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Sydney locked down for another week as Delta COVID variant spreads

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The leader of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state on Wednesday ordered a week-long extension of Sydney’s COVID-19 lockdown, warning new cases are bound to rise as the country’s biggest city grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant.Slideshow ( 2 images )Sydney, home to a fifth of Australia’s 25 million people, was plunged

Germany worried about COVID-19 vaccination 'no shows'

BERLIN (Reuters) – A rising number of Germans are not showing up for COVID-19 vaccination appointments, prompting calls for fines to be imposed as Germany races to get shots in arms to counter the rapid spread of the more infectious Delta variant.FILE PHOTO: Cabins at a vaccination centre set up in the Erika-Hess ice stadium

Brazil records 65,165 new coronavirus cases, 1,857 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Graves of people who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil May 20, 2021. Picture taken May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno KellyRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil registered 65,165 new cases of coronavirus and 1,857 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours,

COVID-19 rising among children as Indonesia crisis grows

(Reuters) – The number of Indonesian children contracting the coronavirus has almost tripled since May, with infant deaths from COVID-19 rising sharply as the country suffers its most severe wave of infections so far, a senior paediatrician said on Wednesday.FILE PHOTO: Elementary school students wearing face masks and face shields attend class, as schools reopen

J&J decides not to conduct trials in India for its COVID-19 vaccine – ET

FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and sryinge are seen in front of displayed Johnson&Johnson logo in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo(Corrects to remove extraneous words in first paragraph) (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson will not be undertaking local trials for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in India, the Economic Times

CDC says U.S. young adults less likely to take COVID-19 vaccine

FILE PHOTO: Max Dobles, 17, who has Crohn’s disease, looks at Dr. Mayank Amin before receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier(Reuters) – Younger adults are seeking out COVID-19 vaccines at a slower rate than older adults, and if that pace

Singapore to allow restaurant dining with two person limit

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past chairs stacked up outside restaurants as dining-in is restricted to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar SuSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will allow dining at restaurants to resume from Monday under loosened coronavirus restrictions, though will limit diners to groups of two, instead of

Quarter of S.Koreans get at least one vaccine dose ahead of schedule

FILE PHOTO: A health worker gets a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo/File PhotoSEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has inoculated 25% of its population with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine two weeks ahead of schedule, authorities

EU wants faster vaccine production in "age of pandemics"

FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sticks an EU flag label during a visit at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Belgium April 23, 2021. John Thys /Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoBRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union plans to boost its early warning system and have a permanent capacity to

Vietnam approves China's Sinopharm vaccine for use against COVID-19 -media

FILE PHOTO: A nurse holds a box of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a unit of Sinopharm subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG), at a vaccination center during a government-organized visit, in Beijing, China, April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas PeterHANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has approved China’s Sinopharm vaccine

WHO expert say new research mission to China would be helpful

FILE PHOTO: Marion Koopmans, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), speaks at the WHO-China joint study news conference at a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Aly SongAMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A leading scientist on the WHO’s COVID-19 mission to

Mexico reports lowest daily coronavirus death toll in over a year

FILE PHOTO: School workers line up before receiving a dose of China’s CanSino COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination for teachers and school staff against coronavirus disease in Mexico City, Mexico May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Edgard GarridoMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s health ministry on Sunday registered 50 new confirmed deaths from COVID-19, the lowest daily increase

Fragrance expert helps COVID-19 patients learn to smell again

NEW YORK (Reuters) – After 13-year-old Sahil Shah lost his sense of smell to COVID-19 in November, his parents looked everywhere for help.Slideshow ( 5 images )“We met with neurologists, neurosurgeons, ENT specialists, and all of them said if it was supposed to come back, it would have come back by now,” said Sahil’s father,

South Africa targets 5 million elderly people in phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccine rollout

FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receives the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination at the Khayelitsha Hospital near Cape Town, South Africa, February 17, 2021. Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa will launch phase two of its vaccine rollout on Monday with the aim of inoculating five million citizens