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China firm uses workers to ‘pre-test’ Covid-19 vaccine
A state-owned Chinese company has been testing their vaccines on their employees, including top executives, even before the government approved testing in people in the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, reports AP.
Minorities under attack as Imran Khan pushes for ‘tolerant’ Pakistan
Religious minorities in Pakistan witnessed a tough month while observers warn of even tougher times ahead as Prime Minister Imran Khan vacillates between trying to forge a pluralistic nation and his conservative Islamic beliefs, reports AP.
In South China Sea, marine satellites support coral reef protection
China's domestically-developed marine observation satellites will study the distribution of coral reefs in the South China Sea, and facilitate their protection and restoration.
China says progress made in latest border talks with India
China and India have made positive progress in their latest talks on a long-running border dispute that turned deadly in last month, a Chinese official said.
Fresh lockdown in India as Covid-19 cases near 1mln
Fresh lockdowns are being reinforced in several parts of India as the confirmed coronavirus cases is approaching one million.
15 dead in Indonesia flash flood
At least 15 people were killed in a flash flood in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, an official said Tuesday.
77 killed in floods and landslides in India's Assam state
With the death of six more people in floods and mudslides in northeastern India's Assam state, the death toll has been climbed to 77 till Tuesday.
No evidence found on Covid-19 pregnant patients can infect fetuses: Experts
Currently, there is no adequate evidence of the transmission of COVID-19 from pregnant women infected with the virus to their fetuses, a Chinese medical expert has said.
Covid-19 could have existed in dormant state before outbreak: WHO
Melita Vujnovic, the representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to Russia, has said that the novel coronavirus could have existed in a dormant state long before its outbreak in late December last year.
Online funeral set for Seoul mayor over virus concerns
The official funeral for Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon will be held online this week over coronavirus concerns, his funeral committee said Sunday.