COVID-19
Covid-19 vaccination: 'Government considering on-spot registration for senior citizens'
The government is considering to arrange on-spot registration facilities for senior citizens for Covid-19 vaccination.
S. Korea expects 3 more homegrown COVID-19 treatments in H1
Three homegrown treatments for the novel coronavirus are expected to receive approval as early as the first half of this year as the country speeds up the approval process amid the pandemic.
Global air passenger traffic falls record 66% in 2020 amid pandemic
Global air passenger traffic in 2020 sank a record 65.9 percent from the year before amid tighter border controls due to the coronavirus pandemic, with a rebound to around half of 2019 levels expected this year, an industry group said.
France recommends 1-shot vaccine for people who had virus
France’s highest health authority recommended Friday that people who have had COVID-19 receive only one dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus.
Global Covid cases surpass 108 million
With the pandemic showing little sign of relenting in some countries, the global Covid caseload has now surged past 108 million.
Covid-19 vaccination: No more ‘on-spot’ registration
The government has scrapped the ‘on-spot’ registration for coronavirus doses to avoid crowd in centres and properly run the vaccination campaign, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Thursday.
Covid-19 vaccine: 130 countries yet to administer a single dose
Almost 130 countries, with 2.5 billion people, are yet to administer a single dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs
South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant there, the health minister said Wednesday.
World’s second-oldest person survives COVID-19 at age 116
A 116-year-old French nun who is believed to be the world’s second-oldest person has survived COVID-19 and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thursday.
WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday as the group wrapped up a visit to explore the origins of the virus.