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India's Bharat Biotech says vaccine 93.4% effective against severe COVID-19
Published On: July 3, 2021 12:13 PM NPT By: Reuters
INDIA, July 3: Phase-III trials of a vaccine made by India's Bharat Biotech showed it was 93.4% effective against severe symptomatic COVID-19, the firm said on Saturday, a finding that could boost people's acceptance of Covaxin.
India's death toll from coronavirus crosses 400,000; vaccination drive falters
Published On: July 3, 2021 09:06 AM NPT By: Reuters
MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD July 3: India's official death toll from the coronavirus topped 400,000 on Friday, though experts say the actual number of dead could have reached one million or even higher, with a possible third wave of infections looming.
Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid
Published On: July 3, 2021 06:56 AM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL/SYDNEY, July 3: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week, with record numbers of infections in Australia and South Korea, prompting some countries to tighten curbs and others to hasten vaccination.
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US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years
Published On: July 2, 2021 12:07 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, July 2: After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, two U.S. officials said Friday.
Australia to halve arrivals from overseas, offers COVID-19 exit roadmap
Published On: July 2, 2021 10:24 AM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, July 2: Australia will halve the number of arrivals from overseas as its coronavirus hotel quarantine system creaks under pressure from outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.
Xi takes firm line as China Communist Party marks centenary
Published On: July 1, 2021 01:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING , July 1: China will not allow itself to be bullied and anyone who tries will face “broken heads and bloodshed in front of the iron Great Wall of the 1.4 billion Chinese people,” President Xi Jinping said at a mass gathering Thursday to mark the centenary of the ruling Communist Party.
Death toll rises to 18 nearly a week after Florida condo collapse
Published On: July 1, 2021 11:59 AM NPT By: Reuters
SURFSIDE, July 1: Six more bodies have been found in the ruins of a Miami-area condominium tower, officials said on Wednesday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 18 nearly a week after the building collapsed.
Joy and scepticism as Myanmar frees hundreds held since coup
Published On: July 1, 2021 09:31 AM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, July 1: Myanmar freed more than 2,000 detainees on Wednesday, among them journalists and others who the ruling military said had been held on incitement charges for taking part in protests, local media reported.
World Bank says will boost COVID-19 vaccine funding to $20 bln
Published On: July 1, 2021 08:26 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 30: The World Bank on Wednesday pledged to boost available funding for COVID-19 vaccine purchases and deployment to $20 billion from a previous target of $12 billion, citing a sharp increase in overall financing demand from developing countries.
Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 12 with 149 missing
Published On: June 30, 2021 09:42 AM NPT By: Reuters
SURFSIDE, June 30: Search-and-rescue efforts stretched through a sixth day on Tuesday at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium complex where at least a dozen people died and 149 more remained missing amid fading hopes of finding anyone else alive.
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