Health
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 ...Russia vaccine ‘passes early trial test’
Early tests of a Russian coronavirus vaccine showed encouraging results when details were published Friday, but experts said the trials were too ...UN chief warns of famine risk in 4 countries
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in four countries affected by conflict ...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 ...EU hopeful first vaccine doses will come by end of year
The European Union hopes it will get 30 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year, the ...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 ...US told to get ready for vaccine ‘by November’
The US has urged states to get ready for a potential Covid-19 vaccine rollout two days before the presidential election, it emerged ...Cuba imposes Havana curfew to curb spike in virus cases
The clocks strike 7:00 pm in Havana and the usually crowded Malecon esplanade quickly empties. For the first time since the Cuban ...US cuts remaining dues payment to WHO after Trump pullout
The Trump administration said Wednesday it won’t pay more than $60 million in dues it owes to the World Health Organization and ...













