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India starts huge vaccine drive as European rollout stutters
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (AFP): India kicked off one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drives on Saturday (Jan 16), as US drugs giant Pfizer moved to calm fears in Europe about delays to deliveries of their vaccine.
India set for huge vaccine drive as global virus deaths top 2 million
NEW DELHI, Jan 16, 2021 (AFP): India was set to begin one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drives Saturday as the pandemic spread at a record pace and global Covid-19 deaths surged past two million.
Brazil airlifts emergency oxygen into pandemic-struck state, vaccine drive lags
MANAUS/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Air Force flew emergency oxygen supplies on Friday to the jungle state of Amazonas devastated by a resurgent pandemic and the government scrambled to organize nationwide vaccinations while President Jair Bolsonaro said he "should be at the beach."
Urban areas to get Pfizer vaccine
KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech will most likely be for urban areas while AstraZeneca would be for rural areas, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Why Pfizer vaccines are for townspeople and AstraZeneca for rural folk
KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech would most likely be for urban areas while that by AstraZeneca would be for rural areas, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Smugglers jailed as China's 'biggest ever' illegal ivory network smashed
BEIJING, Dec 31 (AFP): Seventeen people have been jailed -- including two for life -- for running China's largest ever ivory smuggling ring, moving millions of dollars of tusks from west Africa into the mainland's vast domestic market.
Black panther, tiger carcasses, elephant tusks seized
KOTA BHARU (Bernama): Kelantan police have seized the carcass of a tiger as well as a black panther and 10 elephant tusks estimated to be worth RM500,000, all of which are believed meant for the black market.
Currency devaluation may not be enough to salvage sinking economy
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s currency devaluation will add inflation to the list of hardships facing a population recovering from a devastating war with Islamic State.
Authorities sound alarm on counterfeit vaccines
PETALING JAYA: Authorities across the globe are on the lookout for fake Covid-19 vaccines being peddled online, as cybersecurity experts sound the alarm on such false claims.
Thousands protest in Sudan in call for faster reform
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman on Saturday, demanding an acceleration of reforms on the second anniversary of the start of an uprising that ousted Omar al-Bashir.
