Dubai prepares to offer free Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine shots
Dubai, the Middle East’s business hub, locked down the city for about a month earlier this year to halt the spread of the virus. Its...
US approves first self-testing kit for detecting Covid-19
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization to Lucira Health Inc.’s rapid-result All-In-One Test Kit, according to a statement from the government...
China vaccine trial halted in Brazil after serious adverse event
Serious adverse events that occur in drug trials include death, immediate risk of death, long term or serious incapacitation, and hospitalization. [caption id="attachment_11984" align="alignnone" width="960"]...
Hungary reports record high 107 daily Covid-19 deaths
[caption id="attachment_11941" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Hungary reported the number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 rose to 5,612. [/caption] BUDAPEST: Hungary reported a record high 107 daily...
Indonesia reports 4,262 new coronavirus infections
[caption id="attachment_11932" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Indonesia reported 98 new deaths, bringing the total to 14,540. [/caption] JAKARTA: Indonesia, the Southeast Asian country worst hit by the...
Greece to re-enter virus lockdown from Saturday
[caption id="attachment_11963" align="alignnone" width="1000"] People wearing protective face masks are seen on Syntagma square, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, November 3,...
Three-year-old rescued from rubble, Turkey quake death toll hits 81
Television footage showed the girl, Elif, being pulled from the rubble and carried by rescue workers on a stretcher to an ambulance, 65 hours after...
Australian state heads to the polls amid tension in ‘Covid-19 national cabinet’
[caption id="attachment_11905" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and supporters attend a barbecue at Rocks Riverside Park, Brisbane, Australia November 26, 2017. Picture taken November...
Australia’s Covid-19 hotspot state reports 1 case after 4-month city lockdown lifted
[caption id="attachment_11901" align="alignnone" width="1000"] A shopper wearing a face mask is assisted in a retail store after Covid-19 restrictions were eased for the state of...
EU must step up response to Covid-19, Commission warns as infections spike
[caption id="attachment_11892" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Brussels said EU governments should coordinate their testing strategies. [/caption] BRUSSELS: The European Commission proposed today a series of new measures...