Tag: vaccines
What we know about the new Brazilian Covid-19 variant P.1
India -- Britain on Monday sent out a public appeal to locate the mystery individual infected with an extremely infectious variant of coronavirus first...
Ho Ching helps spread the word about vaccines, vaccination centres
Singapore—The Covid-19 vaccination roll-out is proceeding smoothly, with the doses for senior citizens ages 70 and above beginning nationwide from Monday (Feb 22) onward.
As...
Emirates airline vaccinates staff against Covid-19
Dubai-based airline Emirates on Monday launched a coronavirus vaccination programme for its staff based in the UAE, seeking to bolster the tourism sector.
"The inoculation...
Vaccinated and non-vaccinated travellers still subject to same border measures: Lawrence Wong
Singapore — The first parliamentary session of the year, which was live-streamed on Monday (Jan 4), heard updates on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Education Minister Lawrence...
US health worker has serious allergic reaction to Pfizer vaccine
A health worker in Alaska suffered a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine and is now hospitalized but stable, a report said...
Pfizer vaccine raises ‘no specific safety concerns’: US regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a briefing document Tuesday saying the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, raising expectations the...
G20 throws weight behind global Covid-19 vaccine access at summit
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | AFP | Saturday 11/22/2020
by Anuj Chopra
G20 nations emphasised the need for global access to coronavirus vaccines at a Saudi-hosted virtual...
G20 urged to fill $4.5 bn gap in global Covid-19 vaccine fund
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | AFP | Friday 11/20/2020
G20 nations must help plug a $4.5 billion gap in the global Covid-19 vaccine fund to save...