COVID curbs over, China’s tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years
PHUKET — Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to Thailand for their first trips abroad since China ended its strict COVID-19 curbs and reopened its borders. “Because of the pandemic, we hadn’t been out of China for three years,” said tourist and business owner Kiki…
Shanghai hit by COVID protests as anger spreads across China
SHANGHAI/BEIJING — Protests against China’s heavy COVID-19 curbs spread to more cities, including in the financial hub Shanghai early on Sunday, nearly three years into the pandemic, with a fresh wave of anger sparked by a deadly fire in the country’s far west. The fire on Thursday that killed 10 people in a high-rise building…
Pfizer COVID vaccines safe and effective for small children, FDA staff say
U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers on Sunday said Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines were effective and safe for use in children aged 6 months to 4 years. The FDA reviewers said in briefing documents published on Sunday evening that their evaluation did not reveal any new safety concerns related to the use of the vaccine…
AstraZeneca says COVID shot approved in EU as booster
Drugmaker AstraZeneca said nL2N2XB1I0 on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, has been approved in the European Union by the region’s medical regulator as a third-dose booster in adults following a panel recommendation last week. (Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips…
Rapid COVID-19 tests are reselling for as much as $75 a pack, 3 times more than their normal retail price: report
Kroger and Walmart sell BinaxNOW COVID rapid tests for $23.99 and $19.98 respectively, but some test kits are reselling for three times the price…
U.S. NTSB cuts back on travel over COVID-19 concerns
WASHINGTON — The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday the agency is halting travel unrelated to investigating crashes through at least the end of January. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told employees in an email seen by Reuters that because of “substantial COVID numbers across the country – to include the Washington…
China COVID-19 cases spike ahead of Communist Party conclave
China COVID-19 cases spike ahead of Communist Party conclave
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 5 million as Delta variant sweeps the world
Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesitancy in some western nations…
IMF, World Bank urge more COVID-19 vaccination doses to go to poor countries
IMF, World Bank urge more COVID-19 vaccination doses to go to poor countries
U.S. CDC announces new 60-day COVID-19 eviction moratorium
U.S. CDC announces new 60-day COVID-19 eviction moratorium
Recommending Covid-19 booster shot will be premature: WHO scientist
More-transmissible strains are prompting vaccine makers to test whether tweaked versions of their existing shots will provide broader immunity.
After the Covid-19 pandemic, a wave of spending by older consumers
The number of people aged 65 and over is projected to double to more 1.5 billion by 2050, greatly increasing their economic impact
COVID certificate will be a signal for travel in EU, Germany says
COVID certificate will be a signal for travel in EU, Germany says
BMC to procure Covid-19 shots, devises steps to make vaccination accessible
The corporation also plans to set up vaccination centres in each of 24 municipal wards and has also issued vaccination guidelines for housing societies
Do away with Covid-19 negative report rule, airlines urge state govts
A second wave of Covid-19 has severely hit Indian airlines
Covid-19 pandemic: Himachal Pradesh reports 28 deaths and 1,465 cases
Himachal Pradesh on Thursday recorded 1,465 COVID-19 cases and 28 fatalities, a senior official said
Covid-19 fallout: Outdated CPI, GDP may have to wait longer for revision
Revision of CPI and GDP base years from 2011-12 and 2012, respectively, was dependent on the outcomes of the consumer expenditure survey of 2017-18, which the govt junked sometime back
Covid-19 crisis: 5 tonnes of oxygen concentrators dispatched from US
Air India’s A102 is transporting five tonnes (5000kg) of oxygen concentrators as cargo from the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and is scheduled to land in Delhi by Monday noon
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Karnataka sees nearly 3,000 new Covid cases, 21 deaths in last 24 hours
Bengaluru Urban alone accounted for 1,984 fresh cases today