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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis ‘set to worsen dramatically, UN warns
The humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray is set to “worsen dramatically” and to deadly effect, the UN warned Thursday, blaming an ...Japan suspends 1.6 mln doses of Moderna shot days after contamination reports
Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Wednesday it has withheld the supply of about 1.63 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Japan ...Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine wins full U.S. FDA approval
The U.S. drug regulator on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine – the first to secure such ...Thousands protest against COVID-19 health pass in France
Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on Saturday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a ...EU says it is on track for 70% vaccination target by end summer
The European Union is on course to hit a target of fully vaccinating at least 70% of the adult population by the ...U.S. officials say fully vaccinated don’t need booster
U.S. health officials, after meeting with vaccine maker Pfizer PFE.N>, reiterated on Monday that Americans who have been fully vaccinated do not ...At least 35 killed in Iraq COVID ward fire
At least 35 people have been killed in a fire at a COVID isolation ward in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, ...Germany relaxes restrictions for travelers from UK, India and other countries
Germany is easing strict restrictions on travel from Britain, Portugal and some other countries that were imposed because of the rise of ...U.N. warns of worsening famine, more clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Top U.N. officials warned the Security Council on Friday that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray were now in famine and ...Madagascar droughts push 400,000 toward starvation: UN
The U.N. World Food Program says southern Madagascar is in the throes of back-to-back droughts that are pushing 400,000 people toward starvation, ...














