Friday, 16 Apr 2021 08:07 AM MYT
A healthcare worker receives a second dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease at the Posta Central hospital in Santiago, Chile January 14, 2021. Reuters pic
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SANTIAGO, April 16 ― Chile s health authorities said yesterday they believed a dip in the record case numbers the Andean nation has seen over the past week represents a “stabilisation” of a second Covid-19 wave thanks to strict lockdowns and a rapid vaccination programme that has fully innoculated a third of the population.
Health minister Enrique Paris told reporters he hoped the 9,000 record daily cases reached last week represented the peak of the latest outbreak.
Saturday, 20 Feb 2021 09:17 AM MYT
A healthcare worker receives a second dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease at the Posta Central hospital in Santiago, Chile January 14, 2021. Reuters pic
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FRANKFURT, Feb 20 ― Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked the US health regulator to relax requirements for their Covid-19 vaccine to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, potentially allowing it to be kept in pharmacy freezers.
Approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could send a strong signal to other regulators around the world that may ease distribution of the shot in lower-income countries.
PORT DICKSON, Feb 20 A total of 26,500 Malaysian Army (TDM) personnel will be among the first phase recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme scheduled for Feb 26. Chief of Army General Tan Sri Zamrose Mohd Zain said army personnel stationed at red.
LONDON, Jan 15 People across the world are generally likely to say yes to getting a Covid-19 vaccine, but would be more distrustful of shots made in China or Russia than those developed in Germany or the United States, an international poll showed today. The survey, conducted by the polling.
The global economy is on track to grow by 4 percent in 2021, assuming vaccination for COVID-19 becomes widespread throughout the year, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects released on Tuesday.