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After North Korea's missile tests, South Korea and the United States hold joint military exercises with a U.S. aircraft carrier
The South Korean military announced on Friday that joint maritime drills with a U.S. aircraft carrier had begun, a day after South Korean fighter jets had been scrambled in response to what seemed to be a North Korean bombing rehearsal.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff have announ...
North Korea finally speaks out about its missile tests, saying that it has been "practicing tactical nuclear strikes" on South Korea.
North Korea has tested seven ballistic missiles since September 25 and around 25 launches since the beginning of this year, raising tensions to an all-time high on the Korean Peninsula and in the Sea of Japan region. The recent missile launches, KCNA claimed, were a "strong military retaliat...
US Mobile Lab Tests COVID-19
Today, the United States Department of Health and Human Services handed over a mobile biosafety laboratory that had been donated by that institution to the Sindh Department of Health. The Sindh Department of Health in Pakistan was the recipient of a mobile biosafety laboratory that was presented ...
Dubai reports 965 recoveries from 1,032 Covid-19 cases, no fatalities
The nation has already performed over 177.7 million PCR tests.
On Tuesday, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention revealed that there had been 1,032 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, 965 recoveries, and no fatalities.
The nation has now performed over 177.7 million PCR tes...
US Water Supply Contain More PFAS Than EPA Tests Indicate
A recent analysis of various water samples from around the United States reveals that the country’s water supply might contain more PFAS than previously expected.
Forever chemicals are perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that are made from the strongest known chem...
Targeting Carbon Neutrality
On Tuesday, May,31 of this year, the building engineering firm announced a collaboration with Wärtsilä, WEC Energy Group, and the E4EPRI) to implement the technology, which could achieve carbon neutrality at the site by 2050.
The 55MW facility will run on up to 25% hydro...
Is it time to bid farewell to Test & Go and the Thailand Pass?
At a meeting with the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on April 22, the government will suggest eliminating the Test & Go programme and Thailand Pass. According to Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the Tourism Authority of Thailand has requested cancellation on...
Illicit activities are revealed in December K Speu lab bust tests
Samples from the 84 tonnes of chemicals confiscated during a drug operation in December 2021 – in which three Chinese nationals were detained – proved that they were to be used in the commercial manufacturing of illicit narcotics, according to a National Authority for Combating Drugs ...
Russia destroys its own satellite during missile test
Russia's defense ministry admitted that they have destroyed one of its satellites during a missile test. He confirmed the accusations which the US had imposed earlier.
Highlights
- Russian missile destroys satellite during missile tests
- Ru...
North Korea stages artillery firing exercises
North Korea has conducted artillery firing exercises, as per reports by the media. This is being carried out to bolster its defence capabilities and in order to pressure Washington and Seoul to abandon their hostile policies.
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- North Korea con...
MDS adopts blockchain to ensure authenticity in COVID-19 vaccination certificates
MDS Mexico, a Mexico-based healthcare firm has introduced a Covid-19 testing service to support blockchain technology. This ensures the authenticity of vaccination certificates. It is important to have a confirmation of a person's vaccination status, but people have been faking vaccination ce...
KAWASAKI’S ROBOT SYSTEMS CAN CONDUCT AROUND 2,500 PCR TESTS
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- Kawasaki’s robot systems can conduct around 2,500 PCR tests.
- Kawasaki aims to have 50 of such systems installed by the end of March 2022.
- The system shortens the time from taking the samples to delivering the result...
COVID-19 SELF-TEST KITS GIVEN CONDITIONAL APPROVAL IN S. KOREA
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- COVID-19 self-test kits given conditional approval in S. Korea.
- The test kits are developed by two biotech firms, SD Biosensor and Humasis.
- The tool however has a low accuracy rate compared to PCR tests.
- The te...
S. KOREAN GOVT. ORDERS ADDTITONAL COVID-19 TESTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ARRIVALS
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- S. Korean govt. orders additional COVID-19 tests for international student arrivals.
- The new orders will be effective for the first half of the year.
- The international students would require submitting negative COVID-19 t...
THE U.S. WILL REQUIRE NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST FROM U.K. TRAVELLERS
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• The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the U.S. will need airline passengers from the United Kingdom to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight
• This new mutated strain of the coronavirus, which is eight times more infectious...
GOOGLE IS OFFERING FREE WEEKLY COVID-19 TESTS TO 90,000 EMPLOYEES IN THE U.S.
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• The company has already announced extension of its work from policy till September 2021, which will be applicable to all its 200,000 employees worldwide
• Every employee of Google and its subsidiaries like YouTube will be eligible to sign up for a free a...
HK HOSPITALS SENDS OUT FAULTY NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS TO 3000 PEOPLE
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- The Hospital Authority (HA) apologized for a specialized mistake, which sent bogus test results that were false negative, using SMS to people who had tested positive for the Covid-19
The screw up was connected to a mistake in the SMS...
CAPITAL OF CROATIA ‘ZAGREB’ LAUNCHED MASSIVE ANTIGEN TESTS FOR CORONA VIRUS
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- Zagreb, which is the capital of Croatia have started massive free antigen tests for the novel corona virus
- The local authorities have claimed that, their main goal is to test 60,000 citizens of Croatia in the first phase and more if needed...
TESLA CEO ELON MUSK TOOK 4 COVID-19 TESTS: 2 POSITIVE, 2 NEGATIVE
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• Elon Musk on Thursday said he got tested for COVID-19 four times in a same day, and surprisingly two tests showed positive results while the other two were negative
• Tesla CEO also said that he was also undergoing polymerase chain reaction tests from se...
THE COMPANY ‘LETSGETCHECKED’ LAUNCHED AT-HOME COVID-19 TESTS IN IRELAND
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- The company ‘LetsGetChecked’ has launched its new offering of the covid-19 tests to its customers of Ireland
- The test which has been offered by the company is the gold standard PCR test and can be conducted at home by using a l...