'We are all Indians, Delhi belongs to all': LG office rejects AAP criticism on hospital order

'We are all Indians, Delhi belongs to all': LG office rejects AAP criticism on hospital order Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal's office Tuesday rejected the AAP government's criticism of his order overturning the decision to reserve some hospitals here only for Delhiites, saying "we are all Indians and Delhi belongs to all". On Monday, the LG overruled the AAP govt's order to reserve Delhi government-run and private hospitals in the national capital for Delhiites. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Mainland China reports three new confirmed, five asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

Mainland China reports three new confirmed, five asymptomatic COVID-19 cases
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Mainland China reported three confirmed and five new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases by the end of June 9, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves, study shows

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves, study shows
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Population-wide facemask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a UK study published Wednesday.

Moscow's lockdown ends as coronavirus cases in Russia pass 485,000

Moscow's lockdown ends as coronavirus cases in Russia pass 485,000
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Residents of Moscow began to resume their normal routines on Tuesday as a lockdown designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus was lifted after more than two months despite the Russian capital still reporting over a thousand daily cases.

Coronavirus may have spread in Wuhan in August, Harvard research shows, but China dismissive

Coronavirus may have spread in Wuhan in August, Harvard research shows, but China dismissive
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The coronavirus might have been spreading in China as early as August last year, according to Harvard Medical School research based on satellite images of hospital travel patterns and search engine data, but China dismissed the report as "ridiculous".

Britain's AstraZeneca ramps up studies for COVID-19 antibody treatments

Britain's AstraZeneca ramps up studies for COVID-19 antibody treatments
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British drugmaker AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it expects to move two COVID-19 antibody based therapies it has licensed from U.S. researchers into clinical studies in the next two months as it ramps up efforts to help combat the pandemic.

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical says anti-parasitic drug effective against coronavirus in animal tests

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical says anti-parasitic drug effective against coronavirus in animal tests
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South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical said its anti-parasitic drug niclosamide had eliminated the novel coronavirus from animals' lungs during testing.