This Day in History | 1968 – More Kenyan Asians flee to Britain

Another 96 Indians and Pakistanis from Kenya have arrived in Britain today, the latest in a growing exodus of Kenyan Asians fleeing from laws which prevent them making a living. The

Offbeat | Mathematicians, geeks celebrate rare palindrome day

Mathematicians and geeks everywhere celebrated a rare occurrence Sunday, 02/02/2020, a kind of 8-digit palindrome that hasn’t happened for more than 900 years. A palindrome is any sequence, phrase or word

Rugby Academy | Happy comeback for Bats

The first rugby festival of 2020 was held at King’s Park, Hong Kong in mid-January. The festival, hosted by Tai Po Rugby Club, saw the Macau Bats field six teams

Football | CR9: Ronaldo scores in 9th straight game to match Juve mark

Cristiano Ronaldo converted two penalties to tie a club record by scoring for a ninth straight game as Serie A leader Juventus bounced back from a rare loss with a

The Buzz | WHO says Google to combat virus misinformation

The head of the World Health Organization says it’s working with Google to ensure that searches about the new virus from China turn up information from the United Nations health

One meter away from each other, mainland physicians suggest

A trusted online community of mainland healthcare professionals, Ding Xiang Doctor (DXY), has suggested that mainland residents stay at least one meter away from each other. This is one among

World Briefs

CHINA Scientists found more evidence that the new coronavirus likely originated in bats. In two papers published yesterday in the journal Nature, scientists report that genome sequences from several patients

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 – edition no. 3464

  * Delta bridge • The last link to Hong Kong * Built in 10 days, China’s virus hospital takes first patients * Chinese, Thai authorities announce breakthrough treatments * Unemployment remained stable at 1.7%

Our Desk | On the irresponsible use of social media

The epidemic outbreak has caused a lot of unnecessary racism - at least on social media - as it has created jokes and memes about how people are scared of

Gilead drug to undergo human trials in China for coronavirus

China has kick-started a clinical trial to speedily test a drug for the novel coronavirus infection as the nation rushes therapies for those afflicted and scours for vaccines to protect the rest.Remdesivir,

Corporate Bits | Galaxy pledges MOP25 million to fight pneumonia outbreak

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) has donated MOP20 million to Hubei Province to help the region fight the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak and assist relief efforts. Made through its Galaxy Entertainment Group Foundation,

Thailand sees good result from using drug mixture on coronavirus

A cocktail of antiviral drugs appeared effective in treating a seriously ill coronavirus patient, a Thai health official said. The HIV medicines lopinavir and ritonavir, which are sold by AbbVie Inc.

Corporate Bits | BNU temporarily closes three branches as preventive measure

Local bank Banco Nacional Ultramarino, S.A. (BNU) announced that it is temporarily closing three of its branches as part of preventive measures to protect its customers and staff from the

Hong Kong to shut most of mainland China border

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam announced the city will shut almost all land and sea border control points to the mainland from midnight to stem the spread of the novel

New virus has infected more than 17,300 globally

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 17,300 people globally. Cases confirmed as of this morning (Monday) in Beijing: — China: 17,205 cases on the mainland. In addition,

Briefs | Banks to provide limited services starting today

  The financial sector is resuming services today, but only partially, according to the Monetary Authority of Macao. Starting from today, banks will resume operations, following a week-long suspension of services

Eighth infection is imported case, says gov’t

Eight people in Macau have now been confirmed with the novel coronavirus, information from the city’s health authority shows. The latest case, a local retired woman, has been categorized by

UM develops technology to detect coronavirus in 30 minutes

The University of Macau (UM) has developed a technology which detects the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in just 30 minutes, the institution advised in a statement. The “Virus Hunter,” a rapid test

Police: Videos of people collapsing unrelated to coronavirus

According to a PSP spokesperson, the videos of a “man fallen on the street near the Vasco da Gama Garden and a woman who fell at the Border Gate, were

Avian flu strikes south of pneumonia epicenter

Avian influenza has been found in farmed chickens in Hunan Province, just south of the coronavirus-stricken Hubei Province, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs confirmed on its website. The highly

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