Top news of the week: 15.06.2021.
Coronavirus
Over 600 mln people in China given COVID-19 shots - official
More than 600 million people in China have been vaccinated against COVID-19, a health official said on Friday, as the country forges ahead to meet a goal of inoculating 40% of its 1.4 ...
G7 expected to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects the Group of Seven to agree to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting on Friday, and help ...
Taiwan reports 185 new domestic COVID-19 cases
Taiwan reported 185 new domestic COVID-19 infections on Monday, slightly up from the previous day's figure of 174.
EU leaders urge unfettered probe into origins of COVID-19
EU leaders on Thursday called for an unfettered investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, first identified in central China, amid criticism of an initial World Health ...
China to study using CanSinoBIO COVID shots as a booster
Chinese researchers plan to study using a COVID-19 vaccine from CanSino Biologics (6185.HK) as a booster shot for people who have already been inoculated with other vaccines, clinical trial ...
Elderly Nepalese take shots after vaccination drive against COVID-19 restarts
(Xinhua/Sulav Shrestha) Nepal restarted its vaccination program following the arrival of vaccines granted by China. Under the restarted program, those to be inoculated are people …
Japan to ship 1 mln COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam on Wednesday
Japan will send a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday, as the southeast Asian nation steps up vaccine procurement to fight a ...
Over 824 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China
People take COVID-19 vaccines at the temporary vaccination site at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in east China's Shanghai, May 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang) BEIJING, June 10 …