Virus

Fiji fears virus ‘tsunami’ after outbreak found to be Indian variant

SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- A Covid-19 outbreak that forced Fiji's capital into lockdown after the island nation avoided transmission for…

First shipment of UK Covid medical aid arrives in India

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- The first shipment of Covid medical supplies from Britain to India, including 100 ventilators and…

Brazilian regulator denies permission to import Russian Covid vaccine

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's health regulator on Monday denied a request from several states to import Russia's Sputnik V…

Australia bans passenger flights from India until May 15

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on direct passenger flights from India, as the South…

NTF adviser Herbosa backs DOH on MECQ extension; cites high critical care capacity in NCR Plus areas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4fFxZXnle8   (Eagle News) --  The Special Adviser to the National Task Force on COVID-19 Dr. Ted Herbosa said that…

Japan rolls out vaccine slowly, despite looming Olympics

by Katie Forster / Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Three months before it hosts the Olympics -- the biggest…

Covid-19 situation in India ‘beyond heartbreaking’: WHO chief

  by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization chief voiced alarm Monday at…

Turkey to enter full lockdown April 29 to May 17

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday announced a full lockdown from April 29 to May…

Amid criticism, US to export up to 60 million AstraZeneca Covid vaccine doses

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States will send up to 60 million doses of the…

Indian Covid variant found in northern Italy

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Authorities in northern Italy announced Monday they had identified two cases of the Indian variant of…

S.Africa to resume J&J vaccinations

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa announced Monday it would shortly resume using Johnson & Johnson anti-Covid vaccines, two…

Kazakhstan rolls out national coronavirus vaccine

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Kazakhstan on Monday rolled out its homegrown coronavirus vaccine, with the Central Asian country's health minister…

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