Coronavirus Updates
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Moderna delays COVID vaccine deliveries to EU by several months
Moderna Inc said on Thursday it has agreed to push back some COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union by several months to later in 2022 or early next year. Shares of Moderna fell nearly 2% …
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U.S. doctors reconsider Pfizer’s Paxlovid for lower-risk COVID patients
Use of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid spiked this week, but some doctors are reconsidering the pills for lower-risk patients after a U.S. public health agency warned that symptoms can recur…
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Shanghai city to lift lockdown restrictions on June 1
Shanghai authorities will lift the city’s two-month long lockdown from midnight on Wednesday, allowing private cars including taxis back on to the roads and people to freely move in and out of low-ri…
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Swiss to destroy more than 620,000 expired Moderna COVID doses
Switzerland will destroy more than 620,000 expired doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said on Friday, as demand for the shots drops dramatically. “It was consciously accepted that …
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U.S. FDA sets June meeting dates for Moderna, Pfizer small children COVID-19 vaccines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration set June 14-15 as the new meeting date to review Moderna Inc’s emergency authorization request for its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 5 years and…
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N.Korea boosts production of drugs, medical supplies to battle COVID
North Korea is ramping up production of drugs and medical supplies including sterilisers and thermometers as it battles an unprecedented coronavirus outbreak, state media KCNA said on Thursday. The i…
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U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID booster shot for young children
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, making everyone in the country over the age …
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N.Korea announce first COVID-19 outbreak, orders lockdown in ‘gravest emergency’
North Korea confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency” and ordering a national lockdown, with state media reporting an Omicron variant had been det…
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China calls WHO chief ‘irresponsible’ for saying zero-COVID strategy ‘not sustainable’
China hit back on Wednesday against what it called “irresponsible” comments by the head of the World Health Organization, who described the country’s uncompromising and increasingly painful “zero COV…
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Beijing kicks off fresh round of COVID tests as Shanghai postpones crucial exams
China’s capital Beijing kicked off a fresh round of mass testing for COVID-19 on Saturday and shut more bus routes and metro stations, as it seeks to avert the fate of Shanghai, where millions of res…