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COVID-19: China approves two vaccines for clinical trials

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2020

China has approved two experimental vaccines against the Coronavirus for phase one and two clinical trials. This is according to the country’s news agency, Xinhua. The vaccines are being developed by Wuhan Institute of Biological Products under the China National Pharmaceutical Group

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America has no king: New York governor Cuomo faults Trump’s ‘total authority’

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2020

America has no king, but a constitution, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Tuesday as he debunked President Trump’s statement that he has “total authority” to determine when the coronavirus stricken states can open for business. Cuomo on NBC’s Today Show and CNN said Trump was flat-out wrong when he said he can overrule state […]

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One third of hospital staff test positive for coronavirus

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2020

A startling one-third of hospital staff in the UK have tested positive for coronavirus, according to latest data from the British government. Out of 16,888 NHS staff tested, 5,733 or 34 per cent were found to have the virus. Included in the figures were tests conducted on key workers and their households. The government has […]

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Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden to battle Trump in US 2020 election

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2020

United States Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday, declared support for Joe Biden as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. He made the declaration in a livestream event on Periscope. His support will now calm nerves as Biden will go into the nomination, coming up in a few weeks, unopposed. The Dems have been working […]

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Iran reports 111 virus deaths, raising total to 4,585

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2020

Iran’s health ministry on Monday reported another 111 deaths from the novel coronavirus, taking the official overall toll in the worst-hit Middle East country to 4,585. Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 1,617 new infections took the total number of cases in the country’s outbreak to 73,303, of whom 45,983 had recovered. “The trend of relatively

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Breaking: Boris Johnson discharged after coronavirus scare

Daily Dispatch April 12, 2020

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital after overcoming a deadly battle with coronavirus. Newspapers in UK said Johnson was discharged from St Thomas Hospital today. He was admitted on Sunday, on the same day Queen Elizabeth made a broadcast on the pandemic. ‘The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue […]