Health

[ad_1] AUCKLAND (REUTERS) – New Zealand health officials said on Sunday (January 24) that they were investigating what they said was likely the country’s first community coronavirus case in months, in a woman who recently returned from abroad. The 56-year-old, who returned to New Zealand on December 30, tested positive …

[ad_1] MAJOR NOIDA, India: India’s massive coronavirus vaccination campaign is delayed, with a third of beneficiaries not showing up for appointments due to safety fears, technical failures and the belief that the pandemic is ending. After a week, India has vaccinated 1.4 million people, or 200,000 people per day. It …

[ad_1] WUHAN: A year ago, an advisory sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, bringing China’s bustling industrial and transportation hub to a virtual standoff almost overnight to the morning. It would last 76 days. However, in the early morning of Saturday (January …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) – Larry King, the common man in suspenders whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary people helped define the American conversation for half a century, died Saturday. He was 87 years old. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ora Media, …

[ad_1] PARIS: A warning from AstraZeneca that initial supplies of its COVID-19 vaccines to Europe will be lower than expected has prompted renewed concern over the launch of the vaccines, with some countries planning a sharp drop in deliveries. Friday’s announcement by the British pharmaceutical firm followed another last week …

[ad_1] HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government acted overnight in a multi-office effort to place parts of Jordan, a neighborhood on the Kowloon Peninsula, under lockdown for mandatory testing as the pandemic situation remains worrying. This is the first time the government has imposed a blockade, albeit on a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – There were no new coronavirus cases in the community or in workers’ dormitories confirmed as of noon on Saturday (January 23). But there were 10 imported cases, bringing Singapore’s total to 59,260. The 10 imported cases were placed on a stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, the …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Between 150 and 200 National Guardsmen deployed to Washington, DC, to provide security during President Joe Biden’s inauguration, have tested positive for the coronavirus, a US official said Friday (January 22). The US government imposed unprecedented security measures on the city following the deadly Jan.6 attack on the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Relief. That was all Brian Suresh Charles felt when Joe Biden, uttering the words “My God, help me,” was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States earlier this week. “At last, after four painful years of watching an absurd political charade unfold in America,” …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden, on just his third day on the job, ordered help for hungry Americans on Friday (January 22) in a rush to lift the country out of its multi-pronged coronavirus pandemic crisis. The latest orders that boosted food aid and accelerated stimulus payments were modest in …