Top news of the week: 26.01.2021.
Coronavirus
China reports decline in new COVID-19 cases
China reported a fall in new COVID-19 infections as the number of cases in two of the provinces particularly hard hit by the latest coronavirus wave fell to single digits, official data ...
China sees fall in new COVID-19 cases amid strict local lockdowns
China reported 80 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, mostly in the northeast where some residents complained they were short of food amid an ongoing local lockdowns, down from Friday's 107.
A year after Wuhan lockdown, China reports small rise in COVID-19 cases
China on Saturday reported a slight increase in new cases of COVID-19 as it marks the anniversary of the world's first coronavirus lockdown, in the city of Wuhan where the disease emerged ...
Egypt begins COVID-19 vaccination drive with frontline medical staff
Egypt began vaccinating frontline medical staff against COVID-19 on Sunday using the jab developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm).
Bolsonaro thanks China for fast-tracking COVID-19 vaccine supplies
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, a longtime China skeptic, thanked Beijing on Monday for rapidly approving the export of active ingredients for local COVID-19 vaccine production, as his ...
Explainer: COVID-19 vaccine shots add to confusion over China's tests for travelers
A coronavirus antibody test that China has made mandatory for arriving travelers has provoked concerns over its effectiveness after one of a team of international health experts was briefly ...
UAE approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The UAE health ministry on Thursday approved Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, state media reported, as infection levels hit a record and only weeks after vaccine ...
Anger and grief as United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000
As the United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the worst public health ...