Top news of the week: 28.12.2021.
Coronavirus
Bhutan starts giving COVID-19 booster shots
Bhutan has started giving COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens and priority groups as the Himalayan kingdom tries to stave off the Omicron variant, health ministry officials said on ...
China's local COVID-19 cases edge higher as Xian remains in lockdown
The Chinese city of Xian remained under lockdown for a fifth day on Monday as authorities reported 150 new local symptomatic coronavirus cases for Sunday, a slight decrease from the ...
China CanSinoBIO's vaccine 57.5% effective against COVID in Phase III trial-study
CanSino Biologics Inc's vaccine was 57.5% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 and 91.7% against severe disease four weeks or longer after one dose, while its protection appeared lower in ...
FDA greenlights Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 drug
Paxlovid, which slashes hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, could help blunt Omicron’s impact
China's Xian city on high alert, imposes travel curbs as COVID-19 cases climb
The northwestern Chinese city of Xian has imposed tight curbs on outbound travel as well as ordinary commuting within the city as a new COVID-19 outbreak sees community cases tick higher, ...
China reports fall in new COVID-19 cases vs day earlier
China reported 87 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Dec. 23, down from 100 a day earlier, its health authority said on Friday.
China's Sinovac COVID-19 booster weaker against Omicron- Hong Kong study
Three doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine do not produce adequate levels of antibodies to fight the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, researchers from Hong Kong said in a ...
Nicaragua receives 2nd batch of China-aided COVID-19 vaccines
Nicaragua receives 2nd batch of China-aided COVID-19 vaccines-