Covid-19 News: India announces $6.7 billion to help vaccine, health firms boost pandemic battle
India released $6.7 billion in cheap financing for vaccine makers, hospitals and other health firms on Wednesday, to counter the devastating coronavirus surge gripping...
Pfizer News: Pfizer increases 2021 sales forecast for Covid-19 vaccines to $26 bn
Pfizer sharply increased its projections for 2021 revenues and profits on Tuesday, citing much higher Covid-19 vaccine sales as it targets the inoculations as a...
Covid-19 News: India nears 20 mln Covid cases as Europe eyes opening up
India's total Covid-19 caseload neared 20 million and oxygen shortages exacerbated a devastating second wave on Monday, as the EU proposed new rules that...
Moderna News: WHO lists anti-Covid Moderna vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization on Friday said it had listed the anti-Covid-19 Moderna vaccine for emergency use.
The listing procedure helps countries unable to assess...
Covid-19 News: URGENT: Biden restricts travel from India to US due to Covid outbreak:...
The United States will restrict travel from India starting next week, due to rampant spread of Covid-19 in the country, the White House said...
Pfizer News: Pfizer/BioNTech seek Covid jab approval for 12-15-year-olds in EU
Pfizer/BioNTech said Friday they have asked European regulators to authorise their Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, a move seen as a crucial step...
Moderna News: Moderna eyes three billion Covid vaccine doses in 2022
US pharmaceutical firm Moderna said Thursday it expects to increase global production of its cutting-edge Covid vaccine to up to three billion doses in 2022.
The company...
Pfizer News: BioNTech co-founder ‘confident’ Pfizer works against Indian variant
BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin on Wednesday voiced confidence that the vaccine that his company jointly developed with Pfizer works against the Indian variant of the coronavirus.
"We...
Covid-19 News: EU chief says vaccinated US tourists to be able to visit
US tourists vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to visit the European Union in the coming months, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen...
Covid-19 News: One billion Covid jabs: a pin-prick of hope for humanity
On December 8, 90-year-old British woman Margaret Keenan, resplendent in her Christmas T-shirt, received the Western world's first Covid vaccination -- a chink of light...
