Top news of the week: 16.03.2021.
Coronavirus
Indonesia orders 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for private inoculations
Indonesia expects to receive 20.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna Inc and China's Sinopharm from the second quarter to use in a private vaccination scheme, the head ...
Philippines says COVID-19 vaccination drive on track as cases surge
The Philippines is on track with its COVID-19 inoculation drive, the head of the government's vaccine strategy said on Sunday, addressing criticisms the rollout has been slow as worries ...
Exclusive: Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, expert says
Regular booster vaccines against the novel coronavirus will be needed because of mutations that make it more transmissible and better able to evade human immunity, the head of Britain's ...
China has administered 65 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Sunday
China, which has been accelerating efforts to vaccinate its population for COVID-19, had administered about 65 million doses as of Sunday, an official with China's National Health ...
France registers over 23,000 COVID-19 cases in one day
A man walks across a city square in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France, March 7, 2021. (Photo by Sai Basidian kuerji/Xinhua) Since the outbreak, 3,932,862 people have been diagnosed …
Pakistan begins inoculating elderly people against COVID-19
A senior citizen receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua) Pakistan began …
New COVID-19 variant detected in France: health ministry
(Xinhua/Gao Jing) Initial analysis showed that the new strain, which was found on Saturday in a cluster of cases in northwestern France, did not show signs of increased …
WHO investigates reports of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine blood clots
(Photo by Joseph Kiggundu/Xinhua) "WHO is aware that some countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca vaccines, based on reports of blood clots in some people who received …