The Gulf Emirates airline has introduced a confidence-building measure for its passengers, as it has begun to provide free coverage for COVID-19 medical expenses and quarantine costs, when they fly to any destination, on any kind of travel. . Accordingly, the Dubai-based carrier will cover medical expenses of up to …
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Abranches was the first of 5,000 Brazilian key health care workers to receive a test coronavirus vaccine from the University of Oxford and the pharmaceutical multinational AstraZeneca, along with volunteers in the UK and South Africa. Across the city, frontline doctors like her have signed up for a Phase 3 …
Read More »The consulate closes a turning point in Sino-US relations
CHENGDU, China (AP) – In the more than 40 years since China and the US established formal diplomatic relations, accusations have been exchanged, tensions have risen and fallen, and the two sides have come dangerously close to a direct confrontation. However, the forced closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston …
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Newswrap, July 26: From the latest updates on Sushant Singh Rajput’s case to Karishma winner Tanna Khatron Ke Khiladi 10, these are the key Sunday stories you should know. For those of you who might have missed some of the entertainment world updates, we bring you some of the key …
Read More »US vaccine company: Human trials could be conducted in Israel as infection rates increase
The head of a US company developing a COVID-19 vaccine said Sunday that as coronavirus infection rates in Israel increase, it could be used as a site for human trials. “I understand that Israel is under some major challenges regarding the prevalence of COVID, and that it would present an …
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