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It’s final. President Rodrigo Duterte will have his COVID-19 vaccine in private because he’s going to be injected in his buttocks, his spokesman Harry Roque said today. “He has said so. As he said, because he is going to be injected in the ass, it cannot be done in public,” Roque said in English and Filipino in his daily press briefing. Critics have encouraged Duterte to be vaccinated in public, just like other world leaders such as Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Vice President Leni Robredo, one of his vocal critics, had said that if the chief executive gets a public jab, Filipinos will be convinced of the efficacy...

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A cleaning-obsessed mum who cleans her house every day for five hours and has banned her family from using the shower has revealed what her gruelling daily schedule looks like. Australian woman Krystal, who appeared on Channel 4's Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners in 2016 but has recently gone viral after her habits were shared on TikTok, irons her bed sheets every single day and buffs her mirror at least 50 times to ensure it is completely smudge-free. 'This shower, we don't use it, it's for display purposes,' Krystal said in the show, as she furiously scrubbed, hoovered and polished her shower. The mum, now 35, said she spends five hours every single day keeping her two-bedroom London...

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Researchers have developed a nasal spray which could prevent a Covid-19 infection for up to two days and it may be available in pharmacies within a few months. The nasal spray is made from ingredients already approved for medical use, meaning it does not need any further approval for use. Scientists at the University of Birmingham have been developing the spray - which is currently unnamed - since April last year. Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, lead researcher Dr Richard Moakes said he is confident the spray could help lift social distancing restrictions and reopen schools. He added: 'As an over the shelf product, we have spoken to companies with a presence on the high street as we...

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Now that there is hope that the COVID-19 pandemic might eventually be over with the arrival of vaccines, there is no respite to the spread of misinformation. Initially, when the pandemic started, the fake news nuisance made it harder to fight the virus. From believing in unorthodox methods to cure the virus to actually deeming COVID-19 nothing but an international conspiracy, we've seen in all. Now, since the vaccines have arrived, a new wave of fake news has started, which can keep people from getting the shot. Now, there's a horde of misinformation surrounding vaccines and sex, both of which are equally sensitive. Some reports and social media posts are claiming that unprotected sex...

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From the Hoover Dam in Arizona to the Inguri Dam in Georgia, many of the world's most famous dams are risk of collapsing, a worrying new report has warned. Most of the 58,700 largest dams worldwide were constructed between the 1930s and 1970s, making them between 50 and 90 years old.However, most were only designed to last for 50 to 100 years, meaning they are now reaching the end of their lifespans. Worryingly, if these dams did collapse, they'd release up to 8,300 cubic kilometres of water - enough to fill the Grand Canyon twice over. The researchers hope the findings will help policymakers when deciding what to do about ageing dams. In the study, researchers from the UN University...

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Scientists in Beijing have developed a new gene therapy which can reverse some of the effects of ageing in mice and extend their lifespans, findings which may one day contribute to similar treatment for humans. The method, detailed in a paper in the Science Translational Medicine journal earlier this month, involves inactivating a gene called kat7 which the scientists found to be a key contributor to cellular ageing. The specific therapy they used and the results were a world first, said co-supervisor of the project Professor Qu Jing, 40, a specialist in ageing and regenerative medicine from the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). “These mice show after...

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Some cannabis extracts may lower the risk of dying from Covid-19 by preventing a patient's malfunctioning immune system from attacking itself, research suggests. A 'cytokine storm' is a process whereby the immune system goes haywire and attacks healthy tissue instead of just the virus. In many severe Covid cases, this is what proves fatal, and finding a way to dampen this process has been a priority for doctors. Now researchers at the University of Lethbridge have investigated how extracts from Cannabis sativa plants interact with cytokines.  They found three strains which are highly effective at reducing levels of two of the chemicals which play integral roles in the cytokine storm....

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As part of India's vaccine diplomacy, it will supply over eight lakh doses of indigenous Covid-19 jab Covaxin free of cost to friendly countries including Myanmar, Philippines and Mauritius as a goodwill gesture. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has secured a fresh letter of comfort from Indian government for another 45 lakh doses of Covaxin, sources said today. More than eight lakh doses to be given free of cost is out of the 45 lakh doses, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting the sources. "The doses (over eight lakh) which the company promised to supply to various countries will be monitored through the Ministry of External Affairs," they added. "The company was given a fresh...

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Hours after a fire was extinguished, new blazes broke out in a compartment of the same building Serum Institute of India in Pune. Earlier, at least five people died as a major fire broke out at the premises of the Serum Institute, world's biggest vaccine manufacturer on Thursday. Pune mayor said that five people, who were workers at the under-construction building lost their lives in the fires. The police said that nine people were evacuated from the building located at the institute's Manjari premises, the facility where Covishield', which is Oxford-AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine, is manufactured. Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla had earlier claimed that there has been...

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More than 12,400 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Israel after getting inoculated by the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, including 69 people who had taken their second jab. Israel's health ministry tested 189,000 people after they vaccinated by Pfizer's vaccine and 6.6 per cent of the people still tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier, Nachman Ash, national coordinator on the pandemic had said that Pfizer's vaccine was "less effective than we had thought". Israel launched a vaccination drive on December 19 with a focus on the elderly, those with risky medical conditions and some emergency workers. More than a quarter of its citizens have now received the Pfizer Inc. vaccine,...

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