India begins booster campaign as Omicron cases soar
India began a Covid-19 booster shot campaign for frontline workers and vulnerable people aged 60 and…
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Swedish lab develops poison for mosquitoes to fight malaria
Scientists based in Stockholm say they have developed a new tool to target and kill mosquitoes. By isolating…
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Covid tests ordered for 14 million in China’s Tianjin
The northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Sunday advised its nearly 14 million people to stay home while…
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Hong Kong officials to leave quarantine after false positive
Multiple Hong Kong officials and lawmakers will be allowed to leave a quarantine camp after one of two…
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France gives initial nod to vaccine pass after Macron furore
France’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed in a first reading a bill further tightening…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro released from hospital
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was released from the hospital Wednesday, two days after being…
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Hong Kong bans flights as Omicron surges around globe
Asian financial hub Hong Kong banned flights from eight nations on Wednesday as part of strict new virus…
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Patients dying as medicines run out in Ethiopia’s Tigray: doctors
Doctors in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region say patients are needlessly dying of treatable conditions…
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China to test 13 million in Zhengzhou as Xi’an outbreak eases
The city of Zhengzhou ordered its nearly 13 million residents to take Covid-19 tests Wednesday after…
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Biden doubles US purchase of Pfizer Covid therapeutic pills
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday a doubling of US government purchases of new Pfizer therapeutic…
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