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Study finds 'no benefit' using malaria drug against coronavirus
AFP, Published on 22/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: A malaria drug widely touted as a potential cure for Covid-19 showed no benefit against the disease over standard care, and was in fact associated with more deaths, the biggest study of its kind showed on Tuesday.
What we know about the 'devious' coronavirus
AFP, Published on 21/04/2020
» PARIS - Will the novel coronavirus leave you short of breath or make you lose your sense of smell? And if you have had it once, can you be confident you are immune? So far, the research on COVID-19 has raised as many questions as it has answered.
Belgium says transparency explains high virus toll
AFP, Published on 17/04/2020
» BRUSSES: Belgium now has the highest death rate from Covid-19 in the European Union but officials insist it is because they have been totally transparent with the data.
Virus hit 'like a bomb' as toll rises in Ecuador's business capital
AFP, Published on 15/04/2020
» GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - Ecuador's economic capital Guayaquil is reeling from the most aggressive outbreak of COVID-19 in Latin America after the pandemic hit the city "like a bomb," its mayor said.
What workplaces will look like after lockdowns
AFP, Published on 15/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: Around the world countries are hitting their coronavirus peaks and starting to grapple with questions about when and how to reopen their economies.
Virus appears to strike men, overweight people harder
AFP, Published on 10/04/2020
» PARIS - In the emergency rooms of virus hotspots around the world, medical staff are seeing a greater number of men than women suffering severe symptoms of COVID-19, with obesity emerging as another potentially aggravating factor. But experts are still unsure why.
Why African Americans are dying at higher rates from COVID-19
AFP, Published on 08/04/2020
» WASHINGTON - The new coronavirus isn't biased about who it infects -- so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US?
What do we know about coronavirus?
AFP, Published on 07/04/2020
» PARIS: Just three months ago, few people even knew the word "coronavirus". But as the disease continues to spread across the globe, infecting and killing thousands, and causing millions to live in self-isolation, it has become a watchword for the daily life of billions.
Stay or go? French fly home from Russia amid pandemic
AFP, Published on 05/04/2020
» MOSCOW - Christian Querouix, a 69-year-old pensioner, who shares his time between France and Russia, had a difficult choice to make.
Warning of long battle as Africa's virus numbers rise
AFP, Published on 21/03/2020
» JOHANNESBURG - Sub-Saharan Africa recorded its second coronavirus death on Friday as infections rose in South Africa, where the government warned bluntly of a long haul in the fight against the disease.