S.Korea counts on large shipments of vaccines arriving in coming weeks
FILE PHOTO: A nursing home worker receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a health care centre as South Korea starts a vaccination campaign against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Seoul, South Korea February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Heo Ran reuters tickers
This content was published on May 3, 2021 - 10:00
May 3, 2021 - 10:00
By Hyonhee Shin
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea is banking on the arrival of nearly 14 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by June, officials said on Monday, to boost an immunisation drive that could lose momentum due to dwindling supplies as result of shipment delays.
Expert urges national stay-at-home order as India s COVID cases near 20 million
Mukesh Bhardwaj cries as he sits next to his wife, who receives oxygen support for free for people suffering from breathing problems, outside a Gurudwara (Sikh temple), amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, India, May 3, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi reuters tickers
This content was published on May 3, 2021 - 09:28
May 3, 2021 - 09:28
By Tanvi Mehta and Shilpa Jamkhandikar
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus infections for a 12th straight day on Monday to take its overall number of cases to just shy of 20 million, as scientists predicted a peak in the pandemic in the coming days.
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea is banking on the arrival of nearly 14 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by June, officials said on Monday, to boost an immunisation drive that could lose momentum due to dwindling supplies as result of shipment delays. Nearly 3.4 million of the population of 52 million had received their first dose by Sunday in the campaign begun in February, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. A shipment of 8.9 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, including 1.67 million via the global COVAX sharing scheme, and 5 million doses of Pfizer s product will arrive by June, the agency s director Jeong Eun-kyeong said, without giving dates. The scale and speed of the shipment of vaccines are improving increasingly, Jeong told a briefing after an intra-agency meeting to combat the virus, hosted by President Moon Jae-in. Please take trust in the government s plan to bring in vaccines, and I request you to join the campaign instead of worr
Exclusive: Novavax plans to ship COVID-19 vaccines to Europe from late 2021 - EU source
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine and sryinge are seen in front of displayed Novavax logo in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on May 3, 2021 - 14:21
May 3, 2021 - 14:21
By Francesco Guarascio
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Novavax has told the European Union it plans to begin delivering its COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc towards the end of this year, new guidance that could lead to a formal contract being signed as early as this week, an EU official told Reuters.
Germany s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 18,935 - RKI
FILE PHOTO: General view of the Landungsbruecken , a landing pier for ferries and tourist boats at the harbor, during a lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hamburg, Germany April 24, 2021. Picture taken April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on May 1, 2021 - 04:52
May 1, 2021 - 04:52
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 18,935 to 3,400,532, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The reported death toll rose by 232 to 83,082, the tally showed. (Reporting by Berlin Newsroom; editing by Richard Pullin)