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Delta variant taking hold of Indonesia's Papua as hospitals near capacity 22 Jul 2021 - 11:36 am

JAKARTA: Hospitals in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, with health officials bracing for...

Australian PM apologises for COVID-19 vaccine delays as cases spike 22 Jul 2021 - 11:28 am

SYDNEY: Australia's prime minister apologised for a sluggish COVID-19 vaccination programme on Thursday, while the country's most populous state reported its biggest one-day...

Taiwan orders further 36 mln Moderna vaccine doses 22 Jul 2021 - 11:15 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan has ordered a further 36 million doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, the government said on Thursday, as it seeks to...

As Indonesia mulls easing lockdown, WHO urges tougher restrictions 22 Jul 2021 - 11:12 am

JAKARTA: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged Indonesia to implement a stricter and wider lockdown to combat surging COVID-19 infections and...

China rejects WHO plan for study of COVID-19 origin 22 Jul 2021 - 11:08 am

BEIJING: China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the...

Australia's stunning economic recovery trips on Delta, vaccine snags 22 Jul 2021 - 11:02 am

SYDNEY: In Australia's largest city, construction has come to a standstill for the first time in living memory as a surge in COVID-19...

'Pingdemic' grips Britain as fears of food shortages grow 22 Jul 2021 - 10:49 am

LONDON: Britain's supermarkets, wholesalers and hauliers were struggling on Thursday to ensure stable food and fuel supplies after an official health app told...

China evacuates tens of thousands as China storms spread north 22 Jul 2021 - 10:41 am

ZHENGZHOU, China: Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated from flood-hit regions of central China on Thursday as officials raised the death...

4,500 families in Sudan benefit from QRCS sacrifice project 22 Jul 2021 - 09:00 am

Khartoum: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) announced the implementation of the sacrifice project, on the first day of Eid Al Adha for the...

Eid Charity, UNHCR sign agreement to provide Syrian refugees in Lebanon cash-assistance 22 Jul 2021 - 08:59 am

Doha: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Eid Charity signed an agreement to provide Syrian refugees in Lebanon with multi-purpose cash-assistance grants through...

Two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots effective against Delta variant, study finds 22 Jul 2021 - 12:08 am

LONDON - Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they...

Americas are facing pandemic of the unvaccinated, PAHO says 22 Jul 2021 - 12:02 am

BOGOTA - The Americas are facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, as it warned...

South Africa targets 35 mln people vaccinated against COVID-19 by Christmas 21 Jul 2021 - 09:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa aims to have given at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 35 million of its 60 million people...

Health service staff in England to get 3% pay rise 21 Jul 2021 - 09:42 pm

LONDON - Staff in England's National Health Service (NHS), who have been on the frontlines of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, will...

South African firm to help make Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine 21 Jul 2021 - 09:37 pm

Pfizer and BioNTech have struck a deal for South Africa's Biovac Institute to help manufacture around 100 million doses a year of their...

Indonesia to expand coronavirus testing in urban areas before easing curbs 21 Jul 2021 - 09:31 pm

JAKARTA - Indonesia will increase coronavirus testing in densely populated urban areas to prevent more major COVID-19 outbreaks, among measures the government will...