Tag: COVID_19

CUHK Research: New COVID-19 Oral Medication Lowers Risk of Hospital Admission of Older Patients by 54 Percent

June 6, 2023
China NewsCOVID_19HK Current AffairsHong Kong
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In the face of the recent rebound in coronavirus infection, the research team of the Faculty of Medicine (CU Med) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) conducted a study on older patients in nursing homes. The result proves that two oral antivirals, Molnupiravir and Nirmatrelvir/ Ritonavir, known as Paxlovid, can lower the risk…

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Biden Administration Launches Website for Free COVID-19 Tests

January 18, 2022
AMERICACCP VirusCOVID_19Editor's PicksExecutive BranchJoe BidenPoliticsUS
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President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday rolled out a website where people can order free COVID-19 tests. The site enables Americans to order a set of four tests per residential address. However, the tests won’t be shipped until “late January.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington that the site “is in…

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Buttigieg: Supply Chain Issues Will Persist as Long as There’s a Pandemic

October 21, 2021
COVID_19economyExecutive BranchPete ButtigiegPoliticsUSUS News
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg predicted more supply chain bottlenecks, saying they will continue as long as the pandemic continues. “If a shoe factory closes in Vietnam in September for a COVID outbreak, you’re going to see the effect of that at the mall in December or January,” Buttigieg, who received criticism recently for taking a…

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