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What pandemic preparedness would look like
Oped, Published on 06/10/2023
» Humanity was caught off guard by the Covid-19 pandemic, even though we had effectively been warned by smaller-scale outbreaks -- of Sars, Ebola, Mers and avian flu -- for decades.
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Trailblazer helps unlock Covid vaccine
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 26/02/2023
» Kizzmekia Corbett had gone home to North Carolina for the holidays in 2019 when the headlines began to trickle in: A strange, pneumonia-like illness was making dozens of people sick in China.
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Covid-19 now becoming a seasonal bug
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/12/2022
» Covid-19 is becoming a seasonal virus in Thailand, primarily active during two periods of the year, said Yong Poovorawan, director of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.
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The quest for a coronavirus supervaccine
AFP, Published on 25/04/2022
» PARIS: As vaccine makers rush to stamp out new Covid-19 variants, some scientists have set their sights higher, aiming for a universal coronavirus vaccine that could tackle any future strains and possibly even stave off another pandemic.
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Cambodia bat researchers on mission to track origin of Covid-19
Published on 20/09/2021
» STUNG TRENG, Cambodia: Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was found in the animals a decade ago.
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South Korea: an example for Asean
Oped, Published on 12/08/2021
» In late January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the outbreak of a new and deadly form of coronavirus in China, marking the pandemic as a global health emergency. Because of its close proximity to China and the contiguous nature of the regional landscape, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was among the first regions of the world to be affected by the freely-moving virus.
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With giant swabs and grumpy camels, Kenya hunts for next deadly virus
AFP, Published on 15/04/2021
» MACHAKOS (KENYA) - Kicking and grunting under the restraint of three men, the camel makes its displeasure known as Kenyan veterinarian Nelson Kipchirchir swirls a giant swab in the nostril of the grumpy dromedary.
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Why Thailand will fare better long-term in the war against Covid-19
Published on 29/01/2021
» Internationally lauded and recognised as one of the most successful countries in curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Thailand has once again received the spotlight over how its public healthcare sector rises to the occasion. To those not familiar with the healthcare situation in the Land of Smiles, they might be surprised to learn that Thailand is a globally-renowned wellness hub attracting millions of foreign patients each year. In addition to several leading private hospitals, its public healthcare is among the top rated countries in the world, with Thailand ranked sixth-best healthcare provider in 2019, according to US magazine CEOWORLD.
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A popular hangout for bats, tourists and now Covid sleuths
New York Times, Published on 17/01/2021
» RATCHABURI: The bat caves reeked of bat.
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Whose post-pandemic century?
Oped, Bill Emmott, Published on 05/01/2021
» In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was common to divide countries and their responses according to their political systems, with many attributing China's success in controlling the virus to its authoritarianism. As of late 2020, however, it is clear that the real dividing line is not political but geographical. Regardless of whether a country is democratic or authoritarian, an island or continental, Confucian or Buddhist, communitarian or individualistic, if it is East Asian, Southeast Asian, or Australasian, it has managed Covid-19 better than any European or North American country.
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