Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italy rules out making COVID vaccine obligatory - PM
ROME (Reuters) - Italy will not make COVID vaccinations obligatory, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday, adding he was confident there would be a large-scale demand for the shots among Ita...
Dec 30, 2020
Ukraine signs contract for supply of China's Sinovac vaccine
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's health minister has signed contract to buy 1.8 million doses of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, Ukraine's presidential office said on Wednesday. The office said in a state...
Dec 30, 2020
Swiss canton says person died after COVID-19 shot, unclear if there is a link
ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss person who was among the first in the country to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 shot later died, officials in the canton of Lucerne said on Wednesday, though they did not ind...
Dec 30, 2020
Iran allocates $150,000 for families of each victim of Ukraine plane crash - IRNA
(Reuters) - Iran's cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane downed in Iranian airspace in January, the official IRNA news agency reporte...
Dec 30, 2020
China fines JD.Com, Alibaba's Tmall, Vipshop for irregular pricing
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's market regulator said on Wednesday it has fined JD.Com Inc, Alibaba's Tmall and Vipshop 500,000 yuan ($76,656.55) each for irregular pricing. The State Administration of Ma...
Dec 30, 2020
Blast, gunfire heard at Aden airport after plane carrying new government lands - witnesses
DUBAI (Reuters) - Loud blasts and gunfire were heard at Aden's airport shortly after a plane carrying the newly-formed Yemeni government arrived from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, witnesses said. The cab...
Dec 30, 2020
Indian state's "Love Jihad" law denounced by ex-bureaucrats, diplomats in open letter
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW (Reuters) - Over 100 retired senior civil servants and diplomats urged the Hindu nationalist leader of Uttar Pradesh state to repeal a new law criminalising forced religious ...
Dec 30, 2020
Explainer-Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?
(Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, prioritizing the rapid deployment of the shot as...
Dec 30, 2020
Waiting for mass vaccines, California cafe will 'have to hang on'
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The months leading up to widespread COVID-19 vaccinations will be difficult for Farley's East, a cafe in Oakland, and other small businesses in California slamm...
Dec 30, 2020
Italy aims to vaccinate 10-15 million people against COVID-19 by April-PM
ROME (Reuters) - Italy aims to vaccinate between 10 and 15 million people against COVID-19 by April, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday, adding he expects the vaccine to have an impact on...
Dec 30, 2020
