Top news of the week: 04.08.2020.

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Coronavirus

On Jul 31, 2020
@Reuters shared
China-backed hackers 'targeted COVID-19 vaccine firm Moderna' earlier this year, according to a U.S. security official https://t.co/6skzbiSLRZ $MRNA https://t.co/CWSPp7TDO9
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Exclusive: China-backed hackers 'targeted COVID-19 vaccine firm Moderna'

Exclusive: China-backed hackers 'targeted COVID-19 vaccine firm Moderna'

Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc, a U.S.-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, this year in a bid to steal data, according to a U.S. security ...

On Jul 30, 2020
@XHNews shared
Iran passes another peak of COVID-19 outbreak as total cases surpass 300,000 https://t.co/Dh7jWAPDEB https://t.co/QoEpqS5BgZ
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Iran's COVID-19 cases surpass 300,000

Iran's COVID-19 cases surpass 300,000

A man wearing face mask talks on the phone in a street in Tehran, Iran, on July 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) Iran passes another peak of COVID-19 outbreak as total cases …

On Aug 3, 2020
@bmj_latest shared
The extent of the long term respiratory complications of covid-19 infection remain to be seen, but emerging data indicate that many patients experience persistent respiratory symptoms months after initial illness. This #BMJEditorial looks at what we know https://t.co/qVKrqfhTg4
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Long term respiratory complications of covid-19

Long term respiratory complications of covid-19

Substantial population morbidity is likely The extent and severity of the long term respiratory complications of covid-19 infection remain to be seen, but emerging data indicate that many ...

On Jul 30, 2020
@XHNews shared
The early isolation of cases (in the Chinese city of Wuhan) reduced further transmission, leading to fewer cases and curbing the spread of #COVID19, according to a study published in Science magazine https://t.co/myxv6OKIfj https://t.co/ltOlqOm4Vf
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Key epidemic metric underscores China's anti-COVID-19 achievement: study

Key epidemic metric underscores China's anti-COVID-19 achievement: study

Residents take nucleic acid tests at a testing site in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, May 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu) The early isolation of cases (in the Chinese city …

On Jul 28, 2020
@XHNews shared
China has donated 6,000 boxes of disposable surgical face masks to Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party to help the latter prevent the spread of #COVID19 among its staff and officials https://t.co/fTvFj2CR4s https://t.co/SgucBR3voX
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China helps Ghana's ruling party to fight COVID-19 with medical supplies

China helps Ghana's ruling party to fight COVID-19 with medical supplies

Chairman of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party Frederick Armah Blay (3rd R) poses for a photo with other officials during a handover ceremony of medical supplies in Accra, Ghana, …

On Jul 29, 2020
@XHNews shared
Facts speak for themselves. Here are 18 lies Peter Navarro fabricated about China on #COVID19 pandemic, we reveal facts and truth behind https://t.co/MxVgFZyCpd https://t.co/pHVYBGolKg
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Fact check: Peter Navarro's lies about China on COVID-19 pandemic

Fact check: Peter Navarro's lies about China on COVID-19 pandemic

Protesters rally in front of the White House during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) BEIJING, July …

On Aug 3, 2020
@guardian shared
The people that Covid-19 has cut off from home https://t.co/5HzAXA7tJv
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The people that Covid-19 has cut off from home

The people that Covid-19 has cut off from home

Chinese students, Mongolian tourists and Palestinians from Gaza are still stranded

On Jul 28, 2020
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Virology institute launches Russia's second COVID-19 vaccine human trial https://t.co/wOU8uJ9e30 https://t.co/vDRbrGweq7
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Virology institute launches Russia's second COVID-19 vaccine human trial

Virology institute launches Russia's second COVID-19 vaccine human trial

A Russian state virology institute has started human trials of the country's second potential COVID-19 vaccine, injecting the first of five volunteers with a dose on July 27, the RIA news ...