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BRASILIA: As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalisations and even deaths, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)…

WASHINGTON: White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Wednesday (Sep 15) the United States is developing a "new system for international travel" that will include new strong mitigation procedures like contact tracing.…

LONDON: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Wednesday there was no urgent need for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the fully vaccinated, citing data on the effectiveness of shots. The comments…

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday (Aug 30) said it had completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan in a chaotic airlift nearly 20 years after it invaded the country in response to the Sep 11, 2001, attacks on America.…

COPENHAGEN: A COVID-19 booster shot is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and not a luxury robbing people who have yet to have even a single jab, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Monday (Aug 30). The comments…

BOGOTA: The unequal distribution of vaccines which protect against COVID-19 is the weak point in efforts to combat the disease in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. "Vaccine inequity remains the…

NEW YORK: Pfizer on Wednesday (Aug 25) began the process for full approval of its COVID-19 booster dose in the United States even as the World Health Organization said data on its benefits are inconclusive and that focus must be to cover…

SAO PAULO: Brazil will give booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines to people with compromised immune systems and those over the age of 70 beginning in mid-September, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday (Aug 25). Vaccines from AstraZeneca,…

The FDA gave emergency-use authorisation to the vaccine for people aged 16 and older in December - making it the first shot to gain such backing - and then later gave further emergency-use authorisation for people age 12 and up in May. The…

VACCINATION-DIFFERENTIATED MEASURES Employers may adopt differentiated workplace measures for vaccinated and unvaccinated employees in consultation with the unions, according to the advisory. Setting out these measures, the tripartite…