pandemic
From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines
World
April 24, 2021
From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own…
India virus patients suffocate from low oxygen amid surge
World
April 24, 2021
India virus patients suffocate from low oxygen amid surge
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities scrambled anew Saturday to supply medical oxygen to Indian hospitals where COVID-19 patients were suffocating…
US to resume J&J COVID vaccinations despite rare clot risk
World
April 24, 2021
US to resume J&J COVID vaccinations despite rare clot risk
U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot on Friday, after scientific…
MP calls for allowing vaccinated tourists to enter Egypt without quarantine procedures
Egypt
April 23, 2021
MP calls for allowing vaccinated tourists to enter Egypt without quarantine procedures
Head of the Tourism and Civil Aviation Committee in the House of Representatives, Noura Ali, called on the Higher Committee…
Ethiopia signs $907 mn financing pact with World Bank
World
April 23, 2021
Ethiopia signs $907 mn financing pact with World Bank
Ethiopia’s finance ministry signed a $907 million financing agreement with the World Bank on Friday geared towards improving access to…
Coronavirus: UK adds India to travel ban list
World
April 23, 2021
Coronavirus: UK adds India to travel ban list
The UK on Friday added India to its travel “red list.” India is struggling with a massive surge in COVID-19…
Sanctions-battered Iran, weary of pandemic, faces worst wave
Middle East
April 22, 2021
Sanctions-battered Iran, weary of pandemic, faces worst wave
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As Iran faces what looks like its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic yet, Tehran commuters…
Egypt to produce Russia’s Sputnik V, rollout expected in Q3 – statement
Egypt
April 22, 2021
Egypt to produce Russia’s Sputnik V, rollout expected in Q3 – statement
Egyptian pharmaceutical firm Minapharm has agreed to produce more than 40 million doses a year of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus…
Syria receives batch of UN vaccines to speed up virus fight
Middle East
April 22, 2021
Syria receives batch of UN vaccines to speed up virus fight
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government received a batch of 203,000 COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, the health minister said, in…
India: 22 COVID patients killed after oxygen leak
World
April 22, 2021
India: 22 COVID patients killed after oxygen leak
At least 22 coronavirus patients died on Wednesday in a hospital in western India after their oxygen supply was cut off because…