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04-Apr-20 The government is considering providing Avigan for free to other countries that want to use the flu drug to treat coronavirus patients. The drug, developed by a group firm of Fujifilm Holdings, is considered effective for treating COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. [image: AFP-JIJI]
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24-Mar-20 China helped spare Latin America from the worst of the 2008-09 financial crisis, but recently, its lending has been in decline. Despite measures taken by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments to contain the spread of coronavirus, the region will be forced to grapple with the effects of the virus for the foreseeable future. [image: NurPhoto/Getty Images]
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14-Mar-20 China named its first team of national AI champions in 2017, tasking them to develop the technology for uses including health care. The developments since have proven useful today, in light of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Diagnosis is the focus of most AI initiatives in China’s health care sector. [image: Reuters]
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13-Sep-19 Malaysia's Hong Leong Financial and PE firm TPG will acquire Columbia Asia Hospitals in Southeast Asia for USD1.2 bn. They will own Columbia's 17 hospitals in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, but not its 11 hospitals in India. [image: New Traits Times]
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11-Sep-19 The Malaysian health minister has shared plans to “introduce global best practices” to establish value-based services within private healthcare. He also proposed to reform public healthcare delivery and financing, giving citizens “a choice... of both public and private” services. [image: GovInsider Asia]
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