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African countries secure 90 million coronavirus test kits for next six months
African countries have secured 90 million test kits for the novel coronavirus for the next six months, a regional disease control body said on Thursday, urging states and donors to boost testing capabilities on the continent as quickly as possible.
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Britain says nearly 30,000 COVID-19 tests sent to U.S. lab came back void
Nearly 30,000 COVID-19 tests which Britain sent to a U.S. lab for processing came back void, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Thursday, adding to a mounting pile of questions over the UK's testing regime.
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Moderna names Amgen executive David Meline as CFO
Moderna Inc on Thursday named David Meline its chief financial officer, as the company develops a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.
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Trump administration selects five coronavirus vaccine candidates as finalists: NYT
The Trump administration has selected five companies, including Moderna Inc, AstraZeneca Plc and Pfizer Inc, as the most likely candidates to produce a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing senior officials.
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Stockholm shuts field hospital as pandemic slowly eases grip on capital
A field hospital hastily constructed to ease the burden on Stockholm hospitals dealing with a flood of COVID-19 cases will be dismantled in the wake of slowdown in the pandemic, a healthcare official said on Thursday.
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Inovio plans human trials for potential COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea in June
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Thursday it plans to begin human trials of its potential COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea later in June, with support from Seoul-headquartered partner, non-profit organization International Vaccine Institute.
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EU to use $2.7 billion fund to buy promising COVID-19 vaccines
The European Union is preparing to use an emergency 2.4-billion- euro ($2.7 billion) fund to make advance purchases of promising vaccines against the new coronavirus, EU officials told Reuters.
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Robot to safely swab for coronavirus developed by scientists in Denmark
Danish researchers have developed a fully automated robot that can take coronavirus swabs so that health care professionals are not exposed to the risk of infection.
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Israeli medical device maker Alpha Tau raises $26 million to fund trials
Israeli medical device maker Alpha Tau Medical said on Thursday it raised $26 million in a funding round from investors including Shavit Capital, Medison Ventures and OurCrowd to help finance global clinical trials.
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India's urban COVID-19 outbreak is morphing into a rural health crisis
Rural parts of India have begun to see a surge in novel coronavirus infections, as millions of migrant workers returning from big cities and industrial hubs bring the virus home with them, according to data collected from seven Indian states.
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Russia gets more U.S. ventilators as coronavirus cases climb
A planeload of 150 ventilators arrived in Russia from the United States on Thursday, Washington's embassy in Moscow said, to help fight the novel coronavirus in further medical aid collaboration between the two politically-estranged nations.
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Florida offers drive-through Botox to quarantined residents
Quarantined Florida residents worried about their laughter lines and crows' feet need frown no longer - Botox is back, and it's being offered at a drive-through.
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Malaysia reports 277 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Malaysian health authorities on Thursday reported 277 new coronavirus cases after infections were detected in an immigration detention centre.
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Roche test receives FDA emergency use approval for COVID-19 patients
Drugmaker Roche has received emergency use authorisation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Elecsys IL-6 test to help identify severe inflammatory response in patients with confirmed COVID-19, it said on Thursday.
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Thailand reports 17 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Thailand reported 17 new coronavirus cases on Thursday and no new deaths, taking the total number of infections to 3,101, of which 58 were fatalities.
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Mexico overtakes U.S. coronavirus daily deaths, sets records
Mexico overtook the United States in daily reported deaths from the novel coronavirus for the first time on Wednesday, with the health ministry registering a record 1,092 fatalities it attributed to improved documenting of the pandemic.
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 394 to 182,764: RKI
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 394 to 182,764, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday.
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Brazil sets record for daily coronavirus deaths, beating Tuesday
Brazil registered a record number of daily deaths from the coronavirus for the second consecutive day, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday.
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Thailand's one million health volunteers hailed as coronavirus heroes
Nearly every day, 77-year-old Surin Makradee goes door-to-door in her village in Thailand, visiting every home to check people's temperatures in a routine repeated in communities across the country during the coronavirus pandemic.
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