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Spain to give booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna to people who had J&J shot 26 Oct 2021 - 09:28 pm

MADRID- Spain will give a booster injection of coronavirus vaccines manufactured by Pfizer or Moderna to people who received Johnson&Johnson's single-shot vaccine, the...

US FDA advisers weigh Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children 26 Oct 2021 - 09:16 pm

An expert panel on Tuesday will vote on whether to recommend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorize the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech...

Belgium reimposes restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike 26 Oct 2021 - 08:37 pm

BRUSSELS - With coronavirus infections and hospitalizations shooting upward, the Belgian government on Tuesday reimposed some pandemic restrictions that it only relaxed a...

UK's Queen Elizabeth will not attend COP26 following advice to rest 26 Oct 2021 - 08:25 pm

LONDON - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will not attend the COP26 summit in Glasgow next week after she was advised to rest, Buckingham Palace...

Switzerland recommends COVID-19 booster shots for over 65s, but not general population 26 Oct 2021 - 08:04 pm

BERLIN: Switzerland said on Tuesday it was recommending COVID-19 booster shots for people over 65 but not for the general population. The vaccinations...

UK's Queen Elizabeth carries out first duty since hospital stay 26 Oct 2021 - 07:58 pm

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth carried out her first official engagement on Tuesday since spending a night in hospital and being ordered to rest...

France says it has ordered 50,000 doses of Merck's COVID-19 antiviral pill 26 Oct 2021 - 07:56 pm

Paris: France has ordered 50,000 doses of Merck & Co's experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug for adults, the country's health minister Olivier Veran told...

'Red Light, Green Light': 'Squid Game' doll at Seoul park draws fans 26 Oct 2021 - 07:40 pm

SEOUL: An imitation of a giant doll featuring in South Korean survival drama 'Squid Game' was launched this week at a Seoul park,...

China's Zhejiang province seeks to vaccinate young kids by December 26 Oct 2021 - 07:32 pm

BEIJING: China's eastern province of Zhejiang aims to finish vaccinating children between the ages of three and 11 against COVID-19 as of December,...

S.Korea's GL Rapha certified to produce Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines 26 Oct 2021 - 07:22 pm

MOSCOW: South Korean biotech firm GL Rapha has secured regulatory approval from Russia to produce and market the Sputnik family of coronavirus vaccines,...

BioNTech to start building vaccine plant in Africa next year 26 Oct 2021 - 07:22 pm

BioNTech SE said it plans to start construction on its first start-to-finish vaccine plant in Africa in the middle of next year, aiming...

Thailand detects local Delta Plus case ahead of border reopening 26 Oct 2021 - 07:16 pm

Thailand has detected its first local case of a delta plus sublineage less than a week before a planned nationwide reopening for vaccinated...

Each day without climate action is 'a day wasted' - UK's Attenborough 26 Oct 2021 - 06:33 pm

LONDON: British naturalist David Attenborough warned world leaders on Tuesday it would be too late to tackle climate change if a U.N. climate...

India says government panel looking into new Delta subvariant 26 Oct 2021 - 06:26 pm

NEW DELHI: India's health minister said on Tuesday that a government panel of experts was looking into a Delta coronavirus subvariant, AY.4.2, that...

Japan's Princess Mako marries commoner, loses royal status 26 Oct 2021 - 06:24 pm

Tokyo: Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations Tuesday and said their marriage - delayed three years and called...

Rise in human bird flu cases in China shows risk of fast-changing variants-health experts 26 Oct 2021 - 06:23 pm

BEIJING: A jump in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts, who say...

Singapore ICU beds fill up as severe Covid cases rise 26 Oct 2021 - 06:21 pm

The number of seriously ill Covid-19 patients in Singapore has risen to such an extent that 83.6% of intensive care unit beds in...

S.Korea approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine produced by Samsung Biologics 26 Oct 2021 - 06:10 pm

SEOUL: South Korea granted emergency use approval for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine produced by South Korean drugmaker Samsung BioLogics, the health ministry said on...