Health

August 6, 2021

BEIJING - President Xi Jinping pledged that China will supply a total of 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to...

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United Airlines will require US employees to be vaccinated

August 6, 2021

CHICAGO – United Airlines will require employees in the US to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner,...

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Delta variant challenges China’s costly lockdown strategy

August 5, 2021

BEIJING — The delta variant is challenging China’s costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were...

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EU seals deal with Novavax for up to 200 million Covid-19 vaccines

August 5, 2021

BRUSSELS — The European Commission has approved a supply contract with US firm Novavax to buy up to 200 million...

China seals city as its worst virus outbreak in a year grows

August 4, 2021

BEIJING — China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic a year and a half ago escalated on...

More than 110M Covid vaccines sent to 60 countries, US says

WASHINGTON — The US has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to more than 60...

Germany to offer booster against COVID-19, vaccines for children

BERLIN - Germany will in September start to offer a booster shot against COVID-19 to vulnerable individuals such as pensioners...

Mixing COVID-19 vaccines is effective – study

COPENHAGEN - Combining AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine with a second dose from either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna's jab provides "good protection", Denmark's...

China orders mass testing in Wuhan as Covid outbreak spreads

BEIJING — Chinese authorities announced Tuesday mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as an unusually wide series of Covid-19 outbreaks reached...

UK eases travel restrictions as industry lobbies for more