SYDNEY — Criminal groups are offering unproven treatments for Covid-19 on the dark web, including vials of blood from recovered patients and samples of vaccines that are still under clinical testing. Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) found 645 listings for medical products, supplies and treatments related to the virus during a survey of […]
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Dossier an indictment of China’s virus response
Did China deliberately suppress or destroy evidence of the coronavirus outbreak in an “assault on international transparency’’ that cost tens of thousands of lives? According to a 15-page dossier prepared by concerned Western governments on the Covid-19 contagion and obtained by The Saturday Telegraph, it lays the foundation for the case of expanding negligence being […]
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First doses of virus vaccine arrive in EU
Live version of coronavirus map A swath of EU nations begin vaccinating their most vulnerable groups Sunday as a reputedly more contagious coronavirus variant spread internationally and the WHO warned that the current pandemic would not be the last. First doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in EU countries including hard-hit Italy, Spain and France […]
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Tuberculosis drug could be Covid-19 silver bullet
SYDNEY – On April 6, Australian researchers will start trials of the tuberculosis drug Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as a possible treatment of the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus now spreading across the globe. It represents perhaps the most hopeful test yet of an existing medicine currently in everyday use to tame the highly contagious Covid-19 virus. “I […]
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Race to develop vaccine gathers pace
Live version of coronavirus map Australia’s leader called Wednesday for coronavirus immunizations to be mandatory, wading into ethical and safety debates raging around the world as the race to develop a vaccine gathers pace. Almost 30 potential vaccines are now being tested on humans across the globe in the hope of ending a pandemic that […]
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Wolf warriors, Twitter trolls and China’s virus ‘lies’
Every day the numbers continue to rise as the Covid-19 crisis infects the world. But scratch beneath the surface of the data and another narrative is taking shape in which deceit has become as virulent as the disease itself. Last week, an influential ministry attached to the European Union accused China of running “a global […]
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Australia lab may have found Covid-19 cure
SYDNEY – Australian researchers have been given the green light to start human trials of a promising drug treatment for the novel coronavirus after raising funds from donors in a remarkable global appeal. Covid-19 patients will be given two drugs previously used to treat AIDS and malaria at about 50 hospitals in Australia, with tests […]
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Indonesia seeks to pre-empt Covid-19 social unrest
JAKARTA – The importance of a new spending package is growing by the day as the Indonesian government seeks to head off potential unrest on the streets and prevent Jakarta’s unemployed from drifting back to their towns and villages in the Java heartland, taking the coronavirus with them. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is reportedly working […]
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Indonesia may have quietly beaten dengue fever
JAKARTA – Overshadowed by government efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine, Indonesian researchers have quietly played a key role in a major breakthrough that could lead to the elimination of dengue fever, the mosquito-borne scourge whose symptoms Covid-19 often mimics. An initial trial by the Australian-based Monash University’s World Mosquito Program (WMP) has shown a […]
