Coronavirus Updates
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Britain’s health regulator backs COVID vaccine for infants from six months
Britain’s health regulator on Tuesday authorised a COVID-19 vaccine for infants as young as six months, opening the door for vaccinating the country’s youngest children once the UK’s Joint Committee …
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Shanghai tightens security after anti-lockdown protests across China
Shanghai authorities put up barriers on Monday around a city centre area where hundreds of people protested over the weekend against heavy COVID-19 measures, one of several demonstrations that have f…
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AstraZeneca withdraws U.S. application for COVID vaccine
AstraZeneca is no longer pursuing U.S. approval of its COVID-19 vaccine, Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said in a media call on Thursday. Demand for vaccines in the country is declining and the market…
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China COVID cases rise, with city of Guangzhou on edge
China’s COVID outbreak continued to widen on Thursday, with new case numbers at their highest since April and authorities in the hard-hit southern metropolis of Guangzhou urging residents to work fro…
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Switzerland to destroy 9 million expired Moderna COVID-19 jabs
Switzerland will destroy 9 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that have reached their expiry date, with another 5.1 million vaccine jabs set to meet the same fate by February, the government s…
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Moderna signs deal on variant-adapted COVID shots for world’s poorest
Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) has agreed to provide its new variant-adapted COVID-19 vaccine to the global scheme aiming to deliver shots to the world’s poorest people. The biotech company and vaccine allianc…
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Japan’s Fujifilm discontinues development of Avigan as COVID-19 drug
Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp said on Friday it had discontinued the development of its anti-influenza drug Avigan as a COVID-19 treatment. The company had halted Avigan’s enrolment in a clinical tr…
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China reports 1,456 new COVID cases for Oct 13 vs 1,624 a day earlier
China reported 1,456 new COVID-19 infections for Oct. 13, of which 313 were symptomatic and 1,143 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Friday. That compared with 1,624 new cases …
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Pfizer, BioNTech’s updated booster protects against Omicron in human trial
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said their COVID-19 vaccine booster, adapted for the BA.4 and the BA.5 subvariants, generated a strong immune response and was well tolerated in testing on huma…
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Indonesia in talks with African countries to export its homemade COVID shot
Indonesia is in talks with several African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade COVID-19 vaccine, its developer said on Friday, after becoming the first country in Southeas…