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Serbia is one of the first countries in Europe to launch a campaign with the Pfizer-BioNTech shot.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 05:30pm
Malaysia so far has enough doses to inoculate 40pc of its population, and has promised $500 million more to buy enough vaccines.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 04:53pm
China Southern has been operating one weekly flight between its hub Guangzhou and London.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 04:27pm
A decision on whether to also extend the ban into the new year will be made on December 26.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 03:54pm
NCOC says govt regularly reviewing all developments , including data from phase 3 clinical trials currently ongoing in Pakistan.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 02:49pm
The eastern state of Saxony has seen the highest infection rates.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 02:40pm
The figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency brought the national caseload to 52,550.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 02:10pm
Published 23 Dec, 2020 01:28pm
2,419 virus patients are in critical condition.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 11:40am
Islamabad has recorded 67 infections — the first time since October 25 that the capital has reported less than 100 daily cases.
Updated 24 Dec, 2020 11:12am
This has taken Punjab's caseload to 133,179 while the total fatalities have risen to 3,732.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 11:30am
KP has also recorded 10 more deaths from the virus.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 11:25am
Dr Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar received their first dose of the vaccine.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 10:05am
South Korea recorded 1,092 new coronavirus cases, bringing the national tally to 52,550, with 739 deaths.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 09:10am
It has the world’s second-highest per capita death toll from the pandemic.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 08:10am
The AstraZeneca-Oxford shot is considered vital for lower-income countries.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:05am
Organisers of Tokyo Olympics unveil their latest budget for the delayed tournament.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 10:46pm
Iraqi citizens in those countries will be allowed to return, subject to a two-week quarantine on arrival.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 10:15pm
A senior Mexican official said on Tuesday that the World Health Organisation does not recommend banning flights from...
Published 22 Dec, 2020 09:45pm
Landlords with more than 10 properties in urban centres must cut rates by 50 per cent.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 09:10pm
Much of the world shut their borders to Britain after a mutated variant of the novel coronavirus was discovered.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 08:26pm
Published 22 Dec, 2020 07:48pm
Ireland has one of the lowest incidence rates of Covid-19 in Europe.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 06:45pm
The provincial total has risen to 206,489 while the death toll is 3,379.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 06:10pm
Published 22 Dec, 2020 05:53pm
India is yet to confirm any cases of the new strain.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 04:40pm
Moderna expects immunity from its vaccine to protect against the variants and is performing more tests.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 03:55pm
Hans Kluge says that “limiting travel to contain spread is prudent until we have better info".
Published 22 Dec, 2020 03:15pm
The variant detected in Britain has nine mutations, rather than just one as is usually common, he says.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 02:35pm
465 policemen are under treatment while 3,597 have recovered.
Published 22 Dec, 2020 02:00pm