FACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 131.13 million, death toll at 2,989,554
MORE than 131.13 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,989,554 have died,
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T cells induced by COVID-19 infection respond to new virus variants
JULIE STEENHUYSEN A critical component of the immune system known as T cells that respond to fight infection from the
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Cricket legend Tendulkar contracts COVID-19
INDIA batting great Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that he has contracted the novel coronavirus and has mild symptoms as infections
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UN urges divided world to unite against COVID-19
MATTHEW LAVIETES THE United Nations has urged a divided world to unite against a virus that ignores all borders, saying
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Latest on COVID-19 science studies
NANCY LAPID THE following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts
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‘Regular booster vaccines are the future’
GUY FAULCONBRIDGE REGULAR booster vaccines against the novel coronavirus will be needed because of mutations that make it more transmissible
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Hong Kong locks down thousands for compulsory COVID-19 testing
CLARE JIM HONG KONG’s government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula yesterday after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus,
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Singapore to block entry to visitors from South Africa
SINGAPORE says it will stop allowing entry to visitors with a recent travel history to South Africa, citing reports of
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COVID-19 shook, rattled and rolled the global economy in 2020
DAN BURNS and MARK JOHN WHEN 2020 dawned, the global economy had just notched its 10th straight year of uninterrupted
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WHO, marking year since COVID-19 began, urges fair vaccine distribution to all
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY THE head of the World Health Organization, marking a year since the first cases of the novel coronavirus
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