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People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Asian shares rose Monday on relief the US presidential election results were finally decided, with Joe Biden the president-elect. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu
Global Economy

Asian stocks fall as virus worries return to haunt markets

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.6%. Australian stocks dropped 1.25% and shares in China were down 0.46%

Resurgent virus clouds businesses
Economy

Resurgent virus clouds businesses

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash
Transport

Virus safety takes back seat as bus services resume

The importance of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh
Thoughts

The importance of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh

A bat that was caught on a mist net set up by scientists in front of a building with a bat roost, is captured at the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB), in Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
World

By catching bats, these 'virus hunters' hope to stop the next pandemic

A health worker takes a mouth swab sample from a journalist for Covid-19 nucleic acid tests, nine hours before the second plenary session of the Fourth Session of the 13th National People Congress at the Huabin International Hotel in Beijing on March 8, 2021. Photo: AFP
World

China launches virus passport

Antonio Avila, 73, receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, at East Valley Community Health Center in La Puente, California, US, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
World

Vaccine response may be weaker in elderly; Merck drug shows promise in reducing virus level

FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey, US, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Coronavirus chronicle

Merck says study shows Covid-19 drug causes quick reduction in virus

Viruses mutate all the time. We need a better plan to keep on top of all the variations. Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Panorama

How to stay ahead of a mutating virus

Italy to suspend flights to and from UK over virus fears - foreign minister
Coronavirus chronicle

Italy to suspend flights to and from UK over virus fears - foreign minister

A police officer wearing a mask stands in front of the closed seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 10, 2020. The seafood market is linked to the outbreak of the pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus, but some patients diagnosed with the new coronavirus deny exposure to this market. Picture taken January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer.
Coronavirus chronicle

One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty

India plans to put off parliamentary session due to virus surging in Delhi
South Asia & China

India plans to put off parliamentary session due to virus surging in Delhi

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Saturday in Wilmington. Photo: Bloomberg
US Election 2020

Biden heads for congress clash over how to fix virus economy