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AstraZeneca’s vaccine gets UN approval for emergency use
TORONTO: The World Health Organisation has granted an emergency authorisation to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the…
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New York governor acknowledges withholding nursing home pandemic death toll from lawmakers, public
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo acknowledged on Monday that his office should not have withheld data on Covid-19 nursing home…
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NZ’s largest city put under snap lockdown
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered the country’s biggest city Auckland into a snap lockdown for the first…
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Virus expected to last for long time despite vaccine rollout
STOCKHOLM: The head of the EU’s disease control agency has warned that the novel coronavirus could last indefinitely even as…
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India seeks to rival China with vaccine diplomacy
NEW DELHI: India has approved the shipment of Covid-19 vaccine to Cambodia and plans to supply Mongolia and Pacific Island…
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China approves second domestic Covid-19 vaccine
Sinovac Biotech said on Saturday that its unit’s Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the general public by…
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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine 92pc effective in fighting Covid-19
Scientists gave Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine the green light on Tuesday saying it was almost 92 per cent effective in…
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US Health Workers, Stuck In Snow, Vaccinate Stranded Drivers Just In Time Before Vials Expired
Unlike many who have to drive miles to get a Covid-19 vaccine, some travelers in southwestern Oregon had the vaccine come…
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WHO mission at ground zero China market as nations tighten virus curbs
WUHAN: WHO experts on Sunday visited the market in central China linked to the first known Covid-19 cluster, seeking clues…
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WHO team visits hospital that treated first confirmed Covid-19 cases in Wuhan
WUHAN: A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of the coronavirus toured a propaganda exhibition celebrating China’s recovery from…
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