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Pulse oximeters work less accurately on dark-skinned folk, UK warns

Devices used by Covid-19 patients to monitor blood-oxygen levels at home may show higher readings for those with brown or black skin

4y

Protesters demand probe into graves at Canada indigenous schools

Demonstrators tell PM to quit making excuses as outrage builds over horrific discoveries

4y

‘Pandemic a con’: Israelis rally against virus curbs, jabs

Poster spotted at protest links Covid-19 vaccines to Nazis

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Health, trade chiefs urge vaccine makers to help developing countries

With less than 5% of purchased doses delivered, manufacturers implored to do more

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11 killed as India’s monsoon death toll swells to over 230

Torrential rains sweep away homes, trigger landslides

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Bangladeshis rush back to work as garment factories reopen despite virus surge

With economy battered by pandemic, govt excludes plants supplying top brands in Europe, N. America from nationwide lockdown

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N. Korea faces 860,000 tonnes food shortage this year

UN report says significant levels of commercial imports required if gap to be covered

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EU to get another 40 mil Moderna doses by October

European Medicines Agency gives green light for 2 US sites to boost output

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Two more parts of China report Covid-19 outbreaks

55 new cases in Fujian, Chongqing

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Brisbane to enter Covid-19 lockdown

Delta outbreak in Australia’s third-largest city prompts snap restrictions

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US seizes Singaporean-owned tanker used to deliver oil to N. Korea

M/T Courageous owner Kwek Kee Seng remains at large, says Justice Dept

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Phuket bars domestic tourists from Aug 3-16 on Covid-19 fears

International arrivals exempted, however, as authorities detect 9 active clusters on resort island

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Philippines says US military deal ‘in full force again’

President Rodrigo Duterte walks back threat to end Visiting Forces Agreement