Since the start of the pandemic, the island nation has been implementing what became unofficially known as the ‘zero-Covid strategy’. New Zealand tried to entirely stamp out the virus from its territory through vigorous restrictions and surprised observers overseas by going into a snap lockdown in August after discovering just …
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The Chinese government will not take part in a second phase of the WHO’s probe into what caused the pandemic, Zeng Yixin, deputy head of China’s National Health Commission, said on Thursday. The senior health official said at a press conference in Beijing that he was “surprised” to see research …
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Super-heavyweight Hubbard is the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games, heading to Tokyo as part of the New Zealand team in an inclusion that has seen high-profile figures voice concerns around competition and fairness. Experts have raised questions around Hubbard’s involvement, querying how the existing rules around …
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Oxford was described by the poet Matthew Arnold as the “home of lost causes”. Let’s hope that proves true, because much of what is currently coming out of the university city – and its county – isn’t good at all. Climate change alarmism? In 2019, Oxford City Council declared a …
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Data from 19,866 volunteers – 4,902 of whom were in the placebo group – showed that Sputnik V had an overall efficacy of 91.6 percent, rising to 91.8 percent among the group of 2,144 volunteers over the age of 60, according to the interim results of the Phase III clinical …
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The preliminary analysis on the Phase III trial has shown that the vaccine is safe to use and 79.34 percent effective against Covid-19, Chinese media reported, citing the developer’s subsidiary, the Beijing Institute of Biological Products. The two-injection course has seen participants develop a high level of antibodies against the …
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In a statement, Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which funded the vaccine’s development, cited data received from volunteers 21 days after they were inoculated with the first dose of the jab. The results confirmed a 91.4 percent efficacy rate overall and showed that it is “100 …
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The draft law Ministry on establishment of the state Corporation “Rosshelf” criticized the Ministry of energy and Ministry of natural resources, writes “Kommersant”. Officials of the departments found the idea of Deputy Prime Minister and presidential envoy to the far Eastern Federal district Yuri Trutnev on the establishment of the …
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Specialists of Scientific production Association named after S. A. Lavochkin (part of state Corporation “Roscosmos”) on 21 October 2019 carried a correction of the transition to the nominal trajectory of the spacecraft “Spektr-RG”, which means the end of this phase of the flight apparatus in the neighborhood of the libration …
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Repaired almost 7 hectares. After renovation, opened the second phase of the Park “Natalka” in the Obolon district of Kiev. “Spent works on improvement of lanes, new lighting, irrigation system. Strengthened and the coastal zone. Coast fortified constructions of natural stone. There is a decorative lookout gazebo, with views of …
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