Apple: Chinese workers flee Covid lockdown at iPhone factory

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Workers have broken out of Apple’s largest iPhone assembly factory in China after a Covid outbreak forced staff to lockdown at the workplace. Video shared online showed about 10 people jumping a fence outside the plant, owned by manufacturer Foxconn, in the central city of Zhengzhou. Chinese people and businesses are continuing to grapple with […]

Radioactive implant wipes tumors in unprecedented pre-clinical success

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Engineers at Duke University have developed a novel delivery system for cancer treatment and demonstrated its potential against one of the disease’s most troublesome forms. In newly published research in mice with pancreatic cancer, the scientists showed how a radioactive implant could completely eliminate tumors in the majority of the rodents, demonstrating what they say […]

Strict COVID-19 policies drive people out of Hong Kong

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Large numbers of people have left Hong Kong not only due to political unrest, but also strict COVID-19 policies. Over the past year, more than 100,000 people have left — a record. The exodus includes many who work in business and banking, who form the lifeblood of the city. Hong Kong is one of the […]

India logs 2,112 new Covid cases, active caseload below 25k-mark

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Covid cases in India: The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.76 per cent, the health ministry said. India saw a single-day rise of 2,112 new infections raising the COVID-19 tally to 4,46,40,748, while the number of active cases declined to 24,043, […]

Covid vaccine safety to be debated in Parliament after heart attack fears raised

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Covid-19 vaccine safety will come under scrutiny in Parliament on Monday after a petition from concerned Brits reached the threshold for a debate. MPs are set to debate the safety of Covid vaccines after a petition calling for an “immediate and full scientific investigation” into likely links between Covid-19 vaccination and a supposed increase in […]