Health
US approves plasma to treat virus, global death toll above 800,000
The United States announced an emergency authorization to use blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment for the disease, which ...China’s coronavirus vaccine development efforts
China has several novel coronavirus vaccine candidates in the late stage of development. Below is a summary of its efforts to develop ...Belarus braces for mass protests as Lukashenko orders army to defend nation
Tens of thousands of protesters demanding President Alexander Lukashenko step down flooded into Minsk on Sunday, at one point demonstrating briefly near ...Russia plans COVID-19 vaccine output at 6 million doses a month
Russia expects to produce between 1.5 million and 2 million doses per month of its potential COVID-19 vaccine by the year end, ...South Korea reports highest daily virus cases since March
South Korea reported its highest daily number of coronavirus cases since early March on Sunday as authorities warned the country was “on ...Russia vaccine roll-out plan prompts virus mutation worries
Russia’s plan to roll-out its “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine even before full trials show how well it works is prompting concern among virus ...South Korean coronavirus infections fan out nationwide from church cluster
Novel coronavirus infections have spread nationwide from a church in the South Korean capital, raising fears that one of the world’s virus ...Mexico signals eagerness to have Russian coronavirus vaccine
Mexico has told Moscow it is eager to have Russia’s coronavirus vaccine once phase 3 testing for the product is complete, Mexican ...WHO urges nations to join global shared vaccine bid
The WHO wrote to every country on Tuesday urging them to quickly join its global shared vaccine programme — and spelled out ...Australia to manufacture ‘promising’ virus vaccine and give free to citizens
Australia has secured access to a “promising” potential coronavirus vaccine, the prime minister announced Tuesday, saying the country would manufacture it and ...














