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India cases surge; CDC's J&J talk ends without vote: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/04/2021
» India reported more than 200,000 new infections on Thursday, its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking a vote, while J&J itself said it continues to believe in the positive benefit-risk profile of its Covid-19 shot.
Myanmar civil war fears grow after airstrikes on ethnic army
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2021
» As the death toll among Myanmar’s protesters rose dramatically last weekend, military air strikes against one of the country’s largest rebel groups stoked fears of another problem: full-fledged civil war.
Johnson’s Global Britain blueprint hit by China human rights row
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/03/2021
» Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted the UK must be ready to increase trade with China, in the face of criticism that his government is putting commercial deals ahead of security and human rights.
Stark differences among SE Asia’s vaccination strategies
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/02/2021
» Moderna Inc won approval from Singapore for its Covid vaccine and signed a deal to sell doses to the Philippines, becoming the fourth supplier to get regulatory clearance in Southeast Asia.
Putin’s once-scorned vaccine now favourite in pandemic fight
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/02/2021
» President Vladimir Putin’s announcement in August that Russia had cleared the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for use before it even completed safety trials sparked skepticism worldwide. Now he may reap diplomatic dividends as Russia basks in arguably its biggest scientific breakthrough since the Soviet era.
Energy giant PTT buys Oman gas stake from BP for B78 bn
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/02/2021
» BP Plc will sell a stake in an Omani gas block to Thailand’s national energy firm for $2.6 billion (77.8 billion baht).
Thailand to get 2 million shots of China’s Sinovac
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/01/2021
» Thailand will get its first lot of Covid-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd next month, allowing the country in the middle of a resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak to begin inoculating people with the highest risks for infections.
Indonesia to sign vaccine deals with Pfizer, AstraZeneca
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/12/2020
» Indonesia will sign vaccine procurement deals with Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc as it braces for a flare-up in Covid-19 infections after the year-end holiday.
Grab, Gojek close in on terms for merger
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/12/2020
» Grab Holdings Inc and Gojek have made substantial progress in working out a deal to combine their businesses in what would be the biggest internet merger in Southeast Asia, according to people with knowledge of the talks.
SE Asia’s virus hotspot counts on early vaccine rollout
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/11/2020
» Indonesia, the world’s fourth most-populous nation that’s battling Southeast Asia’s worst coronavirus outbreak, is gearing for a massive vaccination programme that the government wants to start as soon as next month.