Health
World ushers in New Year in shadow of pandemic
Confetti fluttered on to frontline workers scattered across Times Square after fireworks burst above eerily quiet landmarks from Sydney Harbour ...China gives its first COVID-19 vaccine approval to Sinopharm
China approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use on Thursday, a shot developed by an affiliate of state-backed ...Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine 79% effective, seeks approval in China
A vaccine developed by a unit of China National Biotec Group (CNBG) is 79.34% effective at protecting people from COVID-19 ...UK approves use of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine with easier storage
Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and ...Argentina begins COVID vaccination drive with Russia’s Sputnik V
Argentina began to vaccinate its citizens against the coronavirus on Tuesday using 300,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine ...India’s Serum Institute expects approval for AstraZeneca vaccine in days
The Serum Institute of India, the local maker of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, said on Monday it expected the British ...Approval of Oxford/AstraZeneca could relax restrictions
British regulatory approval of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca could accelerate the lifting of COVID-19 ...European Union begins vaccinations to end Covid ‘nightmare’
Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the ...Russia’s president Vladimir Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian ...EU begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads
The European Union began a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by ...