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Dogs Help Owners During Covid In China By Collecting Food, Running Errands
The dogs are also keeping bedside vigils, guarding their owners who are down with Covid and need company.
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Bitcoin, Ether, and Most Altcoins Stand Strong as New Coronavirus Variant News Rattles Crypto Market
Cryptocurrency prices dropped across the market on Friday as the world grappled with the news of another COVID-19 variant, but the weekend saw Bitcoin, Ether and most altcoin recover from the drop to some extent.
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Delta Surge Means This Is As Good As Global Growth Gets
The pandemic's summer resurgence is slowing the global economic recovery as the delta variant dogs efforts to rev up factories, offices and schools.
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Common For Cats, Dogs To Catch COVID-19 From Owners: Study
COVID-19 is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a study.
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Dogs Can Be Trained To Detect 90% Covid Cases, Even Asymptomatic: Study
Using their remarkable sense of smell -- which can pick up the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar in an olympic-sized swimming pool -- dogs have already shown that they can sniff out maladies such as cancer, malaria and epilepsy.
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Boris Johnson "Fit As A Butcher's Dog" But Self-Isolating In Coronavirus Scare
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday he was in "good health" and had no symptoms despite self-isolating after someone he was in contact with tested positive for coronavirus.
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Bihar Man Dies At Covid Hospital After Alleging Shocking Lapses On Video
Patients left unattended for entire days and visited by stray dogs roaming around the ward at night - a 42-year-old coronavirus patient has died at a hospital in Bihar after accusing its authorities of these glaring lapses and more in a Facebook Live video. The incident has triggered a massive outcry in the state that has been debating the upcoming...
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Bengal Recruits 2 Canines To Crack Down On Poaching In COVID-19 Times
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to its knees, but it has not daunted poachers. Poaching has shot up to 151 per cent during the lockdown, experts have said. In this grim scenario, West Bengal's forest department is not taking any chances and has just recruited two especially trained experts to crack down on poachers.
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China's Annual Dog-Meat Festival Begins, Activists Hope It's The Last One
China's notorious dog-meat festival has opened in defiance of a government campaign to improve animal welfare and reduce risks to health highlighted by the novel coronavirus outbreak, but activists are hopeful its days are numbered.
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UK Ditches Homegrown COVID-19 Tracing App to Use Google-Apple Model
Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apple's iPhone, the government said on Thursday.
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Robot Dog Hounds Thai Shoppers to Keep Hands Coronavirus-Free
Mimicking an excited puppy, K9 roams around the popular Central World mall in downtown Bangkok, drawing the attention of delighted children eager to get gel from a bottle attached to its back.
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Volunteers Show Human Side To Pets Abandoned By Owners Amid Lockdown
There are posts on social media telling people not to abandon their pets amid the coronavirus lockdown for fear of getting COVID-19 from the animals. Despite overwhelming evidence that the risk of coronavirus spreading from pets to humans is low, some people have taken the irrational decision to abandon their pets that they have at one point treate...
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Coronavirus: Robot Dog on Park Patrol in Singapore
The hi-tech hound is remote-controlled and can clamber easily over all types of terrain, which its creators say means it can go where wheeled robots cannot.
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Dog, 3 Cats Found Infected With Coronavirus In Netherlands
Dutch authorities on Friday reported the country's first coronavirus case in a dog and infections in three cats, but said chances of contamination through pets were minimal.
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"Let's Keep Singapore Healthy": Roaming Robodog Tells Goers To Stay Apart
Far from barking its orders, a robot dog enlisted by Singapore authorities to help curb coronavirus infections in the city-state politely asks joggers and cyclists to stay apart.
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Dogs Help Owners During Covid In China By Collecting Food, Running Errands
The dogs are also keeping bedside vigils, guarding their owners who are down with Covid and need company.
-
Bitcoin, Ether, and Most Altcoins Stand Strong as New Coronavirus Variant News Rattles Crypto Market
Cryptocurrency prices dropped across the market on Friday as the world grappled with the news of another COVID-19 variant, but the weekend saw Bitcoin, Ether and most altcoin recover from the drop to some extent.
-
Delta Surge Means This Is As Good As Global Growth Gets
The pandemic's summer resurgence is slowing the global economic recovery as the delta variant dogs efforts to rev up factories, offices and schools.
-
Common For Cats, Dogs To Catch COVID-19 From Owners: Study
COVID-19 is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a study.
-
Dogs Can Be Trained To Detect 90% Covid Cases, Even Asymptomatic: Study
Using their remarkable sense of smell -- which can pick up the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar in an olympic-sized swimming pool -- dogs have already shown that they can sniff out maladies such as cancer, malaria and epilepsy.
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Boris Johnson "Fit As A Butcher's Dog" But Self-Isolating In Coronavirus Scare
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday he was in "good health" and had no symptoms despite self-isolating after someone he was in contact with tested positive for coronavirus.
-
Bihar Man Dies At Covid Hospital After Alleging Shocking Lapses On Video
Patients left unattended for entire days and visited by stray dogs roaming around the ward at night - a 42-year-old coronavirus patient has died at a hospital in Bihar after accusing its authorities of these glaring lapses and more in a Facebook Live video. The incident has triggered a massive outcry in the state that has been debating the upcoming...
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Bengal Recruits 2 Canines To Crack Down On Poaching In COVID-19 Times
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to its knees, but it has not daunted poachers. Poaching has shot up to 151 per cent during the lockdown, experts have said. In this grim scenario, West Bengal's forest department is not taking any chances and has just recruited two especially trained experts to crack down on poachers.
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China's Annual Dog-Meat Festival Begins, Activists Hope It's The Last One
China's notorious dog-meat festival has opened in defiance of a government campaign to improve animal welfare and reduce risks to health highlighted by the novel coronavirus outbreak, but activists are hopeful its days are numbered.
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UK Ditches Homegrown COVID-19 Tracing App to Use Google-Apple Model
Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apple's iPhone, the government said on Thursday.
-
Robot Dog Hounds Thai Shoppers to Keep Hands Coronavirus-Free
Mimicking an excited puppy, K9 roams around the popular Central World mall in downtown Bangkok, drawing the attention of delighted children eager to get gel from a bottle attached to its back.
-
Volunteers Show Human Side To Pets Abandoned By Owners Amid Lockdown
There are posts on social media telling people not to abandon their pets amid the coronavirus lockdown for fear of getting COVID-19 from the animals. Despite overwhelming evidence that the risk of coronavirus spreading from pets to humans is low, some people have taken the irrational decision to abandon their pets that they have at one point treate...
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Coronavirus: Robot Dog on Park Patrol in Singapore
The hi-tech hound is remote-controlled and can clamber easily over all types of terrain, which its creators say means it can go where wheeled robots cannot.
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Dog, 3 Cats Found Infected With Coronavirus In Netherlands
Dutch authorities on Friday reported the country's first coronavirus case in a dog and infections in three cats, but said chances of contamination through pets were minimal.
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"Let's Keep Singapore Healthy": Roaming Robodog Tells Goers To Stay Apart
Far from barking its orders, a robot dog enlisted by Singapore authorities to help curb coronavirus infections in the city-state politely asks joggers and cyclists to stay apart.
