Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. Almost 1.3% of the world’s population has now been infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and more than 2.1 million people have died. One person […]
Moderna has said it believes its COVID-19 vaccine is effective against new variants of the coronavirus, although it will test a new booster shot aimed at the strain discovered in South Africa after tests showed the antibody response could be reduced. The United States-based biotech company said in a press release on Monday that the […]
The United States has confirmed more than 25 million cases of coronavirus – the most in the world – as newly inaugurated President Joe Biden’s chief of staff accused Donald Trump’s administration of failing to provide states with a plan to administer much-needed vaccines. The US accounts for more than a quarter of all global […]
Russian Police detained more than 3,000 people and violently broke up rallies across Russia as tens of thousands of protesters ignored the extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Prosecutors in St. Petersburg said in a statement late Saturday they were probing violations including “on the part of […]
The government has allowed another vaccine against Covid-19 under “emergency use authorization” and given a go-ahead to a local pharmaceutical company for the import and distribution of the Russian-developed Sputnik V, an official confirmed on Saturday. With the fresh decision, the official said, Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine; became the third to be approved for […]
The coronavirus variant that has swept Britain and beyond in recent months could be more deadly as well as more transmissible, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. The sobering news came as the UK sees record deaths from Covid-19; following a surge in cases and hospitalizations since the variant was first identified in southeast […]
Islamabad: In a recent video message Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that China has assured Pakistan the provision of 500,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine by January 31. After a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Qureshi declared that China has offered Islamabad to send an airplane and airlift the vaccines. In […]
Hungary’s drug regulator has given initial approval for use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines; Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff says, confirming media reports. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was traveling to Moscow for talks about the Sputnik V vaccine later on Thursday; Gergely Gulyas told a briefing on Thursday. If […]
Several batches of ice cream produced in north China tested positive for coronavirus, authorities. Several thousand suspected products have seized and people who may have encountered released products traced. The contaminated ice cream manufactured by Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company. The north Tianjin municipality has sealed and contained the company’s products after three samples tested positive […]
Brazil’s health regulator has granted emergency approval to two COVID-19 vaccines as the country gears up for a mass inoculation campaign during a devastating second wave of the pandemic. The Anvisa regulator on Sunday approved vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech and Britain’s AstraZeneca for emergency use in Brazil, which has recorded more than 209,000 deaths […]
