Professional football matches played before lockdown, even those in near-empty stadiums, were linked to higher COVID-19 cases and deaths in the local area, a study has found.
Sep 8, 2020
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New York—under a state of emergency following a coronavirus outbreak—on Monday launched its own brand of hand sanitizer, made by jail inmates.
Mar 9, 2020
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Wearing a face-mask while out-and-about on public transport, in shops and in crowded places could help protect vulnerable people from COVID-19—according to a new systematic review from the University of East Anglia.
Apr 6, 2020
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Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have confirmed what the germ-phobic among us have long suspected: The flush of a commercial toilet releases a Vesuvius-like cloud of tiny droplets and aerosol particles that ...
Dec 29, 2022
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Hailed by some but held up elsewhere as a cautionary tale, Sweden's "softer" approach to curbing the COVID-19 pandemic has made headlines around the world.
Dec 17, 2020
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Authorities in China are looking to wipe out dingy public toilets with proposed rules to limit the number of flies and flush away bad smells, Beijing said.
Feb 22, 2013
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South Korea raised its alert on the coronavirus to the highest level Sunday after reporting three more deaths and 169 new infections.
Feb 23, 2020
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The coronavirus lockdown imposed in Madagascar's three main cities was to be progressively lifted from Monday, President Andry Rajoelina said, adding that a Malgache "remedy" for the disease had been successfully tested.
Apr 20, 2020
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Officials in Halmstad municipality, Sweden, recently forced a teacher to remove their mask and prohibited the use of masks and all forms of PPE in schools. The municipality said there was no scientific evidence for wearing ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Survey results from 27 countries suggest that, despite their increased risk of severe illness due to COVID-19, elderly people are not more willing to isolate when asked to, and are not more compliant with several COVID-19 ...
Jul 3, 2020
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