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When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn't get them. Now they don't want them
DAKAR/ACCRA (Reuters) - It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for COVID-19 shots is empty. A health worker leans back in his chair and scrolls on a tablet.
China April new home prices fall for the first time since Dec as Covid bites
BEIJING: China's new-home prices in April fell for the first time month-on-month since December, official data showed on Wednesday, depressed by fragile demand in small cities and strict, widespread COVID-19 lockdowns.
Kim slams negligent officials over spiralling N. Korea Covid outbreak
SEOUL (AFP): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the negligence and laziness of state officials worsened the country's Covid outbreak, state media reported Wednesday (May 18), as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 million.
Roundup: U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 to 11
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series.
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 to 11
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series.
Push for committees to speed up economic recovery
PUTRAJAYA: State economic recovery committees (NRCs) will be formed following the approval by the Cabinet for these committees to help the Federal Government expedite the country’s economic recovery, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Transmission of Omicron subvariant detected
The Health’ Department confirmed local transmission of the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2.12.1 subvariant of Covid-19 in the South-East Asian country.
Quicker action on virus control
HONG KONG: China will take more resolute and faster actions to screen and isolate Covid-19 risk groups and implement regular nucleic acid tests to reinforce its defence against the Omicron variant, said Ma Xiaowei, minister of the National Health Commission.
S'pore, African Union to recognise each other's digital Covid-19 vaccination certs
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): From next Monday (May 23), Singapore and the African Union (AU) will begin recognising each other's digital Covid-19 vaccination certificates, making travel to the 55 member states-bloc easier.
