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Japan PM asks Pfizer for additional vaccine supply 2021-04-18 HKT 12:59 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga boards his plane after his visit to Washington. Photo: AP Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has asked the US drug maker Pfizer for additional supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine to speed up the inoculation drive that lags behind many other countries. Suga, after holding talks with President Joe Biden at the White House, wrapped up his Washington visit on Saturday with a phone...

Worldwide Covid death toll tops 3 million 2021-04-17 HKT 17:29 Experts say around 12,000 people die from Covid-19 each day. File photo: AP The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering three million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Ven...

Phillippines extends lockdown for a week 2021-04-03 HKT 20:30 Share this story The sluggish rollout of vaccines and poor contact tracing have fuelled criticism of President Rodrigo Dutertes government, which has been accused of bungling its response to the pandemic. File photo: AFP The Philippines will extend a coronavirus lockdown of more than 24 million people, an official said Saturday, as it deploys tents and health workers to overwhelmed hospitals in the capital where cases a...

2021-04-02 HKT 16:27 Share this story Sachin Tendulkar poses with the Best Sporting Moment Award during the 2020 Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin. File photo: AP Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar entered hospital on Friday as a precautionary measure after testing positive for the coronavirus. Tendulkar, 47, who initially quarantined at home for six days, is one of the most high-profile cases of a new pandemic surge in India. "As a matter of abundant precaution under medical a...

Australia is "working with Singapore" to create a travel bubble between the two nations as early as July, officials said on Sunday, in an effort to re...

Thailand delayed the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine scheduled to start on Friday with its prime minister and cabinet members taking the first s...

Japan's government will extend a state of emergency in the Tokyo region for another two weeks because its medical systems are still strained by Covid-...

The majority of global Covid-19 deaths have been in countries where many people are obese, with coronavirus fatality rates 10 times higher in nations...

Britain announced Sunday that it has given more than 20 million people at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with the rapid rollout providing ho...

2021-02-22 HKT 03:35 Share this story New Zealand proposes making shipments between the 21 APEC members of medicines, medical and surgical equipment, hygiene products and other goods tariff-free. Image: Shutterstock New Zealand will use its platform as host of an Asia-Pacific trade group in coming months to seek a global approach to coronavirus vaccinations that would eliminate tariffs on goods needed to fight Covid-19. Amid concerns that smaller nations may be left behind in vaccinat...