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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 call to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. Taro Kono, a Cabinet minister tasked with vaccinations, told a Ja...

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, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is bigger than Chicago (2.7 million) and equivalent to...

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 Duterte's 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 are surging. People in Metro Manila – the national capital region – and four neighbouring provi...

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 advice, I have been hospitalised," the batting hero said on Twitter. "I hope to be back home in a f...

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...