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[ad_1] GENEVA: The World Health Organization expects to make decisions on whether to approve the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca in the coming weeks, its chief scientist said on Friday (December 11). Soumya Swaminathan said the world health body could decide on the Pfizer vaccine …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: New Zealand and the Cook Islands will allow people to travel between countries without quarantine, they said on Saturday (December 12), in what would be New Zealand’s first reciprocal “travel bubble” since the coronavirus triggered the shutdown. of borders around the world. Leaders of the South Pacific countries …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: US officials braced themselves on Friday (December 11) for the most ambitious vaccination campaign in decades, as regulators moved rapidly toward approval of the first COVID-19 vaccine to curb a pandemic that now kills 3,000 Americans per day. Another 2,902 deaths were reported in the United States …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States authorized the use of the country’s first COVID-19 vaccine on Friday (December 11) and inoculations could begin “in less than 24 hours,” President Donald Trump said. The approval of the Pfizer vaccine marks a turning point in the United States, where the pandemic has killed …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Confronting China over its unfair trade practices will be a “key priority” in his administration, US President-elect Joe Biden said on Friday (December 11), introducing veteran business attorney Katherine Tai as his choice. for the most important trade in the country. sent and advisor. Ms. Tai, 45, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore plans to sign a free trade agreement with the Pacific Alliance, which includes Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, next year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s press secretary said on Friday (December 11). A “substantial conclusion” in the agreement has been reached after three years of negotiations, Ms. …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A recent survey commissioned by The Straits Times of 1,000 people aged 16 and over here found that roughly eight in 10 would say “yes” to getting vaccinated against Covid-19, with more than half of this group willing to receive it in the moment is available. About …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India will deploy its vast electoral machinery to deliver 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the most vulnerable people in the next six to eight months through conventional cold chain systems, it said on Friday (Dec 11) the expert leading the initiative. The government has aligned …

[ad_1] PHNOM PENH: Until he was 14 years old, Thuch Salik’s world revolved around the streets of Siem Reap, Cambodia, where he had to sell trinkets and souvenirs to tourists to help support his parents. His home was a shack on the outskirts of Angkor Wat, and he only had …

[ad_1] Photographer: Victoria Jones / PA Wire Photographer: Victoria Jones / PA Wire The Chinese company with the right to trade Pfizer Inc.-The BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine in Hong Kong is preparing to seek vaccine approval shortly after the US clears it up, according to people familiar with the matter. …