Top news of the week: 14.12.2021.
Coronavirus
China reports 74 new COVID-19 cases on Dec 7 vs 94 a day earlier
China reported 74 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Dec. 7, down from 94 a day earlier, its health authority said on Wednesday.
China vaccinates over 80% of its people against COVID-19
China has vaccinated 82.5% of its population of 1.41 billion against COVID-19, a health official said on Saturday.
Indonesia to start vaccinating children aged 6-11 against COVID-19
Indonesia will start administering COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged between 6-11 on Tuesday, a health ministry official said, as the Southeast Asian country becomes one of the first ...
Analysis: Omicron is a wake-up call for COVID-19 vaccine developers
Arrival of the highly-mutated Omicron variant is a wake-up call to develop vaccines less susceptible to the rapid changes of the coronavirus, leading virologists and immunologists told ...
China approves Brii COVID treatment in adults, teenagers
China's medical products regulator said on Wednesday it had approved the use of Brii Biosciences' neutralising antibody cocktail for COVID-19, the first treatment of its type against the ...
Antibody response from China Zhifei's COVID shot weaker against Omicron
China's Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical said on Monday a small laboratory test showed its COVID-19 vaccine could trigger antibodies against the Omicron variant though the response ...
China's Brii says its COVID-19 antibody cocktail retains activity against Omicron
China's Brii Biosciences said on Sunday lab studies showed that its COVID-19 antibody cocktail retained activity against the Omicron variant, although one of the antibodies showed a ...
EXCLUSIVE Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end
At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the past two months and another 200,000 are set to expire at the end of December because demand is too slow, ...