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World First Covid vaccine side-effect claims land in German courts HAMBURG: Vaccine-maker BioNTech faced Monday its first legal claim in its home country of Germany over adverse... Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:17pm
World China approves first domestic mRNA vaccine for Covid-19 BEIJING: China has approved its first locally developed messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against Covid-19, its... Published 22 Mar, 2023 01:26pm
World EU ‘offer stands’ to send Covid jabs to China BRUSSELS: The EU said Tuesday it is prepared to send Covid vaccines to China as it grapples with a surge in... Published 03 Jan, 2023 06:37pm
World Variant-adapted COVID vaccine wins first approval in Britain LONDON: Britain has become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine that targets both the original and... Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:14pm
World EU buys 110,000 vaccine doses against monkeypox BRUSSELS: The European Union said Tuesday it has purchased almost 110,000 vaccine doses to help tackle the monkeypox... Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:09pm
World Pfizer Covid vaccine for under-fives effective with three doses WASHINGTON: The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine is safe and effective for children aged six months to under five years... Published 23 May, 2022 05:49pm
Print Biden warns of potentially ‘consequential’ monkeypox spread SEOUL: Monkeypox has caught the attention of US President Joe Biden, who said Sunday that people should be on guard... Updated 23 May, 2022 09:53am
World UK approves Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine LONDON: Britain has approved a new coronavirus vaccine by the Austrian-French drugmaker Valneva, the UK regulatory... Published 14 Apr, 2022 12:12pm
Business & Finance BioNTech profits soar in 2021 on global vaccine rollout FRANKFURT: German vaccine-maker BioNTech on Wednesday reported a multi-billion-euro windfall in 2021 from sales of... Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:28pm
World BioNTech to ship mobile Covid vaccine labs to Africa MARBURG: Germany's BioNTech, which together with Pfizer developed the first mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus,... Published 16 Feb, 2022 07:28pm
Business & Finance Pfizer's COVID product sales to top $50bn this year, investors want more Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it expects 2022 sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral pill to top $54 billion, but... Updated 08 Feb, 2022 09:42pm
World Romania daily COVID-19 cases at new record high BUCHAREST: The number of new coronavirus infections in Romania reached a record high of 40,018 in the past 24 hours,... Published 01 Feb, 2022 03:41pm
Pakistan 5th wave: Pakistan's positivity ratio, cases continue to stay high Country detects 7,048 new cases at a positivity ratio of 11.53% Active number of cases stands at over 104,000 Updated 31 Jan, 2022 11:21am
Print Tests of HIV vaccine using mRNA technology begin WASHINGTON: Testing in humans of an HIV vaccine that uses messenger RNA technology has begun, the biotech firm... Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:44am
Pakistan 5th wave: Pakistan reports another 6,540 Covid-19 cases Records positivity level at 11.10% during last 24 hours Published 22 Jan, 2022 11:32am
World WHO urges manufacturers to provide COVID-19 vaccine data GENEVA: A World Health Organization committee urged COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers on Tuesday to provide it with the... Published 18 Jan, 2022 09:51pm
World Omicron 'dangerous', especially for unvaccinated: WHO GENEVA: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is dangerous -- and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated... Published 12 Jan, 2022 09:48pm
World Colombia reduces booster vaccine waiting time to four months BOGOTA: Colombia will let people get their coronavirus booster vaccines four months after completing their initial... Published 12 Jan, 2022 11:19am
World India's COVID-19 cases multiply, vulnerable groups given vaccine boosters NEW DELHI: India began administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers and vulnerable elderly... Published 10 Jan, 2022 10:32am
World Sinopharm protein-based booster stronger against Omicron than earlier shot BEIJING: A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinopharm, when given as a booster after two doses of an earlier... Published 07 Jan, 2022 03:22pm
World Israel begins fourth Covid jab for over 60s, health workers TEL AVIV: Israel began Monday administering fourth Covid vaccine shots to people over 60 and health workers amid a... Published 03 Jan, 2022 04:45pm
World Chile to give fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose SANTIAGO: Chile will offer its citizens a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose from February, starting with high-risk... Updated 24 Dec, 2021 08:56pm
Print Vaccine and infection data mark small victories in Omicron battle JOHANNESBURG/LONDON: Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against Omicron as UK data suggested it may cause... Updated 24 Dec, 2021 10:26am
World Turkey authorises use of own Turkovac vaccine ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced the emergency use approval of Turkey's first... Updated 22 Dec, 2021 06:49pm
World EU to get 20 million extra vaccine doses to fight Omicron BRUSSELS: EU members will get an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the first three ... Updated 19 Dec, 2021 09:09pm
World Omicron scrambles anew US firms' in-person aspirations NEW YORK: Major US companies are having to reassess their return-to-office plans and getting tough on vaccine or ... Published 19 Dec, 2021 10:15am
World Erdogan pledges 15 million Covid vaccine doses for Africa ISTANBUL: Turkey will send 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on... Published 18 Dec, 2021 04:27pm
World EU agency to decide on Novavax Covid jab next week THE HAGUE: The EU's drug regulator said on Thursday it would decide whether the Novavax coronavirus jab will become... Published 16 Dec, 2021 05:08pm
World Pfizer says study confirms positive results for anti-Covid pill WASHINGTON: Pfizer said Tuesday that clinical trials confirmed its anti-Covid pill reduced hospitalizations and... Updated 14 Dec, 2021 06:53pm