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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India granted Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN emergency approval on Sunday (January 3), but faced questions after taking the plunge without releasing efficacy data for the homegrown coronavirus vaccine. The news, announced by India’s Drug Controller General (DCGI), who did not answer questions, was hailed by Prime Minister Narendra …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 1,704 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday (Jan 3), with Selangor accounting for the majority of the latest infections. Malaysia is currently battling its third wave of COVID-19 during its Recovery Motion Control Order (RMCO) period and has recorded daily four-digit increases for about two weeks. …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Badminton number one Kento Momota tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday (Jan.3), prompting the withdrawal of all Japan players from this month’s Thailand Open, the Japan Badminton Association said. “Momota has tested positive for the coronavirus and the association has decided not to send any players, including Momota, …

[ad_1] JAKARTA – The national distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine that was developed by the Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech began on Sunday (January 3). Mass inoculations are scheduled to begin later this month. The distribution exercise comes after Indonesia’s state-owned vaccine producer Bio Farma received 1.2 million doses of the …

[ad_1] SYDNEY (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, reported eight new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday (January 3) as new social distancing restrictions and mandatory mask use will be implemented. , while neighboring Victoria had three new cases. The NSW outbreak began in mid-December in Sydney’s …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 35 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Sunday (January 3), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,697. These were all imported cases and had been placed on stay-at-home or isolated notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. Six are Singaporean or permanent …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator on Sunday (Jan 3) gave final approval for the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat. Biotech. The second most populous country in the world is now expected to begin a …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Until March, when everything started to taste like cardboard, Katherine Hansen had such a keen sense of smell that she could recreate almost any restaurant dish at home without the recipe, simply by remembering the aromas and flavors. Then the coronavirus arrived. One of Hansen’s first symptoms …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Thirty-five new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Singapore as of noon on Sunday (January 3), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its preliminary daily update. No new cases were found in the community or in the dormitories of foreign workers. Ad Ad All the cases were …

[ad_1] PARIS: Countries around the world tightened restrictions on their populations on Saturday (January 2) to combat the resurgence of COVID-19, as the European Union offered to help pharmaceutical companies expand vaccine production to deal with with distribution “bottlenecks”. From local curfews to alcohol bans and outright closures, governments are …