health

Pfizer vaccine not linked to post-jab deaths: EU regulator

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab has no link to reported post-vaccination deaths and no new side…

India to make more Covid-19 vaccines to supply world: Modi

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India will supply more locally made coronavirus vaccines to other countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

First cases of S. Africa coronavirus variant detected in US

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A more transmissible variant of the coronavirus that was identified in South Africa has been…

Novavax says Covid-19 vaccine has 89% efficacy in major trial

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US biotech firm Novavax said its Covid-19 vaccine candidate showed 89.3 efficacy in a major…

African Union secures additional 400 million vaccine doses

  NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- The African Union has secured an additional 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for its…

New Zealand confirms two more virus cases in community

WELLINGTON, United States (AFP) -- New Zealand confirmed two new cases of the more virulent South African Covid-19 strain in…

Brazil Covid variant now dominant in Manaus: researcher

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- A coronavirus variant from Manaus in northern Brazil, first detected in Japan in January, is now…

UK to impose hotel quarantine for returning Britons

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British citizens returning home from roughly 30 countries deemed at "high risk" from new…

100 million cases worldwide, as US seeks to reset its Covid fight

By Ben Sheppard and AFP Bureaus WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- More than 100 million Covid-19 cases have now been…

AstraZeneca ‘not selling EU doses to other countries’: CEO

PARIS, France (AFP) -- AstraZeneca's CEO insisted Tuesday that the company was not selling vaccines ordered by the European Union…

Indonesia passes one million coronavirus cases

  by Dessy SAGITA Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia's Covid-19 cases topped the one million mark on…

New Zealand PM expects closed borders for much of 2021

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand's borders are likely to remain closed for much of the year as health…

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