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Vietnam all set to classify Covid as common disease

The Ministry of Health is wrapping up the process of designing Covid-19 as a common infectious disease. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong said at a meeting Wednesday that the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus is being removed from group A, a list of dangerous infectious …

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Indonesia court rejects ballot system change before election

Indonesia court rejects ballot system change before election

Indonesia’s constitutional court on Thursday shot down a proposed change to the country’s electoral system that rights advocates had decried as an attack on democracy, ahead of a vote next year. The legal challenge stoked fears of a return to Indonesia’s autocratic past and a potential delay to February’s presidential …

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New Zealand dips into recession, putting rate hikes in doubt

New Zealand dips into recession, putting rate hikes in doubt

New Zealand slipped into recession as the economy shrank in the first quarter, reducing the risk the central bank would need to hike interest rates further but creating a new headwind for the government’s re-election hopes. Gross domestic product (GDP) matched analysts’ expectations of a 0.1% contraction in the March …

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