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UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
Published On: January 2, 2021 09:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Jan 2: Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus.
Lobster and foie gras, but no crowds this New Year in France
Published On: January 2, 2021 07:50 AM NPT By: Reuters
When the clocks strike midnight on New Year’s Eve, France will be under curfew and its citizens plan to celebrate with gourmet food rather than large groups of friends.
AstraZeneca COVID vaccine set to become first one approved in India - sources
Published On: January 1, 2021 04:53 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Jan 1: India’s drug regulator is set to approve on Friday a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
U.S. vaccinations in 2020 fall far short of target of 20 million people
Published On: January 1, 2021 01:59 PM NPT By: Reuters
USA, Jan 1: Only about 2.8 million Americans had received a COVID-19 vaccine going into the last day of December, putting the United States far short of the government’s target to vaccinate 20 million people this month.
More infectious COVID-19 variant found in Florida: state officials
Published On: January 1, 2021 01:58 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: A more infections variant of COVID-19 that has swept through the United Kingdom has been identified in Florida, state health officials said on Thursday, marking the third known U.S. state to identify such a case.
China gives its first COVID-19 vaccine approval to Sinopharm
Published On: December 31, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Dec 31: China approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use on Thursday, a shot developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, as it braces for greater transmission risks over the winter.
Twenty-two killed in attack on Aden airport after new Yemen cabinet lands
Published On: December 31, 2020 01:29 PM NPT By: Reuters
ADEN, Dec 31: At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday, moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen.
Syrian state media says 28 killed in bus ambush in Deir al-Zor
Published On: December 31, 2020 01:27 PM NPT By: Reuters
AMMAN, Dec 31: Twenty-eight people were killed in an attack on a bus along a main highway in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province that borders Iraq, Syrian state media said on Wednesday, an incident that residents and defectors say was an ambush on an army vehicle.
A divided United Kingdom exits EU's orbit, enters Brexit unknown
Published On: December 31, 2020 01:11 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Dec 31: The United Kingdom exits the European Union’s orbit on Thursday, turning its back on a tempestuous 48-year liaison with the European project for an uncertain Brexit future that will shape the fortunes of its people for generations to come.
China gives its first COVID-19 vaccine approval to Sinopharm
Published On: December 31, 2020 10:24 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Dec 31: China approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm on Thursday, its first approved shot for general public use as it braces for increased transmission risks over winter.
Greece hoping for tourism recovery from summer 2021 after pandemic slump
Published On: December 31, 2020 09:36 AM NPT By: Reuters
Greece’s tourism sector is expected to recover next summer following a dramatic fall in revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic this year, a senior industry official said on Tuesday.
Explainer-How does AstraZeneca's vaccine compare with Pfizer-BioNTech?
Published On: December 31, 2020 07:35 AM NPT By: Reuters
ZURICH, Dec 31: Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s home-grown UK COVID-19 vaccine, adding an easy-to-manage shot to the arsenal of a nation desperate for pandemic relief.
WHO, marking year since COVID-19 began, urges fair vaccine distribution to all
Published On: December 30, 2020 07:48 PM NPT By: Reuters
GENEVA, Dec 30: The head of the World Health Organization, marking a year since the first cases of the novel coronavirus were reported by China, urged countries on Wednesday to ensure that vaccines are made available to people at risk everywhere, not just in rich nations.
India says talks with China yet to make progress to end border standoff
Published On: December 30, 2020 05:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Dec 30: Talks between India and China have yet to make headway to end a standoff on a disputed section of their Himalayan border, India’s defence minister said on Wednesday, as thousands of troops from both sides faced a freezing winter in the mountains.
Seville cancels famed Easter parades over coronavirus, again
Published On: December 30, 2020 04:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
Seville on Tuesday cancelled its traditional Easter processions, calling off Spain’s most spectacular Holy Week parades with three months’ notice because of the coronavirus.
New coronavirus variant does not cause illness more severe than others -Public Health England study
Published On: December 30, 2020 02:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Dec 30: A new variant of the novel coronavirus does not appear to cause more severe illness than other variants, according to a matched study by Public Health England.
Britain first to approve AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine
Published On: December 30, 2020 02:16 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Dec 30: Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca as it battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus.
India extends suspension of flights with Britain to Jan. 7
Published On: December 30, 2020 12:54 PM NPT By: Reuters
BENGALURU, Dec 30: India has extended until Jan. 7 its suspension of flights with Britain, the civil aviation minister said, as the South Asian nation reported 20 cases of a new infectious strain of coronavirus first detected in the United Kingdom.
China sentences HK activists up to three years in jail for border crossing
Published On: December 30, 2020 10:53 AM NPT By: Reuters
SHENZHEN, Dec 30: A Chinese court sentenced 10 Hong Kong activists to between seven months and three years in jail on Wednesday for illegally crossing the border, in a case that has drawn international attention and concern over the defendants’ treatment.
South Korea tries to contain coronavirus outbreak in prison
Published On: December 30, 2020 10:46 AM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, Dec 30: South Korean authorities scrambled to contain a cluster of coronavirus infections in a Seoul prison as inmates waved signs through barred windows pleading for help, while the U.S. military got South Korea’s nod to vaccinate South Korean troops.
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