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Students raise concerns over surveillance in online exams Student study life has moved back online in Switzerland Keystone / Samuel Golay The new year is traditionally a time for exams in Swiss universities and they will take place online this year. But students are not happy about the “Big Brother” style monitoring taking place. This content was published on January 23, 2021 - 09:00 January 23, 2021 - 09:00 Lioudmila Clot Born and raised up in Russia, became a journalist in the late 1990s...

Separate formation waves explain differences in inner and outer solar systems Using computer simulations, researchers found that the two solar systems formed in two separate waves that explain why terrestrial planets are small and rocky compared to the ice and gas giants of the outer system. All Rights Reserved. Copyright Mark A. Garlick An international research team including experts based in Zurich have suggested a new theory for planet formation and how differences in the chemical composit...

By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the worlds largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two new strains of African swine fever have infected more than 1,000 sows on several farms owned by New Hope Liuhe, Chinas fourth-largest producer, as well as pigs being fattened for the firm by contract farmers, said Y...

We want to know when you will get a jab and if vaccines are being made available in the most effective way to stop the pandemic.

By Krishna N. Das and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hospital cleaning worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the worlds largest immunisation campaigns to bring the pandemic under control. Kumar received his shot at Delhis premier All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), one of 3,006 vaccination centres established around the country. The vaccine will give me strength and m...

More than 60,000 people have been vaccinated in Switzerland against Covid-19 since late December, according to an official initial estimate.

Building a digital assets corridor between Switzerland, Japan and Singapore Swiss and Japanese blockchain expertise has come together in two collaborative projects. Keystone / Martial Trezzini Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings (SBIHD) has formed separate partnerships with the Swiss stock exchange and Sygnum bank. Both projects marry Swiss and Asian expertise in emerging financial technologies, such as blockchain-inspired crypto assets. This content was published on January 15, 2021...

Record daily German COVID deaths spark Merkel mega-lockdown plan - Bild A general view of a vaccination centre, temporarily set up in the Erika-Hess ice stadium to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2021. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS reuters_tickers This content was published on January 14, 2021 - 17:56 January 14, 2021 - 17:56 By Andreas Rinke and Caroline Copley BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany recorded a new record number of deaths from the coronavir...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A unit of Sinovac Biotech could double annual production capacity of its CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine to 1 billion doses by February, the groups chairman said on Wednesday. More than 7 million doses of CoronaVac vaccine, one of the three China has included in its emergency vaccination programme, have so far been supplied to regions including the city of Beijing and Guangdong province, Sinovac Biotech Chairman Yin Weidong told a news conference. While the first phase of Sinovac ...

Moderna Covid vaccine approved for use in Switzerland Studies show the vaccine is 94% effective, two weeks after being administered. Keystone / Cj Gunther Health regulator Swissmedic has given the green light for the ‘immediate’ use of the vaccine produced by US company Moderna. The country has already pre-ordered 7.5 million shots, 200,000 of which will be delivered on Wednesday. This content was published on January 12, 2021 - 14:37 January 12, 2021 - 14:37 Keystone-SDA/Reuters/dos,sb The...