 2018. Picture taken July 20, 2018.
    Remote work is more productive when it is by choice and not being forced.
  • Gilead Donates 1.5 Million Doses Of Experimental Drug Remdesevir
    GILEAD SCIENCES
    Remdesivir deemed the most promising therapeutic vaccine, based on current evidence on human and animal studies.
  • Heung-min Son Contemplating On Completing South Korea Military Requirement
    Premier League - Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
    Heung-min Son could end up doing something productive such as fulfilling a military requirement over in South Korea.
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