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Boris rules out Wuhan lab leak theory

“I do think there’s a problem with zoonotic diseases and this is clearly something we need to focus on,” said UK PM …reports Asian Lite news UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has

June 16, 2021

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‘Pfizer, AZ jabs highly effective against Delta variant’

These are comparable with vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation from the Alpha (B117) variant: 96 per cent after two doses with Pfizer vaccine and 92 per cent after two doses from AstraZeneca vaccines…reports

June 16, 2021

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Covid jabs to become mandatory for care home staff

Organisations have warned that making vaccinations compulsory could cause serious difficulties in the care home sector, reports Asian Lite Newsdesk The UK government is expected to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for staff

June 16, 2021

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‘Delta Plus ‘variant of interest’ for now’

“It has not yet been classified as a variant of concern, in which there is adverse consequence to humanity,” said V.K. Paul…reports Asian Lite News The new Delta Plus mutation of coronavirus

June 15, 2021

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UK PM: Selfish Approach to COVID proved Self-Destructive

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted that “selfish and nationalistic approaches” had marred the initial global response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “I know the world was looking to us to reject some

June 15, 2021

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‘AstraZeneca jab authorised for all age-groups’

The EU has also authorised Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s mRNA based Covid-19 vaccines…reports Asian Lite News. AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine remains authorised for all populations, European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said. The clarification camme

June 15, 2021

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Boris delays end of lockdown in UK

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the link between hospitalisations and infections has weakened but not severed, adding that admissions in ICU wards were on a rise due to the Delta variant,

June 15, 2021

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Covaxin trials on children set to begin

Delhi AIIMS has decided to start the trial drive after the recruitment and clinical trial for single-dose Covaxin for 12-18 age group is over….reports Asian Lite News The All India Institute of

June 14, 2021

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Authorities launch probe over Covid outbreak in Guangzhou

A task force of municipal and provincial Communist Party disciplinary officials have been set up…reports Asian Lite News Chinese investigators have set up a task force to investigate possible dereliction of duty

June 14, 2021

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India asks Cambodia to lift ban on meat imports

Indian ambassador to Cambodia said that in the absence of any scientific basis to prove that Covid-19 virus spreads through food and packaging material, the temporary ban is becoming a non-tariff barrier

June 14, 2021

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