14

Mar

Hong Kong orders compulsory coronavirus testing after gym cluster hits financial community

HONG KONG, March 13 (Reuters) - Some law firms and banks in Hong Kong face compulsory testing for coronavirus as most of the 47 news cases recorded on Saturday were…

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30

Jan

China gene firm providing worldwide COVID tests worked with Chinese military

BGI Group, the world's largest genomics company, has worked with China's military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reuters review of research, patent filings and other documents…

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27

Jan

China launches anal swab tests to detect high-risk Covid-19 cases

Forbes - As Chinese authorities struggle to contain rising Covid-19 infections ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations, Beijing has introduced anal swabs as a new type of coronavirus test…

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26

Jan

France’s Institut Pasteur stopping one of its potential COVID-19 vaccine projects

France's Pasteur Institute said that it was terminating the development of a Covid-19 vaccine with US pharmaceutical company Merck after clinical trial results proved disappointing. The partners had announced a…

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09

Jan

Covid variant might lead to ‘false’ negative testing results – FDA

Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. drugs regulator said on Friday genetic variants of COVID-19, including the one found in the UK, could lead to false negative results from some…

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31

Oct

Million line up as Slovakia launches unique nationwide COVID-19 test

Over a million Slovaks took a coronavirus swab on Saturday as the country launched a huge logistical operation to test most of its population over the weekend to reverse a…

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14

Oct

Malta: 14-day quarantine period should be reconsidered, Malta Chamber says

Optimised testing, contact tracing, and quarantine leave are needed to ensure the survival of viable businesses, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry said.   During the chamber's pre-budget document…

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29

Sep

Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries

A set of agreements to make available, for low and middle-income countries, affordable, high-quality COVID-19 antigen rapid tests were today announced by the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. Organizations…

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22

Sep

European Parliament approves plans for coronavirus testing centre

The European Parliament's Committee on Budgets has approved plans for a coronavirus testing facility for MEPs and staff. A request was made by the Parliament's President David Sassoli for €990,000…

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12

Jul

London 2012 Olympians were used in secret project to test experimental substance

Ninety-one elite-level sports people across eight Olympic sports were used as “guinea pigs” in a secret UK Sport project trialling ketones in the run-up to London 2012, an investigation by…

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21

May

Austria to expand its testing to screen hotel staff

Austria plans a hefty expansion of its coronavirus testing just to screen hotel staff, in the hope of luring Germans and other tourists this summer and banishing the uncomfortable memory…

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16

May

Residents express concern as Wuhan revs up massive Covid-19 testing campaign

As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing campaign, some residents crowding the test centres expressed concern on Saturday that the very act…

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16

Mar

Countries cannot fight this pandemic blindfolded – WHO DG

The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up their testing programmes as the best way to slow the advance of the coronavirus pandemic. "We have…

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