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Resurgent Taliban take provincial capital, kill Afghan govt spokesman
Published On: August 7, 2021 07:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
KABUL, Aug 7: Taliban insurgents captured an Afghan provincial capital and killed the government's senior media officer in Kabul on Friday amid a deteriorating security situation as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw.
Moderna says its COVID-19 shot 93% effective six months after second dose
Published On: August 6, 2021 10:08 AM NPT By: Reuters
August 5: Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Thursday its COVID-19 shot was about 93% effective through six months after the second dose, showing hardly any change from the 94% efficacy reported in its original clinical trial.
Ignoring WHO call, Germany, France to give COVID-19 vaccine boosters
Published On: August 5, 2021 03:34 PM NPT By: Reuters
PARIS/BERLIN, Aug 5: Germany and France will go ahead with COVID-19 vaccine boosters from September, disregarding an appeal by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to hold off until more people are vaccinated across the globe.
WHO calls for halting COVID-19 vaccine boosters in favor of unvaccinated
Published On: August 5, 2021 10:12 AM NPT By: Reuters
August 5: The World Health Organization is calling for a halt on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September, its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, as the gap between vaccinations in wealthy and poor countries widens.
Global COVID-19 cases surpass 200 mln as Delta variant spreads
Published On: August 5, 2021 07:05 AM NPT By: Reuters
August 5: Coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 200 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the more-infectious Delta variant threatens areas with low vaccination rates and strains healthcare systems.
WHO's pandemic project faces cash crunch amid vaccine, oxygen shortages
Published On: August 4, 2021 12:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
BRUSSELS, August 4: The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking $11.5 billion in urgent funding to fight the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, a draft report seen by Reuters shows, amid worries wealthy nations are partly bypassing its COVID-19 programmes.
China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads
Published On: August 4, 2021 10:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, August 4: China suspended flights and trains, canceled professional basketball league games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan, as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019.
UAE lifts ban on transit flights including from India and Pakistan
Published On: August 4, 2021 09:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, Aug 4: The United Arab Emirates will on Thursday lift a ban on transit flights including from India and Pakistan, the National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) said on Tuesday.
Myanmar military extends emergency, promises vote in 2 years
Published On: August 2, 2021 07:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BANGKOK, August 2: Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Myanmar’s military leader on Sunday declared himself prime minister and said he would lead the country under the extended state of emergency until elections are held in about two years.
Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as others
Published On: August 1, 2021 09:55 AM NPT By: Associated Press
August 1: In another dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots.
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