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The US Food and Drug Administration is aiming to give the green light for the Pfizer shots by early September.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 10:00pm
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in late Julythat China had supplied over 700 million vaccine doses to other countries.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 09:15pm
Published 05 Aug, 2021 08:35pm
The two countries disregard an appeal by the WHO to hold off booster shots until more people are vaccinated across the globe.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 08:00pm
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin may 'soon' announce that vaccines are being made mandatory for troops, says report.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 07:25pm
Both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 06:45pm
Two mobile vaccination units each were deployed in districts East, West, South, Keamari; three in Central and one in Malir.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 06:10pm
The ministry has urged people to take necessary precautions and get vaccinated.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 05:40pm
The new cases have brought the total for Tokyo to 236,138.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 05:05pm
Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state will lock down for seven weeks after the detection of eight new infections.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 04:30pm
Mortality rate of those not vaccinated is 15.5pc compared with 4.1pc for those who have been fully vaccinated.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 04:05pm
The country is reporting over 94,819 cases on a seven-day average, a five-fold increase in less than a month.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 03:45pm
India's busy festival season begins this month, with several celebrations dotting the calendar until November when Diwali occurs.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 03:20pm
Macron's government is trying to step up France's Covid vaccination programme again.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 03:00pm
The daily total of new cases broke the 20,000 threshold for the first time on Wednesday, a feat repeated on Thursday.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 02:40pm
President Xi Jinping’s government is fighting the most serious outbreak since last year’s peak in Wuhan.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 02:20pm
Published 05 Aug, 2021 02:00pm
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he will designate Covid-19 vaccines as one of the three national strategic technologies.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 01:36pm
"Today's changes reopen a range of different holiday destinations across the globe, which is good news," says transport minister.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 01:05pm
Coronavirus infections are surging faster than ever before.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 12:42pm
NHS chief executive says 1,000 young adults are currently "really unwell" in hospitals.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 12:23pm
The total number of cases has increased to 1,053,660 and the death toll is 23,635.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 11:36am
Islamabad reported 441 cases and one death.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 10:59am
The province’s infection tally now stands at 392,433 and the death toll has climbed to 6,098.
Updated 06 Aug, 2021 10:36am
Balochistan reports 131 cases, one death.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 10:38am
Punjab reports 1,173 cases, 18 deaths.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 10:32am
The total number of recoveries from the coronavirus has increased to 952,616.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 10:28am
It’s unclear, but researchers are studying chances of long-term symptoms in anyone who might get infected after vaccination.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 10:04am
The two countries' travel-related moves come as the fast-spreading Delta variant cuts a deadly swath across the planet.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 08:22am
City has reported five coronavirus-related deaths and record daily rise in infections.
Published 05 Aug, 2021 07:15am
