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Covid vaccines for kids? Strategies around the world
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» PARIS - Pfizer on Thursday requested emergency approval from US health authorities to use its Covid jab in children aged five to 11.
Hong Kong looking to procure world's first Covid-19 pill
Published on 03/10/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong is in the process of securing the world's first Covid-19 pill, which the manufacturers claim can cut hospitalisations and deaths by half.
Confidante of Myanmar's Suu Kyi dies after catching Covid in junta jail
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» A confidante of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and stalwart democracy campaigner died Tuesday after becoming infected with Covid-19 in prison, authorities said.
Covid shatters hajj dreams of older pilgrims
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» CAIRO - Samia Ahmed saved up for 16 years, but like many older Muslims she fears that renewed Covid-19 curbs will prevent her from ever making the hajj pilgrimage.
Expat pill couriers: Lifeline in medicine-starved Lebanon
AFP, Published on 11/07/2021
» BEIRUT - Barely two hours after Lydia landed from Marseille in France, friends and relatives flocked to her apartment to collect drugs that have vanished from Lebanese pharmacies because of crippling shortages.
Former Philippines president 'Noynoy' Aquino dies aged 61
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MANILA: Former Philippine president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, the reserved scion of one of Asia's most famous political families, died on Thursday. He was 61.
Africa has much higher mortality rate for very ill Covid patients: study
AFP, Published on 21/05/2021
» PARIS - Seriously ill Covid-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack of critical care equipment, a study published Friday said.
French court dismisses complaint over Agent Orange use in Vietnam War
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2021
» A French court on Monday dismissed a case by an elderly French-Vietnamese woman against several agrochemical companies, including Monsanto and Dow Chemical, over the use by the US military of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
Vietnamese woman is Laos' first Covid-19 fatality
Published on 10/05/2021
» A Vietnamese woman died from Covid-19 in Laos on Sunday, according to state-run media, marking the first death from the disease in the impoverished communist country.
India Covid patients flock to makeshift tent for lifesaving oxygen
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» GHAZIABAD, India: Himanshu Verma sighed in relief as a mask was fitted over his mother's face, allowing the Covid-19 sufferer to breathe in oxygen as she sat alongside a busy road on the outskirts of New Delhi.