Trends - coronavirus vaccines - Business Recorder

World

High temperatures, remote islands pose challenges for Asian jab distributor

They have fleets of vehicles for transportation and are working with governments to make sure they reach their destinations on time.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:39pm

World

Mexico probes coronavirus vaccine theft from hospital

The Mexican government has promised to make vaccinations available free of charge across the country of almost 129 million people -- a massive logistical challenge -- starting with frontline health workers.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 10:13am

Markets

Asian shares make cautious gains after choppy Wall Street session

The US dollar was down a day after hitting its highest since December, and the tighter Treasury yields pushed the greenback down further.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:28am

Markets

Asian stocks rise, oil churns higher on recovery bets

The dollar nursed losses on Wednesday as a retreat in US yields snuffed out its recent rebound.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 10:29am

Markets

Asian stocks swing as virus and unrest offset vaccine, stimulus

The problem is that, for now, the green light has temporarily given way to a state of investors' political angst.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 10:32am

World

UK helps raise $1 billion in global vaccine donations

Ahead of the virtual visit, Guterres said he was honoured to "renew our cause of overcoming global challenges together, and celebrate a country that was instrumental in creating the United Nations".

Published 10 Jan, 2021 12:16pm

World

Most US COVID-19 vaccines go idle as New York, Florida move to penalize hospitals

Those figures put the government far short of its goal of vaccinating 20 million people by the end of 2020, although officials said they expected the rollout would pick up significantly this month.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 09:44am

Markets

Tokyo stocks close down on first trading day of year

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which jumped 16 percent last year, lost 0.68 percent, or 185.79 points, to 27,258.38, while the broader Topix index was down 0.56 percent, or 10.09 points, to 1,794.59.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 12:24pm

Markets

Asia shares given pause by Tokyo lockdown talk

Oil prices have steadied after a couple of months of solid gains, with Brent meeting resistance around $52.50 a barrel.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 10:36am

Markets

Indian shares hit record high as country approves COVID-19 vaccines

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan hit a record high on hopes that the rollout of coronavirus vaccines will eventually help revive the global economy.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 09:28am

World

India approves two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use

The approval is expected to kick off one of the world's biggest vaccination drives in coming days in the country of 1.3 billion people.

Published 03 Jan, 2021 11:19am

World

South Korea signs deals to secure COVID-19 vaccine with Pfizer and Janssen

The government had previously signed deals with four companies.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 10:47am

World

China to start opening vaccination programme to general public

Sichuan is the first province to outline a timeline of its vaccination plans for the general public.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 11:13am

Markets

TSX opens higher on gold boost, stimulus hopes

The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 67.67 points, or 0.39pc, at 17,574.15.

Updated 16 Dec, 2020 07:43pm

World

Indonesia pledges free COVID-19 vaccines, with president first in line

The president, widely known as Jokowi, said he had instructed the finance minister to reallocate spending for the programme.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 04:55pm

Markets

Gold eases as vaccine rollouts expand; Fed meet eyed

The US Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates pinned near zero and to signal where rates are headed in the coming years at it's final policy meet of the year. The Fed's policy statement is due at 1900 GMT.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 08:53am

Markets

Asia stocks climb on vaccine, US stimulus optimism

Against the euro, the greenback was flat at $1.2147 after two straight days of losses while it was down 0.2% at $1.3434 on sterling.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 08:41am

Markets

Stocks look for vaccine-led recovery, US stimulus

Oil prices edged higher on Monday having now rallied for six weeks straight as investors priced in a global recovery next year.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 09:01am