US authorises Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, elderly next in line for shots
Reuters Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID-19 death toll of over 307,000 lives lost. Millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be added to the US rollout, which […]
WHO’s Ryan: don’t turn COVID-19 into “political football”
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization’s top emergency expert, asked on Thursday about contradictory remarks by President Donald Trump and US health officials on COVID-19, said it was important for all countries to have “consistent messaging” for their public. Trump took exception on Wednesday to comments from the director of the US Centers for Disease […]
US braces for coronavirus spread as outbreaks worsen in Italy, Iran
Dubai, UAE/Beijing, ChinaReuters The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy escalated and fears that the epidemic would hurt global growth rattled markets. Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose to 16 on Tuesday, the most outside China, while Italy […]
China virus death toll posts grim record rise, passes 400
Beijing, ChinaReuters China said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose on Tuesday by a new daily record to more than 420. The toll in China rose to 425 as of the end of Monday, […]