Top news of the week: 29.06.2021.
Coronavirus
Factbox: Countries vaccinating children against COVID-19
Moderna (MRNA.O) is seeking a green light for using its COVID-19 vaccine for teens as young as 12 in the EU, United States and Canada, as Pfizer (PFE.N) - whose shot is already being ...
Antibodies triggered by Chinese COVID-19 shots less effective on Delta variant - researcher
Antibodies triggered by two Chinese COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta variant compared with other strains but the shots still offer protection, a Chinese disease ...
Chinese Covid-19 Gene Data That Could Have Aided Pandemic Research Removed From NIH Database
A U.S. researcher says he recovered gene sequences after a Chinese scientists asked that they be removed from a government archive.
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
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Zimbabwe receives another batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses from China amid virus surge
Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube speaks in front of the COVID-19 vaccine from China at R.G. (Xinhua/Shaun Jusa) Zimbabwe receives another shipment of Sinopharm COVID-19 …
U.S. probe into COVID-19 origins attempts at info war against China: ex-UN expert
Photo taken on March 11, 2021 shows the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) By "playing the blame game," the United States is diverting attention …
First COVID-19 case could have emerged in China in Oct 2019 - study
The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study ...
Are we really ready to live with Covid-19? – podcast
Speaking to Prof Siân Griffiths and Prof David Salisbury, Ian Sample asks if now is the time to go back to normality