Tag: Covid 19

China displays Covid-19 vaccines for first time

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ BEIJING: China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic. High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week — vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm. Neither has hit the market yet but the makers hope they will be approved after all-important phase 3 trials as early as year-end. A Sinovac representative said his…

Hydrocortisone helps sickest Covid-19 patients: UK study

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Commonly available anti-inflammatory drugs have been found to reduce the mortality rate of the sickest Covid-19 patients by 20 per cent, researchers said on Thursday. Professor Anthony Gordon, of Imperial College London, was part of a British team investigating the effectiveness of hydrocortisone on people on ventilators in intensive care. The results of the United Kingdom study were compared with those of six others around the world also looking at whether similar corticosteroid drugs could be used in treatment. “Taking the data from all the seven trials…

PCB announces schedule of remaining HBL PSL 2020 matches

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COURTESY BY: https://www.pcb.com.pk/ Lahore, 2 September 2020: Pakistan Cricket Board today announced the schedule of the remaining four HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 matches, which were postponed on 17 March due to Covid-19 pandemic. The four matches will be held in Lahore on 14, 15 and 17 November with only the Qualifier and Eliminator 1 to be a double-header. Eliminator 2 will be played on the following day, while the event will conclude on Tuesday, 17 November. The dates have been finalised following consultations and discussions with the four playing…

Kohli Strictly Warns IPL Players Not To Breach COVID-19 Health Protocols

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Indian Skipper Virat Kohli has warned Indian Premier League (IPL) players of serious “repercussions” for the tournament if they breach coronavirus precautionary rules. In his recent statement, Kohli the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Captain said: “One mistake from us could literally spoil the whole tournament.” With all eight teams now in quarantine in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ahead of the September 19 start, Kohli made the warning in a virtual meeting with players which was posted online by the Bangalore team. The IPL, originally scheduled to start…

Israel’s Foreign Intelligence Service Mossad Head Visits UAE

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ On Tuesday, the head of Israel’s foreign intelligence service Mossad, Yossi Cohen, visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to meet the national security adviser of the country. “The two sides discussed prospects for cooperation in the security field and shared perspectives on regional developments and issues of common interested, including both countries’ efforts to contain COVID-19,” told an agency. After Trump’s announcement last week that both the countries, Israel and UAE had agreed to normalize relations, Cohen’s trip to UAE became the first visit by an Israeli…

MCL T10 get off to great start

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DELRAY BEACH/FL – USA: The inaugural MCL T10 got off to a rousing starting on Sunday at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Delray Beach, USA. The tournament being held by Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) to bring cricketers back unto the field, after Covid 19 struck down the game, involved four teams and the level of entertainment was up to par. In the end, Broward Cricket Club walked away with two wins, defeating the Maq All Stars and Local Orlando Stars. In their first game, they came up against Maq All…

US announces new restrictions on China’s Huawei to limit technology access

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The Commerce Department announced further restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co. aimed at cutting the Chinese company’s access to commercially available chips, the latest move in an increasingly tense relationship between Beijing and Washington. The changes, which the department announced in a written statement on Monday, build on restrictions announced in May, adding 38 Huawei affiliates in 21 countries to an economic blacklist as the US seeks to limit adoption of the company’s 5G technology. “We don’t want their equipment in the United States because they spy on…

TEAM USA MEN’S PLAYER CONTRACTING MODEL TO BE RESTRUCTURED

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COURTESY BY: https://www.usacricket.org/ USA Cricket announced today a restructuring of the contracting model around the men’s national team, with a reduction in the number of centrally contracted cricketers to a core group of nine players, effective from next week, August 18th, 2020. The restructuring has been driven primarily as a result of the uncertainty caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, both within the US and around the world.  The pandemic has challenged the global cricket economy and playing calendar and has caused significant disruption to USA Cricket’s previously planned domestic…

Australia to stage delayed T20 World Cup in 2022, India retain hosting rights for 2021

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COURTESY BY: https://www.cricingif.com/ The ICC has confirmed that India will remain hosts for the 2021 T20 World Cup while the 2022 T20 competition will be staged in Australia. Australia was originally scheduled to host the global event in October-November this year but the Covid-19 pandemic forced the tournament organisers to postpone it. The window freed up by the T20 World Cup delay thus paved the way for the rescheduled Indian Premier League to be arranged during this time as the lucrative competition will take place in the UAE from September 19 onwards. Additionally, the ICC…

1.4 million seek jobless aid as coronavirus keeps forcing layoffs

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. economy. The continuing wave of job cuts is occurring against the backdrop of a spike in virus cases that has led many states to halt plans to reopen businesses and has caused millions of consumers to delay any return to traveling, shopping and other normal economic activity. Those trends have forced many businesses to cut jobs or at least delay hiring. The…