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Prenetics Conducts Virus Tests for U.K. Soccer Players
Jun.17 -- Danny Yeung, chief executive officer of Prenetics Group, a genetics-enabled digital health company headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in the U.K. and across Southeast Asia, explains how the startup is helping soccer's...
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People in Virus Hot Spots Should Wear Masks: Professor
Jun.28 -- Mary-Louise McLaws, professor at University of New South Wales and a member of the World Health Organization Health Emergencies Program Experts Advisory Panel for Infection Prevention and Control Preparedness, Readiness and...
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India May Gain Access to Covid Vaccine Early 2021: Analyst
Sep.04 -- Nithya Balasubramanian, healthcare analyst for India at Bernstein, explains why she expects an approved vaccine to be in the market in early 2021, and the outlook for the country's pharmaceutical industry. She speaks with...
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How Coronavirus Is Impacting Japan’s Economy
Mar.11 -- Jun Saito, senior research fellow at Japan Center for Economic Research, discusses the spread of coronavirus and its potential impact on Japan's economy and the 2020 Olympics. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
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WHO Says Virus Outbreak Could Become Pandemic
Feb.28 -- The number of coronavirus cases in South Korea crossed 2,000. Japan is closing schools to limit the spread of the outbreak. New cases continue to appear outside of China with New Zealand and Lithuania reporting their first...
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California Sees More Counties Moving to Phase 2 of Reopening
May.18 -- California Governor Gavin Newsom says more counties can move further into the state’s phase two of reopening. He speaks at his daily coronavirus briefing.
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IMF: 'Profound Uncertainty' About Global Growth Recovery
Jun.12 -- Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, discusses the outlook for the global economy. The IMF is set to release economic growth projections June 24. Gopinath speaks in a video recorded June 4 and...
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New York Governor Cuomo Announces Phased Plan to Reopen State
Apr.26 -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sketches out a phased-in reopening of the state that begins with construction and manufacturing as coronavirus deaths dropped to 367 Sunday. He speaks at press briefing in Albany. (Excerpts)
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Singapore Made Considerable Progress in Virus Fight: Minister
Oct.22 -- S Iswaran, Singapore's minister for communications and information, discuss the government's efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the economy. Singapore is looking to ease up more on pandemic curbs,...
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California to Launch Contact-Tracing App, Governor Says
Dec.07 -- California Governor Gavin Newsom says the state will use a phone-based app developed with Google and Apple Inc. to help alert people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. He speaks at a press briefing. (Excerpt)
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H.K. Should Hunt for Talents Globally: Former Finance Chief
Dec.09 -- Former Hong Kong Finance Secretary John Tsang, who is now a senior advisor of virtual insurance company Bowtie, talks about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the insurer and the city. He also discusses what the...
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Consequences of 'Huge' Global Gap in Vaccinations
May.25 -- Jerome Kim, director general of the International Vaccine Institute, a Seoul-based non-profit organization devoted to research in vaccine development and delivery for the developing world, discusses the rollout of Covid-19...
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RBNZ Sees 'Dramatic' Slowing in House-Price Growth
May.27 -- Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Adrian Orr discusses monetary policy and the state of the economy. The central bank this week projected that its official cash rate may start to rise in the second half of next year. Orr...
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IMF Says Asia's Growth May Rebound to 7.6% This Year
Apr.13 -- Jonathan Ostry, deputy director for Asia and Pacific at the International Monetary Fund, discusses the outlook for the region's economies and policies amid the coronavirus pandemic. The IMF upgraded its global economic growth...
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JPMorgan: Emerging Markets' Outlook Better Than Developed
Dec.23 -- James Sullivan, managing director and head of Asia equity research at JPMorgan Chase & Co., discusses the outlook for the global stock markets amid the coronavirus pandemic. He spoke on Dec. 22 with Rishaad Salamat and Haslinda...
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Pfizer-BioNTech Covid Vaccine Gets Nod From FDA Advisers
Dec.10 -- A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 17 to 4, with one abstention, that the benefits of the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE outweigh the risks for use in people ages 16 and older. Robert Langreth reports...
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Global Virus Network's Gallo on Covid-19 Vaccines
Dec.11 -- Dr. Robert Gallo, co-founder and scientific director of the Global Virus Network and the director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses the rollout of the Covid-19...
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Studies Show Omicron a Milder Form of Covid-19
A string of new studies has confirmed that omicron's milder infections mean this is a less worrying chapter. Bloomberg's Emma O'Brien reports on "Bloomberg Markets: China Open."
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Covid Response Diverges in Europe
As Europe waits for the omicron variant to peak, divergence is growing among EU countries on how best to tackle the pandemic. Austria is implementing a vaccine mandate that starts today, and at the same time France has a timeline to ease...
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Qiming's Leung on Investments in China's Biotech Industry
Sep.02 -- Nisa Leung, managing partner at Qiming Venture Partners, discusses her investments in China's biotechnology industry amid the Covid-19 pandemic. She speaks on the sidelines of the HKEX Biotech Summit with Stephen Engle on...
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Tech Mahindra: Best of 5G to Come in Second Half of 2021
Nov.10 -- C.P. Gurnani, chief executive officer of computer software maker Tech Mahindra Ltd., discusses what the election victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris mean for Indian technology companies. India’s $181 billion tech outsourcing...
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Reviving the Grounded Travel Sector
Sep.10 -- Song Hoi-see, founder and chief executive officer at Plaza Premium Group, discusses the impact of coronavirus on the travel sector, the future of airport lounges and the changes that could be coming to international travel. He...
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India to Be Ready if Second Covid Wave, Top Hospital Chain Says
Feb.17 -- Suneeta Reddy, managing director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., explains how India’s largest hospital chain is dealing with coronavirus pandemic. Apollo own over 10,000 beds across 70 hospitals, 2,556 pharmacies, over...
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Portea Medical CEO on Pandemic, Community Outreach, Vaccines
Dec.30 -- In today’s “India Focus” segment, Meena Ganesh, managing director and chief executive officer at Portea Medical, discusses how her health care company benefitted from the pandemic, what the business is doing for the community...