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Here Are The Cleanest And Most Corrupt Governments Of The World

February 4, 2020

Denmark and New Zealand are the least corrupt countries in the world while Somalia is the most corrupt. This is based on the 2019 results of the Corruption Perceptions Index…

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Wuhan, The Coronavirus And The World: Thinking Beyond Isolation

February 3, 2020

Public fear seems inevitable given the alarming updates on the coronavirus outbreak, and isolation — in the forms of lockdown and quarantine — has become our default response. As a…

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Is The Coronavirus Outbreak As Bad As SARS Or The 2009 Influenza Pandemic? A Biologist Explains The Clues

February 1, 2020

As the new coronavirus continues to cross international borders, the two key questions on public health officials’ minds are: ‘How deadly is it?’ and ‘Can it be contained?’. The two…

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WHO Declares Global Health Emergency Over Coronavirus: 4 Questions Answered

February 1, 2020

The World Health Organization reversed course on Jan. 30 and declared the coronavirus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” The first human-to-human transmission in the U.S. was announced. India…

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Fear Spreads Easily. That’s What Gives The Wuhan Coronavirus Economic Impact

January 31, 2020

One way to count the cost of the Wuhan coronavirus is by how many people catch it, and then how many die. Another is the direct financial costs of public…

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How Contagious Is The Wuhan Coronavirus And Can You Spread It Before Symptoms Start?

January 30, 2020

Cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have increased dramatically over the past week, prompting concerns about how contagious the virus is and how it spreads. According to the World Health Organisation,…

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NEA Issues Guidelines For Cleaning And Sanitation Of Premises

January 30, 2020

The National Environment Agency (NEA) has developed and released interim guidelines to help residents carry out cleaning and disinfection operations within their residential premises. This follows from an earlier set of…

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UOB Group Commercial Banking And Clients Spring Into Action And Raise More Than $1.8 million At UOB’s Annual Lunar New Year Fundraiser

January 30, 2020

UOB Group Commercial Banking and more than 800 of its clients gathered this evening to welcome the Year of the Rat at The Ritz-Carlton, Millennia Singapore. In keeping with the…

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When Will There Be A Coronavirus Vaccine? 5 Questions Answered

January 29, 2020

The coronavirus that started in Wuhan has sickened more than 6,000 people and killed at least 132 in China as of Jan. 29, 2020. Thailand and Hong Kong each have…

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The World’s Population Is Ageing: The Number Of Elderly People Now Exceeds The Number Of Children

January 29, 2020

The world is experiencing a shift in the population composition ⁠— the number of elderly people now exceeds the number of children, based on the data from the United Nations…

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