Tag: #COVID-19

January 5, 2021

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s mass vaccination programme is set to start next week, a senior minister said on Monday, pending authorisation ...

England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

January 5, 2021

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LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new national Covid-19 lockdown in England on Monday (Jan 4), instructing people ...

Why Indonesia is vaccinating its working population first, not the elderly

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JAKARTA - As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against Covid-19, its plan to prioritise working-age adults over the elderly, aiming ...

US may cut some Moderna coronavirus vaccine doses in half to speed roll-out, official says

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NEW YORK - The US government is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine in order to ...

India’s approval of home-grown Covid-19 vaccine criticised over lack of data

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NEW DELHI - India on Sunday (Jan 3) granted emergency approval to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin but faced questions after taking ...

Pope criticises people going on holiday to flee Covid lockdowns

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis condemned on Sunday (Jan 3) people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus ...

‘Just stay home’: Thai PM urges compliance as coronavirus cases hit record

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BANGKOK - Thailand’s prime minister on Monday (Jan 4) urged the public to stay home to help contain the country’s ...

Wisconsin pharmacist arrested on charges of sabotaging Covid vaccine doses

A Wisconsin hospital pharmacist was arrested on Thursday (Dec 31) on suspicion of sabotaging more than 500 doses of coronavirus ...

Bangkok to close schools for 2 weeks as number of COVID-19 cases rise

January 3, 2021