Tag: Covid-19
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UK | PM bets 2 million vaccine shots a week will end lockdown
Boris Johnson pinned his hopes for a national recovery on a plan to deliver 2 million coronavirus vaccinations a week, as the U.K. went back into ... -
Covid-19 | Morocco acquires 65 million vaccine doses from China, UK
Morocco announced it has acquired 65 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China’s Sinopharm and Britain’s AstraZeneca, as the north African kingdom prepares to launch a ... -
Pandemic | After early success, South Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis
South Korea had seemed to be winning the fight against the coronavirus: Quickly ramping up its testing, contact-tracing and quarantine efforts paid off when it weathered ... -
Explainer | Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?
Reports from Britain and South Africa of new coronavirus strains that seem to spread more easily are causing alarm, but virus experts say it’s unclear if ... -
Cut off: UK facing travel bans on fears of new virus strain
Trucks waiting to get out of Britain backed up for miles and people were stranded at airports today (Monday) as countries around the world imposed stringent ... -
Quarantine extended to 21 days for all arrivals, except from mainland China, Taiwan
The government has announced that from 10 p.m. today (Monday) all travellers entering the territory other than from medium risk regions in mainland China and from ... -
Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts
From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the ... -
Pandemic | Phishing ploy targets Covid-19 vaccine distribution effort
IBM security researchers say they have detected a cyberespionage effort using targeted phishing emails to try to collect vital information on the World Health Organization’s initiative ... -
China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms
In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning ... -
Covid-19 | UK authorizes Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
Pfizer and BioNTech say they’ve won permission today (Wednesday) for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, the world’s first coronavirus shot that’s backed by ... -
Asia Today: India’s virus cases jump on New Delhi resurgence
India’s coronavirus outbreak rose by more than 50,000 cases Thursday amid a resurgence of infections in the capital. The Health Ministry also reported another 704 fatalities ... -
New Russian infections soar; UK, Germany widen testing
Coronavirus cases hit new daily highs this week in Russia, and Germany and the U.K. announced plans Tuesday to expand virus testing as European countries battled ... -
China marks another step in virus rebound with Singapore opening Nov 6
Singapore will lift border restrictions on visitors from mainland China from Nov. 6, a further reminder that the nation where the coronavirus outbreak first began is ... -
Asia Today: S.Korea reports 110 cases, half in Busan hospital
South Korea has reported 110 new cases of the coronavirus, half of them linked to a hospital in Busan. The numbers released by the Korea Disease ... -
Half a billion travelers show China’s economy moving past Covid
Hotel prices shot up, ride-hailing apps crashed, tickets to the Great Wall sold out: after more than nine long, housebound months, almost half a billion ... -
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night (today, Macau time) after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an ... -
AirAsia ceases operations in Japan as pandemic wipes out travel
AirAsia Group Bhd. will cease operations in Japan immediately as it tries to reduce cash burn amid the coronavirus outbreak that’s wiped out travel demand globally. ... -
Asia Today: Remote learning begins in virus-hit Philippines
Grade school and high school students in the Philippines began classes at home today (Monday) after the coronavirus pandemic forced remote-learning onto an educational system already ... -
Doctor: Trump improving, but not ‘out of the woods’ yet
President Donald Trump went through a “very concerning” period Friday and faces a “critical” next two days in his fight against COVID-19 at a military hospital, ... -
Trump’s age, health woes raise his risk for Covid-19 illness
President Donald Trump has several strikes against him — age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male — that could put him at greater risk of becoming ... -
Asia Today: South Korea has virus jump before holiday period
South Korea has reported 113 new cases of COVID-19, its first daily increase over 100 in five days, as the country entered a holiday break that ... -
Asia Today: China to let in more foreigners as virus recedes
Foreigners holding certain types of visas and residence permits will be permitted to return to China starting next week as the threat of the coronavirus continues ... -
Asia Today: Vietnam to resume international flights
Vietnam will resume international commercial flights to several Asian destinations starting Friday, after a monthslong shutdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak. The flights, however, are reserved ... -
Thailand moves a step closer to welcoming back foreign tourists
Thailand will start issuing special visas to foreign tourists starting October, easing a more than five-month-old ban on visitors to revive the nation’s ailing tourism-reliant economy. ... -
Xi takes virus victory lap as pandemic rages elsewhere
President Xi Jinping hailed China’s success in suppressing the deadly pandemic first discovered on its soil, even as confirmed infections globally raced toward the 30 million ... -
Asia Today: India reports record 1,133 new virus deaths
India today (Tuesday) reported 1,133 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total. The Health Ministry also reported 75,809 new cases, ... -
Asia Today: India adds another 83K, nears 2nd most in world
The number of people confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 80,000 and is near Brazil’s total, the second-highest in the ... -
Asia Today: Beijing receiving first int’l flights since March
Beijing’s main international airport today (Thursday) began receiving international flights again from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coronavirus infection. Passengers flying ... -
Asia Today: SKorea orders doctors to stop strike amid crisis
Health officials in South Korea ordered thousands of striking doctors to return to work as the country counted its 13th straight day of triple-digit jumps in ... -
Asia Today: South Korea closes many schools again amid surge
South Korea is closing schools and returning to remote learning in the capital region as the country counted its 12th straight day of triple-digit daily increases ... -
Asia Today: South Korea sees 11th day of 3-digit increases
South Korea counted its 11th straight day of triple-digit daily jumps in coronavirus cases Monday and health officials pleaded for people to follow guidelines or risk ... -
Asia Today: India has record high of 69,000 more infections
India counted another record high of new coronavirus infections today (Thursday) as it ramped up testing to more than 900,000 a day. The 69,652 new cases ... -
Asia Today: 623 virus cases linked to South Korea church
South Korean health workers have found more than 600 coronavirus infections linked to a Seoul church led by a vocal opponent of the country’s president as ... -
Asia Today: Philippine capital’s virus lockdown to be eased
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to ease a mild coronavirus lockdown in the capital and four outlying provinces to further reopen the country’s battered economy ... -
Asia Today: Victoria adds 21 deaths, Singapore clears dorms
The Australian state of Victoria today (Wednesday) reported a record 21 virus deaths and 410 new cases from an outbreak in the city of Melbourne that ...
