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BioNTech Founders Expect Covid-19 Pandemic to Last Until Mid-2022
Business, Published on 06/05/2021
» The surge of coronavirus infections in developing countries such as India amid a relative scarcity of vaccine supply means that the pandemic will keep spreading until mid-2022, according to the inventors of the first Covid-19 vaccine authorized in the West.
Headline 'not racist'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/05/2021
» Re: "Racist' headline irks", (PostBag, May 3).
Local AZ vaccine 'fit for use'
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/04/2021
» Samples of AstraZeneca vaccine licensed to be produced locally by Siam Bioscience have passed the standard set by the Department of Medical Sciences (DMS).
New jab on the way
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/04/2021
» Re: "A puzzling lack of logic in govt vaccine strategy", (Opinion, April 6).
Indonesian businesses join jab drive
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 15/03/2021
» More than 9,000 private companies in Indonesia are gearing up to inoculate their employees and their family members in a bid to revive productivity that has been severely curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tracking the path of the virus
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/12/2020
» From an animal market in Wuhan, to the spread of the novel coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess, to Seoul's nightclub scene, the virus has still not stopped wreaking havoc on the world's population. Just last week, the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Antarctica at a Chilean research station.
US vaccine 94.5% effective
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/11/2020
» US firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was 94.5% effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the vaccine hunt.
China shows the way on drug prices
News, Published on 13/07/2018
» US President Donald Trump exulted this week over Pfizer Inc's decision to delay planned drug price increases a day after he attacked the company on Twitter. He should take a look at China, where President Xi Jinping has done much better.
Tolerance of corruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/11/2010
» Citizens who won't tolerate corruption anymore, as in the case of Hong Kong over 50 years ago, may be the essential ingredient in fighting corruption.