Explainer: How worried should we be about blood clots linked to AstraZeneca and J&J vaccines?

Zurich, Switzerland Reuters US regulators have recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine as they investigate rare blood clotting in six women, including one who died. J&J also said it was delaying the rollout of its vaccine in Europe. US officials said the temporary halt is expected only to last a few […]
US authorises Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, elderly next in line for shots

Reuters Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID-19 death toll of over 307,000 lives lost. Millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be added to the US rollout, which […]
WHO’s Ryan: don’t turn COVID-19 into “political football”

Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The World Health Organization’s top emergency expert, asked on Thursday about contradictory remarks by President Donald Trump and US health officials on COVID-19, said it was important for all countries to have “consistent messaging” for their public. Trump took exception on Wednesday to comments from the director of the US Centers for […]
US braces for coronavirus spread as outbreaks worsen in Italy, Iran

Dubai, UAE/Beijing, China Reuters The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy escalated and fears that the epidemic would hurt global growth rattled markets. Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose to 16 on Tuesday, the most outside China, while […]
China virus death toll posts grim record rise, passes 400

Beijing, China Reuters China said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose on Tuesday by a new daily record to more than 420. The toll in China rose to 425 as of the end of […]