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23-Apr-20 Researchers in Hong Kong find that Covid-19 definitions make big differences to the pandemic’s bigger picture. Mainland China might have had four times as many infections as official total if broader criteria used. [image: AFP]
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15-Apr-20 Taking steps to control the disease well into the future: A smartphone tracking app for new airport arrivals. A “smart city” database of thousands of people infected by the coronavirus. Electronic bracelets that track people breaking quarantine laws. [REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon]
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10-Apr-20 The virus has hit wealthy countries that are plugged into the global system first. But the pandemic is now exploding in developing countries and emerging markets. Political instability, xenophobia and social unrest present additional risks as the coronavirus spreads. [image: Stringer/AFP via Getty Images]
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04-Apr-20 The government is considering providing Avigan for free to other countries that want to use the flu drug to treat coronavirus patients. The drug, developed by a group firm of Fujifilm Holdings, is considered effective for treating COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. [image: AFP-JIJI]
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24-Mar-20 China helped spare Latin America from the worst of the 2008-09 financial crisis, but recently, its lending has been in decline. Despite measures taken by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments to contain the spread of coronavirus, the region will be forced to grapple with the effects of the virus for the foreseeable future. [image: NurPhoto/Getty Images]
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