Japan formally approved Moderna and AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines on Friday, but the latter will not be used immediately because of lingering concern over very rare blood clots. The decision comes just over two months before the pandemic-postponed Olympics, with growing disquiet in Japan about the country’s comparatively slow vaccine roll-out. Nine regions including Tokyo are […]
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2,700 migrants reach Spain’s Ceuta enclave in one day
At least 2,700 migrants, about a thousand of them minors, reached Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, Spanish officials said, a record in a single day. A spokesman for the Spanish government delegation in Ceuta said the numbers arriving Monday were unprecedented. The migrants had reached the enclave by swimming or walking at […]
Lebanon crisis cancels school for many
In a camp for Syrian refugees in east Lebanon, Mohammad and his three sisters fear they will be out of school for a third consecutive year because remote learning is out of reach. “Look at my phone. How do you expect my son to study on it?” asked his father Abdel Nasser, sitting cross-legged inside […]
French MPs back Macron’s Covid ‘pass’ after changes
PARIS: France’s parliament on Wednesday backed President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to introduce a Covid “health pass”, after deputies pushed back against the move arguing it was discriminatory for those not yet vaccinated. Macron wants the pass to help speed up the lifting of coronavirus restrictions as his Covid vaccination programme gathers pace. It will be […]
Shehbaz lauds China’s help during pandemic
ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif met Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Ron at the Chinese High Commission on Thursday. He was accompanied by former prime minister Shahid Kahqan Abbasi, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N’s) Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed and PML-N’s Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb. This was Shehbaz’s […]
NCOC data shows 31% of ventilators in Lahore still vacant
Islamabad: National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC) data shows that 46,467 tests were conducted nationwide out of which 4198 results were positive on 5th of May. The total number of active cases in Pakistan has reached 84,172. According to the NCOC report, the number of people that have recovered from covid-19 so far has reached […]