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Coronavirus is filling some patients' lungs with liquid 'jelly', doctors warn

Coronavirus is filling some patients’ lungs with liquid ‘jelly’, doctors have warned.

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Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to American, French women

STOCKHOLM (AP) - French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing genetic diseases.The recipients were announced Wednesday in Stockholm by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.“There is enormous power in this genetic tool, which affects us all,” said Claes Gustafsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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‘It’s been so, so surreal.’ Critics of Sweden’s lax pandemic policies face fierce backlash

Passengers wait for a Stockholm ferry in July. Swedish health officials insist face masks offer a false sense of security and can lead people to forget about social distancing.

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Germany: OPCW says nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman says a global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries' findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent.Steffen Seibert said in a statement Tuesday that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, had carried out its own analysis of samples taken from Navalny, and they "agree with the results already from special laboratories in Germany, Sweden and France.”“This once again confirms unequivocally that Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group,” Seibert said.He renewed Germany’s call on Russia to fully investigate and explain

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'An embarrassment': Trump tweet angers pandemic survivors

SEATTLE – Dizzy with a soaring fever and unable to breathe, Scott Sedlacek had one thing going for him: He was among the first people to be treated for COVID-19 at Seattle's Swedish Medical Center, and the doctors and nurses were able to give him plenty of attention.The 64-year-old recovered after being treated with a bronchial nebulizer in March, but the ensuing months have done little to dull the trauma of his illness.

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Coronavirus levels rise in Stockholm's sewage system

STOCKHOLM : A technology institute in Sweden has found large concentrations of the coronavirus in Stockholm’s sewage system, saying it “has doubled in the last weeks and is now back at the same levels as in May 2020."In a statement, the KTH Royal Institute of Technology said the increased number of cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks is reflected in the wastewater and thus not due to more people being tested.“My interpretation is that this latest increase is definitely about an increased number of infected people in society," said Cecilia Williams, a professor at the institute in Stockholm.Sweden, which has opted for a much debated COVID-19 approach of keeping large parts of the society open, has reported 94,283 cases and 5,895 deaths.Click

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German privacy watchdog fines H&M $41M for spying on workers

BERLIN – A German privacy watchdog said Thursday that it is fining clothing retailer H&M 35.3 million euros ($41 million) after the company was found to have spied on some of its employees in Germany.Hamburg’s data protection commissioner said in a statement that the Swedish company collected private information about employees at a customer service center in Nuremberg, “ranging from rather harmless details to family issues and religious beliefs.”The information was recorded on a network drive accessible to up to 50 managers and “used, among other things, to obtain a detailed profile of employees for measures and decisions regarding their employment.”The data protection commissioner, Johannes Caspar, said that “the combination of collecting

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Belarus activist shares ‘Alternative Nobel’ with 3 others

STOCKHOLM – A prominent Belarus opposition figure and an imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer on Thursday were awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the “Alternative Nobel,” together with activists from Nicaragua and the United States.Ole von Uexkull, the head of the Swedish Right Livelihood Foundation behind the prize, said that it “highlights the increasing threats to democracy globally.

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Is it time we learned to live with Covid? This is what the experts say

coronavirus pandemic is not going away for a long time and people around the world will have to find ways of living with it.

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Less razzmatazz, but Nobel Prizes go ahead amid coronavirus pandemic

STOCKHOLM : By , Sept 26 (Reuters) - The winners of this year's Nobel Prizes will miss out on a swanky gala in Stockholm surrounded by royalty and Sweden's glitterati, but 2020 will at least not be added to the war years when no awards were given.Yet as the coronavirus pandemic rapidly enveloped much of the world earlier this year, that was far from certain."When we were thinking about this in March and April this year, we were worried that it wouldn't be possible to award any prizes at all," Lars Heikensten, head of the Nobel Foundation that administers the prizes founded by dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel, told Reuters.While Sweden has not imposed a rigid lockdown like many European countries, Heikensten said the committees that decide the

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China auto show forging ahead under anti-virus controls

BEIJING – The first event for the CEO of Swedish electric car brand Polestar at this month’s Beijing auto show: A two-week quarantine in a hotel.The auto show, the first major in-person sales event for any industry since the coronavirus pandemic began, opens Saturday in a sign the ruling Communist Party is confident China has contained the disease.

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Controlled spread of Covid-19 an option, Swedish expert to tell committee

A Swedish expert will today tell the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response that controlled spread of the coronavirus should be allowed among people aged under 60.

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Oxford Covid-19 vaccine: Serum Institute begins last phase of clinical trial

Covid-19 vaccine 'Covishield', being developed by Oxford University, and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), began today at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital here in Maharashtra on Monday, a senior official said."We have started the phase-III trials of the vaccine candidate.

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COVID-19: Antibody fragment could prevent infection

recent report provides encouraging results for a vaccine candidate under development in Russia, but there are still no data showing that any vaccine can prevent COVID-19.

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How just two minutes of exercise a day can rapidly boost your health

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Coronavirus: Stores running low on office furniture as Canadians work from home

COVID-19, furniture stores are running low on desks and chairs and other supplies for home offices.Kristin Newbigging, a spokeswoman for Ikea Canada, said Monday that the company is seeing increased demand for products people need to create work and study spaces in their homes, at the same time as overseas suppliers are struggling with pandemic-caused shutdowns. Masks or face coverings now required at IKEA stores in B.C.

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Kremlin keeps its grip in elections, but critics make gains

MOSCOW – The main Kremlin party has retained its dominance in regional elections across Russia, but the opposition made gains in some areas, according to early official results released Monday.Voters in dozens of Russian regions cast ballots Sunday to elect regional governors, members of provincial legislatures and city councils. The vote comes weeks after the Kremlin's most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.Sunday’s vote was an important test for Navalny’s supporters, who were campaigning to win seats in several regional legislatures.Navalny, who fell ill on a domestic flight in Russia on Aug.

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German govt: Labs confirm Navalny was poisoned with Novichok

BERLIN – The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.A German military laboratory previously confirmed the substance in his samples.German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Monday that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has also received samples and is taking steps to have those tested at its reference laboratories.Navalny fell ill on a Russian domestic flight on Aug.

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Video: Flyers' Lindblom returns home from NHL bubble to warm greeting from his dog

Instagram: @oskarlindblom STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom has returned home from the NHL bubble, and was happily greeted at the airport by his dog.Lindblom shared a video of his dog Taggie, a mini Dachshund, greeting him at the airport in Stockholm, Sweden.A native of Gavle, Sweden, Lindblom was off to a career season when he diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones. Lindblom completed radiation treatments July 2 and weeks later signed a $9 million, three-year contract extensionHe returned to the Flyers' lineup for Game 6 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series with the New York Islanders.

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AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial after unexplained illness in U.K.: reports

COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has been put on hold over a “potentially unexplained illness” in the United Kingdom, according to media reports.Oxford University has partnered with AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company, to produce 2 billion doses of the vaccine.

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Singing 'Happy Birthday' could spread coronavirus, scientists claim in new study

Just when you thought the coronavirus pandemic could not possibly suck the joy out of life any more, along comes another study to prove you wrong.

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Scientists warn singing 'Happy Birthday' could spread deadly coronavirus

coronavirus, a study claims. The way you pronounce the "Bs" and "Ps" releases large droplets which could be infectious, researchers say.Scientists in Sweden studied the amount of particles released when people sing in order to understand how it affects the spread of Covid-19.

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Ireland’s Covid-19 incidence rate just short of top ten in Europe

The incidence rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 in Ireland is now higher than in 20 other countries across the continent of Europe.

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Mbappé, Sterling rediscover scoring touch in Nations League

Kylian Mbappé and Raheem Sterling have started their new seasons a lot better than they finished their last.With an individual goal that combined fortune and inspired impudence, Mbappé earned France a 1-0 win at Sweden in the Nations League on Saturday.Earlier, Sterling converted a penalty in second-half stoppage time to give England a 1-0 victory at Iceland in their first meeting since the tiny Nordic nation's shock win at the European Championship four years ago.Both forwards were making their first appearances after a shortened offseason break that was further truncated owing to their involvement in the closing stages of the Champions League last month.While Sterling missed an open goal as Manchester City went out in surprise fashion to

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Irish 14-day incidence of Covid-19 at 29.6 - ECDC

Ireland's 14-day coronavirus incidence rate remains higher than several countries that are not on the Green List for travel, including Britain, Germany, Sweden and Poland, according to figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

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Antibodies found in alpacas 'may prevent Covid-19 infection in humans', says study

Antibodies found in alpacas may be able to stop humans from contracting coronavirus, scientists have said.

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Oskar Lindblom returns to Flyers' lineup for Game 6 after battle with cancer

Oskar Lindblom #23 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates in warm-ups prior to Game Six of the Eastern Conference Second Round against the New York Islanders during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on September 03, 2020 in Toronto, On PHILADELPHIA - Oskar Lindblom returned to the Flyers' lineup for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the New York Islanders after battling a rare bone cancer.A native of Gavle, Sweden, Lindblom was off to a career season when he diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones.

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China to allow direct flights from Canada to Beijing as coronavirus restrictions ease

China’s aviation regulator said on Wednesday it will resume direct flights to Beijing from eight countries including Thailand, Cambodia, Greece, Denmark, Sweden and Canada from Sept. 3.

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Sweden bucks trend in refusing to recommend masks

Sweden attracted worldwide attention earlier this year when it stayed open throughout the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, and now it is holding out again, this time refusing to recommend the use of masks.

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Manchester United evening headlines as Pogba tests positive for COVID-19 and Messi transfer stance

straight to your inboxManchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to withdraw from the France squad for the upcoming Nations League fixtures.Reports in France surfaced over Thursday lunchtime that Pogba had been left out of Didier Deschamps’ squad for the matches against Sweden and Croatia, with the France boss explaining the 27-year-old had tested positive for coronavirus.United confirmed what Deschamps told reporters in a statement: “Paul has been replaced in the French squad after testing positive for Covid-19.

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Paul Pogba tests positive for coronavirus as Manchester United midfielder withdrawn from France squad

Paul Pogba has been forced to pull out of the France squad after testing positive for coronavirus. Les Bleus face Sweden and Croatia in the Nations League next month, and the squad was announced today.

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The Latest: France midfielder Pogba tests positive for virus

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___France coach Didier Deschamps says midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been left out of the national team squad.Deschamps says "he had a test yesterday which was positive this morning.”Pogba has been replaced in the squad by 17-year-old Rennes midfielder Eduardo Camavinga ahead of upcoming Nations League qualifiers against Sweden and Croatia.___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

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Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba tests positive for coronavirus

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for coronavirus.

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Report highlights COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on sleep and mental health around the world

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - The coronavirus pandemic has changed our society in many ways, including our quality of sleep and emotional well-being.A new report by Sleep Cycle, a popular mobile app that analyzes users’ sleep patterns, suggests that the COVID-19 outbreak has profoundly impacted sleep and mental health for people worldwide.The report, called Sleep and Mental Health Amidst the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, found that teens and young adults experienced the worst sleep quality.This group also reported the highest rate of feelings of depression, citing loneliness and excessive technology consumption as they transitioned to remote learning amid government shutdowns to help curb the spread of the virus.A file image taken Aug.

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Covid-19 cases per 100,000 in Ireland at 28.5 - ECDC

The latest figures show that the 14-day cumulative number of cases of Covid-19 in Ireland for every 100,000 people is 28.5, according to the European Centre for Disease Control.

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Princess Sofia of Sweden Will Continue To Work at The Hospital After Volunteering Earlier Because of the Pandemic

Princess Sofia of Sweden will be continuing on in her work at the hospital, which started earlier this year due the pandemic.

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Serum Institute to begin phase 2 human trial of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine today

Serum Institute of India (SII) is set to begin from today. Serum Institute of India has partnered with British-Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca for manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by the University of Oxford.Human clinical trial process at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, PuneThe study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of ''Covishield'' on healthy Indian adults will begin at Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital in Pune from today."We have got all approvals from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).

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Even mild COVID-19 may produce long lasting immunity

appears to be converging on 0.5–1.0%.It is, therefore, important to establish whether individuals who have contracted the virus once can contract it again and become contagious, or whether they are immune to future infection.Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.“In the absence of a protective vaccine, it is critical to determine if exposed or infected people, especially those with asymptomatic or very mild forms of the disease who likely act inadvertently as the major transmitters, develop robust adaptive immune responses against SARS-CoV-2,” says Marcus Buggert, an immunologist at the Karolinska Institutet in Solna, Sweden.Research

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Mint Lite | Delhi covid tally, Sweden deaths, online Ganesh Chaturthi & others

Record deaths in SwedenSweden has recorded its highest death tally in 150 years during the first six months of 2020. While its neighbours clamped down to control covid-19, Sweden allowed schools, bars and salons to remain open.

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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine final trials will be held in these 17 hospitals in India

Serum Institute of India has initiated the process, according to report by news agency ANI.The COVID-19 vaccine was developed by the Jenner Institute, a part of the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford. The formulation is backed by by AstraZeneca PLC, a British-Swedish pharmaceutical company.

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WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 18 August 2020

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Lindblom joins Flyers for playoffs after cancer treatment

Philadelphia Flyers teammates tapping the ice with their sticks as he returned to practice and knew — after months of fear and fight in his battle with bone cancer — he was home.Lindblom turned 24 on Saturday and a day later he received a rousing applause from the Flyers hours before they prepared for their playoff game against Montreal.“Now I’m here and I’m happier than ever,” Lindblom said Sunday.A native of Gavle, Sweden, Lindblom was off to a career season when he diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones.

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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine: Human trials to end by November, mass production from 2021

COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford will be completed by the end of November of early December, an official said. University of Oxford joined hands with British Swedish firm Astrazeneca to make a COVID 19 vaccine.

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Sweden’s economy posted record slump during pandemic peak

SWEDEN : Sweden was unable to escape its worst economic contraction ever despite adopting one of Europe’s softest approaches to the Covid-19 pandemic.Gross domestic product fell 8.6% in the second quarter, more than economists had forecast. But while that’s a record slump, it’s less severe than the slumps seen elsewhere in Europe.

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Coronavirus recoveries cross 50,000-per-day mark for first time in India

coronavirus vaccine with many candidates in late stage trial.In India, two indigenously developed vaccine candidates are undergoing trials. Meanwhile, Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest vaccine maker, has signed an agreement to manufacture a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by Jenner Institute of Oxford University in collaboration with British-Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial 'so far so good', may come by year-end. Latest updates

COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Unversity of Oxford and British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca has recently started its final trial in Brazil. All eyes are on Oxford's coronavirus vaccine as it has already shown promising results in the first phase of clinical human trial.

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Ancient bones in disturbed peat bogs are rotting away, alarming archaeologists

Cathleen O’GradyThe wrinkles on the face of “Tollund Man” are still visible, even though he died more than 2200 years ago. The mossy wetlands in Denmark that mummified his body are ideal for preserving organic matter, giving archaeologists an extraordinary window into our distant past.

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Spotify Posts 138 Million Paid Subscribers, Big Operating Loss in First Earnings Entirely During Pandemic

Daniel Ek noted during an investors call that sales improved significantly by June.Spotify said its second-quarter operating loss amounted to €167 million ($196 million), compared with €3 million ($3.5 million) a year ago and €17 million ($20 million) at the end of March. The company allowed that this metric was much higher than expected due to social costs like payroll taxes tied to salaries and benefits, plus a higher tax bill in its home government of Sweden related to stock-based compensation for employees there.The firm's net loss also ballooned to €356 million ($418 million), compared to €76 million ($89 million) in the year-ago period.

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