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Zimbabwe says it will start COVID-19 vaccinations this week 16 Feb 2021 - 08:46 pm

HARARE - Zimbabwe will begin vaccinating against COVID-19 on Thursday, starting with health workers and other essential service personnel, the cabinet announced on...

Pakistan meets conditions to get next $500 million from IMF 16 Feb 2021 - 08:39 pm

ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan on Tuesday reached a staff-level agreement that Pakistan had completed reforms required for the...

England identifies extra 1.7 million people vulnerable to COVID 16 Feb 2021 - 08:06 pm

LONDON - English authorities have identified an extra 1.7 million people vulnerable to becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID-19 by combining factors...

Dutch coronavirus cases rising again, driven by UK variant -health authorities 16 Feb 2021 - 07:47 pm

AMSTERDAM - COVID-19 cases are rising again in the Netherlands after weeks of decline as cases of the British variant of the virus...

EU regulator to give verdict on J&J COVID-19 vaccine by mid-March 16 Feb 2021 - 07:40 pm

Europe's drugs regulator said on Tuesday it could issue an opinion by mid-March on whether to approve drugmaker Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine...

Federal lawsuit accuses Trump, Giuliani of conspiracy to incite Capitol riot 16 Feb 2021 - 07:30 pm

WASHINGTON, - A Democratic lawmaker filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing former President Donald Trump and lawyer Rudy Giuliani of conspiring to incite...

WHO alerts six African countries after Ebola outbreaks 16 Feb 2021 - 03:42 pm

Conakry: The World Health Organization has asked six African countries to be alert for possible Ebola infections, as Guinea on Tuesday reported new...

First 550,000 doses of Chinese Sinopharm's vaccine arrive in Hungary 16 Feb 2021 - 03:25 pm

BUDAPEST: The first 550,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Budapest, a leading health official said on Tuesday, as Hungary...

India detects South African, Brazilian Covid variants 16 Feb 2021 - 03:03 pm

Bengaluru: India has detected both the South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants and people returning from those countries may be tested more aggressively,...

Albania gets 7,020 more Pfizer shots, expects AstraZeneca in April 16 Feb 2021 - 02:12 pm

PRISTINA: A shipment of 7,020 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines arrived in Albania late on Monday and the Balkan country expects a batch of 360,000 AstraZeneca...

Germany plans to offer free rapid coronavirus tests from March 1 16 Feb 2021 - 01:44 pm

BERLIN: Germany plans to offer all citizens rapid coronavirus tests free of charge from March 1, its health minister said on Tuesday. Jens...

Malaysia to kick off COVID-19 vaccination drive next week 16 Feb 2021 - 01:17 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will receive its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines over the weekend for a COVID-19 inoculation drive that is set to...

Japan to start inoculation drive Wednesday with 40,000 medical workers 16 Feb 2021 - 12:45 pm

TOKYO: Japan will begin its COVID-19 inoculation drive on Wednesday, starting with 40,000 medical workers, Japan's vaccination programme chief Taro Kono said at...

Court orders Dutch government to scrap coronavirus curfew 16 Feb 2021 - 12:43 pm

Amsterdam: A Dutch court ordered the government on Tuesday to immediately scrap the night-time curfew imposed to help limit the spread of the...

South Korean spy agency says North Korea hackers tried stealing Pfizer vaccine know-how: Yonhap 16 Feb 2021 - 12:27 pm

Seoul: North Korea has attempted to steal COVID-19 vaccine technology by hacking Pfizer Inc according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS), Yonhap...

US forces in Iraq hit by rockets, contractor killed 16 Feb 2021 - 12:11 pm

Erbil: A rocket attack on US-led forces in northern Iraq killed a civilian contractor on Monday and injured a U.S. service member, the...

UK to facilitate other countries' COVID vaccine passport plans: minister 16 Feb 2021 - 11:39 am

LONDON: Britain will provide vaccine COVID-19 certificates for its residents if they are required by other countries, although it is not planning to...