Asia Pacific
Turkey begins Phase III trials of Chinese coronavirus vaccine
Turkey began final Phase III trials of an experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, Turkish media reported. The vaccine will be administered ...Virus restrictions threaten Asia economic recovery in 2021
Coronavirus-ravaged economies across the Asia Pacific will make a “swoosh-shaped” recovery next year, the Asian Development Bank forecast Tuesday, but it warned ...China coronavirus vaccine may be ready for public in November
Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with ...Japan ruling party elects Yoshihide Suga as PM successor
Yoshihide Suga, the man expected to become Japan’s next prime minister, is a farmer’s son with a reputation for inscrutability, who has ...Crowds rally in New Zealand’s Auckland against coronavirus lockdown
Large crowds of people rallied in Auckland on Saturday against the government’s social distancing restrictions imposed on the country’s largest city after ...India, China agree to disengage thousands of border troops
The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ...Australia expects to receive AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine within months
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in January, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said ...Powerful typhoon slams Japan with violent winds, heavy rain
A powerful typhoon began to lash southern Japan on Sunday, with officials warning it could bring record rainfall and winds strong enough ...90% of China’s Sinovac employees, families took coronavirus vaccine
About 90% of Sinovac Biotech Ltd <SVA.O> employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm ...New Zealand records first Covid-19 death in over three months
New Zealand recorded its first Covid-19 death in more than three months on Friday when a man in his 50s succumbed to ...














