Child jabs trial halted as adult clot link probed in UK
LONDON, UK: A trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on children has stopped giving out jabs while the UK’s medicines regulator investigates a possible link...
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Over 4,000 die as Brazil witnesses deadliest Covid day
Brasilia, Brazil: With its soaring death toll now almost 337,000, second only to the US, Brazil has recorded 4,195 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for...
Australia, New Zealand to allow quarantine-free travel
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand have decided to allow their citizens to travel between the two countries without having to quarantine from April...
Yemen receives first batch of Covid vaccines
SANA’A, Yemen: Yemen has received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines, the United Nations children’s agency said, a week after the country’s coronavirus committee warned...
Lack of influence and power: WHO report on Covid’s origin raises concerns
GENEVA, Switzerland: A group of 14 countries has raised concerns over a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the origin of the...
Over half of Israel’s population fully vaccinated as Palestinians await supplies
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Palestine: More than half of Israel’s 9.2 million people have received both doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 while vaccination is far...
Germany, France among four European nations to halt use of AstraZeneca vaccine
BERLIN, Germany: Germany, France, Italy and Spain have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after several reports of blood clots in people who received...
Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands: The Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects....
Thailand suspends AstraZeneca vaccine rollout over blood clot fears
BANGKOK, Thailand: Thailand has delayed the rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over reports of blood clots. The delay comes after several countries, including Denmark and...
As mute as a fish: the broken links with mother tongue
“To write in an indigenous language today is far more than a political statement: it is a heroic act of survival…” Víctor Terán, an eminent...