health

Philippines lifts suspension on AstraZeneca vaccine for under 60s

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- The Philippines has lifted a suspension on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people under 60, an…

Greece lifts quarantine for some vaccinated travellers

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Greece said Monday that travellers from the EU and five other countries who are fully vaccinated…

Fauci sees decision on US resuming J&J vaccine by Friday

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A decision on whether to end a US pause in vaccinations with the Johnson…

Virus case forces Fiji cities into lockdown

SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- Fiji ordered two of its largest cities into lockdown Monday after the Pacific island nation recorded…

Hugs, tears as New Zealand-Australia travel bubble opens

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Emotions ran high Monday as excited passengers set off on the first flights to take advantage…

Covid death toll passes three million as India cases surge

by AFP bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) -- The global Covid-19 death toll passed three million on Saturday as the pandemic…

Canada records second case of rare blood clot after AstraZeneca shot

  TORONTO, Canada (AFP) -- Canadian health authorities said Saturday the country has recorded a second case of rare but…

COVID-19 death toll worldwide passes 3 million, as total cases breach 140 million

  (Eagle News) -- More than 3 million people have died due to COVID-19, as more infectious variants of the…

Covid lockdown empties Delhi streets amid deadly surge

  by Bhuvan Bagga with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata Agence France Presse NEL DELHI, India (AFP) -- New Delhi led…

In Brazil, graveyard shift reveals staggering cost of pandemic

  by Paula RAMON Agence France Presse SAO Paulo, Brazil (AFP) -- In almost three decades of working in Sao…

China’s Coronavac 80% effective at preventing Covid deaths: Chile results

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- China's Coronavac vaccine was 67 percent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 and 80 percent at preventing…

Canada waiting on J&J jabs despite US pause, first AstraZeneca clot found

  OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada continues to expect its first shipment of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines at month's…

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