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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 ...China offers coronavirus vaccine candidates to aviation industry workers
China has offered experimental coronavirus vaccines to aviation industry workers, according to a regulatory notice seen by Reuters, in a push to ...Asian stocks mixed as vaccine hopes tempered by US data
Asian equities were mixed Thursday following another blow-out session on Wall Street, with new vaccine hopes and central bank largesse offset by ...Japan considering offering coronavirus vaccine for free to all citizens
The Japanese government is considering offering the coronavirus vaccine for free to all citizens, Kyodo news reported on Wednesday. The government has ...Virus plunges Australia into first recession in nearly 30 years
Australia tumbled into its first recession for almost three decades with its pandemic-crippled economy shrinking a record seven percent in the second ...Japan to participate in WHO coronavirus vaccine programme
Japan’s health ministry said on Tuesday it planned to participate in the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 vaccine programme known as COVAX. A ...Australia virus cases drop after lengthy Melbourne lockdown
Australia reported fewer than 100 new coronavirus cases Monday, the lowest number in two months as authorities appeared to bring an outbreak ...














