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PoliticsU.S. to discuss wider Covid vaccine licensing as India calls to waive patent protectionsPublished Sun, May 2 20211:14 PM EDTUpdated Sun, May 2 20219:14 PM EDTAmanda Macias@amanda_m_maciasShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailKey PointsThe Biden administration is looking to distribute the coronavirus vaccine to India and other countries now…

Tourists sunbathe near a pool in a hotel, as Costa Rica tourism industry braces for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Heredia, Costa Rica March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate/File PhotoCosta Rica’s internationally renowned green escapes are likely to suffer through a second year of costly tourist hesitancy as the spread of the pandemic intensifies in…

OSLO (Reuters) – Staff at Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund will only be asked to come to work at the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, its CEO said on Monday.FILE PHOTO: Nicolai Tangen speaks during a press conference on his employment contract as he has been appointed new…

FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File PhotoAdar Poonawalla should be a walking advertisement for India’s pharmaceutical prowess. Instead the billionaire owner and chief executive of the Pune-based Serum…

OTTAWA, May 2, 2021 /CNW/ – This past week was National Immunization Awareness Week (NIAW), an annual event that serves to highlight the importance of immunization, and which I discussed in some detail in last week’s Sunday Edition. Over the course of this week, I have had the opportunity to participate in a number of…

People attend a test music festival as part of a national research programme assessing the risk of COVID-19 transmission in Liverpool, Britain May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jason CairnduffLive music returned to the birthplace of The Beatles after a long coronavirus-enforced silence on Sunday when the English city of Liverpool hosted a one-off music festival to test…

Medical workers collect swab samples from people at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey TengMalaysia has detected its first case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant first identified in India, Health Minister Adham Baba said on Sunday, days after imposing a ban on flights from India.The…

FILE PHOTO: Medical workers collect swab samples from people at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey TengKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has detected its first case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant first identified in India, Health Minister Adham Baba said on Sunday, days after imposing…

Military personel load coffins that have been piling up in a church due to the high number of deaths as Italy struggles to contain a spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Seriate, Italy, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo ScalzoItaly reported 226 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 263 the day before, the health ministry said, while…

Rajasthan Royals bowler Jaydev Unadkat will donate 10% of his salary from the Indian Premier League (IPL) to the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic but believes the tournament is bringing “much-needed” relief to a nation in distress.India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, while the country’s death toll…