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Millions face new curbs, but vaccine hopes rise: Virus world update
AFP, Published on 15/07/2020
» HONG KONG: Millions of people faced new coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday as infections surge, but in one sign of hope, an American firm said it would soon start final-stage human trials for a possible vaccine.
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Walmart to require US customers to wear face masks
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» NEW YORK - Walmart will require shoppers to wear face masks starting next week, the US retail giant announced Wednesday, joining an increasing number of businesses in mandating the protection amid the latest spike in coronavirus cases.
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Sewing face masks goes viral in Europe
AFP, Published on 22/03/2020
» PISEK (CZECH REPUBLIC) - What do prisoners, a former first lady and textile makers have in common? All have threaded their needles to combat a dire global shortage of face masks that risks the health of millions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Seoul to send face masks to foreign veterans of Korean War
AFP, Published on 07/05/2020
» SEOUL: South Korea will provide one million face masks to foreign veterans of the Korean War to express gratitude on the 70th anniversary of the brutal conflict, Seoul officials said Thursday.
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Florida sheriff bans face masks among officers
AFP, Published on 13/08/2020
» MIAMI - A Florida sheriff ordered his officers to not wear face masks -- and banned the safety gear from his office -- even as the southern US state has hit record daily coronavirus death tolls.
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Hong Kong political rivals woo voters with free face masks
AFP, Published on 16/03/2020
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's rival political camps have embraced a new tactic to woo potential voters as the city hunkers down during the coronavirus pandemic: free face masks.
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From macaques to crabs, wildlife faces threat from face masks
AFP, Published on 12/01/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR: Masks that helped save lives during the coronavirus pandemic are proving a deadly hazard for wildlife, with birds and marine creatures ensnared in the staggering number of discarded facial coverings littering animal habitats.
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Translation tools, air purifiers: face masks go high-tech
AFP, Published on 21/10/2020
» SINGAPORE: From monitoring vital signs to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into other languages, the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings.
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Taiwan inmates join coronavirus fight with mask factory
AFP, Published on 11/03/2020
» TAOYUAN (TAIWAN) - Behind the barbed wire-topped fences of Taipei Prison, a small group of inmates are hunched over clacking sewing machines, working overtime to churn out face masks and help ward off the new coronavirus.
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'Printing money': Chinese mask producers booming
AFP, Published on 27/03/2020
» BEIJING: As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese city has gone global, thousands of factories in China have nimbly turned to a new and very profitable market –- face masks for export.
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