China plays down Covid outbreak with holiday rush at full tiltIn comments reported by state media late Thursday, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said the virus was at a "relatively low" level, while health of...
Who's to blame? Jet delivery delays spark penalties battlePowerful leasing companies heaped pressure on planemakers over the delays, with Air Lease Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy telling this...
China's COVID situation is dire - but it shouldn't pose a big risk to other countriesDespite the popular perception that the current wave of infections is a direct result of the country lifting its zero COVID policy in early...
China health commission stops publishing daily COVID figures"Relevant COVID information will be published by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for reference and research," the com...
China is likely seeing 1 million Covid cases, 5,000 deaths a dayThe situation could get even worse for the country of 1.4 billion people. This current wave may see the daily case rate rise to 3.7 million...
China's lifting of lockdown could kill upto 2.1 million people: Report"Mainland China has very low levels of immunity across its population. Its citizens were vaccinated with domestically produced jabs Sinovac...
How many Chinese may die, if Beijing eases COVID restrictionsResearchers have analysed how many deaths the country could see if it pivots to a full reopening, with most pointing to the country's relat...
Easy to use, effective & economical: Nasal Covid vaccines to be a game-changer, say scientistsResearchers believe mucosal vaccines may prevent even mild cases of illness and block transmission to other people.
WTO agrees to lift Covid vaccine patents, but is it 'too late'?The unprecedented agreement, sealed by all 164 WTO members after late-night overtime talks, will grant developing countries the right to pr...
Russia, facing lags, turns to China to produce Sputnik shotsRussia has announced three deals totaling 260 million doses with Chinese vaccine companies in recent weeks. It's a decision that could mean...
Serum Institute of India to hike vaccine output to 100 million doses/month from MaySerum Institute did not respond to an email sent by ET. Chief executive Adar Poonawalla had told ET in an interview in January that the com...
India may achieve herd immunity by Feb 2023: Analytics company AirfinityThe forecasts suggest that the US and Canada are expected to hit herd immunity by the second quarter of 2021, Japan in April 2022 and India...
Pfizer is on track to be first to find out if its Covid vaccine worksA wide range of symptoms and severity makes the evaluation of Covid-19 vaccines tricky. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that...
The frontrunners in Covid vaccine race will face their moment of truth this month itselfEach of these experimental vaccines has already shown promise in smaller trials designed to flag any serious safety concerns and show wheth...
When it comes to a coronavirus vaccine, rich nations are first in lineAlthough international groups and a number of nations are promising to make vaccines affordable and accessible to all, doses will likely st...
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