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Bill Gates sees 6-8 month lag for poor countries to get Covid-19 shots 27 Jan 2021 - 11:47 am

London: Poorer countries face a best-case scenario of a 6-8 month lag behind richer nations in getting access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect...

Australia records 10th day of no local COVID-19 cases 27 Jan 2021 - 10:32 am

SYDNEY: Australia recorded a 10th straight day of no new local COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, allowing its most populous state of New South...

Myanmar launches vaccination drive, prioritises frontline healthcare workers 27 Jan 2021 - 10:22 am

YANGON: Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the...

Biden administration to purchase millions more vaccine doses to curb virus 27 Jan 2021 - 01:13 am

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration will purchase 200 million more coronavirus vaccines and funnel more to states now, in a bid to deliver...

China ambassador says export delays for Brazil vaccine supplies not political 27 Jan 2021 - 12:33 am

SAO PAULO - The issues holding up vaccine supply exports from China to Brazil are due to technical, rather than political obstacles, China's...

US Attorney expects indictments in U.S. Capitol breach as soon as this week 27 Jan 2021 - 12:26 am

WASHINGTON - The top federal prosecutor investigating the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol said on Tuesday he expects indictments will be handed...

Stop hoarding COVID-19 vaccines, South Africa's Ramaphosa tells rich nations 26 Jan 2021 - 09:21 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday urged wealthy countries not to hoard surplus COVID-19 vaccine supplies, adding his voice to...

Spanish PM appoints new health minister amid worsening pandemic 26 Jan 2021 - 09:12 pm

MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appointed Regional Policy Minister Carolina Darias as the new health minister on Tuesday after her predecessor...

Sanofi to help produce 100 mln Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses 26 Jan 2021 - 09:07 pm

PARIS - Sanofi will fill and pack millions of doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from July in an effort to help meet the...

Ireland introduces hotel quarantine for arrivals from Brazil, SAfrica 26 Jan 2021 - 08:47 pm

DUBLIN - Ireland is to introduce a 14-day quarantine in hotels for all people arriving from Brazil and South Africa, and for anyone...

Canada to unveil more steps to restrict foreign travel, sees no vaccine supply problems 26 Jan 2021 - 08:15 pm

OTTAWA - Canada will soon take more steps to restrict foreign travel as part of its campaign to clamp down on the coronavirus,...

UK becomes first European country to have 100,000 Covid deaths 26 Jan 2021 - 08:01 pm

More than 100,000 people have died from coronavirus in the U.K., the first country in Europe to surpass the threshold. Deaths in London,...

Portugal urged to seek international help as COVID-19 deaths hit record 26 Jan 2021 - 07:24 pm

LISBON - The Portuguese government was urged to transfer COVID-19 patients abroad on Tuesday as deaths hit a record high and Lisbon's main...

San Diego Zoo gorillas close to full recovery from COVID-19 26 Jan 2021 - 07:21 pm

SAN DIEGO - Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are expected to make a full recovery weeks after testing positive...

Director of hit Yugoslav film about smallpox epidemic gets Covid jab 26 Jan 2021 - 04:20 pm

Belgrade: Director Goran Markovic was among those lining up outside exhibition halls in Belgrade on Tuesday to receive a shot against COVID-19, almost...

Malaysia secures 18.4 mln doses of Russian, Chinese COVID-19 vaccines 26 Jan 2021 - 04:12 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Tuesday it had signed deals with two domestic companies to purchase 18.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines produced...

New Zealand may approve COVID-19 vaccine next week, start general vaccinations mid-year 26 Jan 2021 - 04:07 pm

New Zealand may approve a COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday, a day after the...

Italian Premier Conte offers resignation to President 26 Jan 2021 - 03:09 pm

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned after losing his Senate majority, plunging the country into political uncertainty just as it’s battling the pandemic...