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Britain agrees deal for 60 million more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines 28 Apr 2021 - 07:35 pm

LONDON: Britain will buy 60 million more doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, health minister Matt Hancock said in a deal that more than...

US contractor sentenced for stealing truck from Afghan base 28 Apr 2021 - 07:24 pm

ALEXANDRIA, Va.: An American military contractor has been sentenced to prison for her role in a theft ring on a military installation in...

South Africa resumes giving J&J jabs to health care workers 28 Apr 2021 - 07:16 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has resumed giving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to health care workers after a more than two-week pause in the...

Donate $7 for a COVID-19 vaccine to help end pandemic, WHO urges 28 Apr 2021 - 07:14 pm

LONDON: People across the world are being encouraged to donate $7 a dose in a World Health Organization-led push to raise extra funds...

Uber app in U.S. to enable users to book vaccines and rental cars 28 Apr 2021 - 06:39 pm

Uber Technologies Inc said on Wednesday it was launching new features in its app to allow U.S. customers to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments...

GSK focused on split as cost checks, COVID-19 easings aid earnings 28 Apr 2021 - 05:10 pm

Plans for GSK to split in two are "well underway" it said on Wednesday, as a cost clampdown and rising clinic visits for...

With few travellers, Thailand turns airport into vaccination centre 28 Apr 2021 - 04:50 pm

BANGKOK: Long queues have returned to Thailand's unusually quiet international airport this week, after it converted its check-in area into an immunisation centre...

Texas man dies after attack by aggressive swarm of bees 28 Apr 2021 - 03:45 pm

Breckenridge, Texas: A Texas man died after going into cardiac arrest when he was attacked by an aggressive swarm of bees outside his...

Decades on the run, 7 Italian leftist militants arrested in France 28 Apr 2021 - 01:39 pm

Paris/Rome: Seven Italians, on the run for decades since their conviction in Italy on terrorism charges linked to far-left militant groups, have been...

Malaysia makes AstraZeneca shots optional amid public worry 28 Apr 2021 - 01:33 pm

Malaysia will allow people to use AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine on a voluntary basis and exclude the shots from its inoculation program amid public...

Japan's unused 14 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines point to logistical hurdles 28 Apr 2021 - 01:20 pm

Tokyo: Japan has only used about a fifth of the COVID-19 vaccine doses it has imported so far, government data showed on Wednesday,...

Pakistan sees record COVID-19 deaths as officials consider stricter lockdowns 28 Apr 2021 - 12:35 pm

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan recorded more than two hundred COVID-19 deaths in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic...

South Korea to lift mandatory quarantine for residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19 28 Apr 2021 - 12:26 pm

SEOUL - South Korea said on Wednesday it will offer some exemptions to mandatory quarantine measures for people who have been fully inoculated...

Bullets in the mail: death threat sent to another candidate in Madrid election 28 Apr 2021 - 11:26 am

Madrid: Spanish postal workers intercepted a death threat letter with two bullets enclosed that was mailed to the conservative head of the Madrid...

India's coronavirus toll tops 200,000 after record surge in cases 28 Apr 2021 - 10:53 am

NEW DELHI - India's toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, the country's deadliest day, as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies...

CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask 27 Apr 2021 - 10:28 pm

NEW YORK: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans...

Swedish PM given COVID-19 vaccine, urges population to follow suit 27 Apr 2021 - 08:18 pm

STOCKHOLM: Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, he said on Tuesday, and urged Swedes to...

Vienna easing lockdown cautiously, with swipe at government plans 27 Apr 2021 - 06:54 pm

VIENNA: Vienna will cautiously loosen its coronavirus lockdown next week a month after it was introduced, its left-wing mayor said on Tuesday, criticising...