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The island has maintained some of the lowest case rates in the world throughout the pandemic - lasting more than 200 days in 2020 without a single case.

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Overview: Hong Kong to test entire population, other developments

Tue, 2022-02-22 10:15 — mike kraft

Hong Kong to test entire population of 7.5M people 3 times in March: Latest COVID updates Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since Feb. 15, imperiling its healthcare system. More updates. YahooNews

Hong Kong, struggling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, will test every one of its 7.5 million people for the coronavirus three times next month, the city’s leader said Tuesday.

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Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates COVID vaccine rollout to world's poorest countries

Wed, 2022-02-16 09:48 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates COVID vaccine rollout to world's poorest The relatively short shelf life of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine is complicating the rollout to the world's poorest nations, according to officials and internal World Health Organization documents reviewed by Reuters. Francesco Guarascio,Jennifer Rigby

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WHO: COVID boosters should start with most vulnerable

Fri, 2022-01-21 10:19 — mike kraft

WHO: COVID boosters should start with most vulnerable GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says that coronavirus vaccine boosters should now now be offered to people, starting with the most vulnerable, in a move away from its previous insistence that boosters were unnecessary for healthy adults and an acknowledgment that the vaccine supply is improving globally. AP NEWS

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Merck's COVID-19 pill to be produced by drugmakers in 11 additional countries

Thu, 2022-01-20 11:08 — mike kraft

Merck's COVID-19 pill to be produced by more than two dozen drugmakers

Medicines Patent Pool, an organization supported by the U.N., announced on Thursday that over two dozen generic drug makers will soon begin producing Merck's COVID-19 pill to make the treatment more accessible in developing countries.

The organization said that 27 generic drug makers would produce the pill for 105 developing countries. Specifically, agreements the companies signed allow them to make both molnupiravir's raw ingredients as well as the final product.

Molnupiravir is the COVID-19 treatment developed by Merck and Ridgeback Therapeutics. For patients with early signs of COVID-19, the pill is believed to cut the hospitalization rates in half.

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