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Imperial College London researchers have developed and sourced powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) to assist medical staff to perform high-risk...
Covid-19: US and China prepare for mass vaccination of children under 12
The United States is likely to begin administering the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to children aged 5-11 as soon as the first week of November, after a Food and Drug Administration ...
U.S. FDA authorizes first COVID-19 shot for young kids
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years, making it the first COVID-19 shot for young ...
U.S. gives 1.5 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan
The United States is delivering an additional 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, a senior U.S. administration official told Reuters, increasing to 4 million the total number of ...
China to send Egypt batch of COVID-19 vaccines: report
Airport staff members unload the first batch of Chinese Sinovac vaccine raw materials from a plane at the Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, May 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Sui …
Starbucks sales miss as COVID-19 resurgence hits China
Starbucks Corp missed market estimates for quarterly same-store sales on Thursday, as a COVID-19 resurgence in China closed stores in several major cities and overshadowed a strong ...
GLOBALink | East China's Anhui launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign for kids aged 3 to 11
HEFEI, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Anhui Province in east China recently launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged 3 to 11. A child receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at …
Oil falls to two-week low on U.S. inventory shock, COVID-19 case rise
Oil prices slumped to their lowest in two weeks after official figures showed a surprise jump in U.S. inventories of crude, and rising cases of COVID-19 in Europe, Russia, and some ...