China COVID-19 Updates: China has largely brought the spread of the novel coronavirus under control — since it first emerged in the central city of Wuhan in December 2019 — with strict lockdowns, aggressive contact tracing and close monitoring of neighbourhoods. Beijing: Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, […]
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A request for such extraordinary approval would have to come from the vaccine developer, Stephen Hahn told the Financial Times. The head of the US Food and Drug Administration raised the possibility in an interview published Sunday that a future vaccine against the coronavirus might be given emergency approval before […]
LONDON: British universities should scrap plans to reopen next month to prevent travelling students from fuelling the country’s coronavirus pandemic, a union said, calling for courses to be taught online. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has come under fire over its moves to restart education, especially after a row over […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia today reported 2,858 new coronavirus infections and 82 more deaths, taking the total number of cases to 172,053 and fatalities to 7,343, data by the country’s health ministry showed.
SEOUL: South Korea reported its 17th day of triple-digit rises in coronavirus infections today, as restrictions on onsite dining at restaurants, pubs and bakeries in the densely populated Seoul area take effect. There were 299 new infections as of Saturday midnight, the slowest daily rise in five days, bringing the […]
Mauritius Oil Spill: Full impact of the spill is still unfolding, but scientists have warned of a major ecological disaster, which could impact Mauritius and its tourism-dependent economy for decades Addis Ababa: Seven more dead dolphins were found on a Mauritius beach on Thursday, a government official said, a day […]
BERLIN: Germany will impose tougher rules on mask wearing and keep fans out of stadiums until at the least the end of the year to combat a worrying rise in coronavirus infections, under a draft seen by AFP today. Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet with the leaders of […]
United States has the highest number of cases in the world (5.9 million), followed by Brazil (3.72 million) and India (3.31 million). Scientists across the world are working for an affordable Covid-19 vaccine as the infection tally has crossed the 24 million-mark worldwide on Thursday. As many as 822,000 people […]
KABUL: Families and rescue workers in Afghanistan searched yesterday for survivors of flash floods that killed more than 122 people and destroyed more than 1,500 houses north of the capital, Kabul, officials said. At least 250 people were injured when torrential rain earlier in the week triggered flash floods that […]
HONG KONG: A Chinese government offer to test all Hong Kong residents for the novel coronavirus is meeting scepticism from the city’s medical community and public and is emerging as a politically charged issue ahead of the launch of the plan next week. A 60-person mainland Chinese team will carry […]