Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the British contract with AstraZeneca is stronger than the EU’s and “trumps” the bloc’s agreement. The minister made the remarks as Brussels threatens to block shipments of British-bought coronavirus vaccines.
The European Union’s revised vaccine export rules could target countries like the UK which have already succeeded in vaccinating large proportions of their populations.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged that the UK will leave lockdown “once and for all” and those plans will not change even in the face of a so-called ‘third wave’ of coronavirus coming from Europe.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wore a black mask reading “FCKNG QRNTN” while on a tour of southeastern China’s Lijiang River on Monday.
One year ago today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first police-enforced national lockdown, which led to 12 months of tiers, business shutdowns, and travel restrictions.
Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan seemed to imply that Tanzanian President John Magufuli was sick on Monday amid unproven rumors that he may have contracted the Chinese coronavirus since he disappeared from the public eye last month.
The auction for global telecommunications companies to bid on building Brazil’s 5G Internet will allow Huawei, a Chinese company with close ties to the communist regime, to bid despite global national security concerns, the New York Times noted on Monday.
Lawmakers in Iraq passed a bill Sunday exempting manufacturers of Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidates from liability for possible damages from them.
Polish government officials accused a recently expelled Russian diplomat this week of failing to self-isolate after testing positive for the Chinese coronavirus in January.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli is allegedly in India receiving medical treatment for the Chinese coronavirus, Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu told Reuters on Thursday.
Countries should not require travelers to present so-called “vaccine passports” for international travel during the ongoing Chinese coronavirus pandemic, as such a demand would be unfair to nations with limited vaccination capabilities, a senior World Health Organization (W.H.O.) official said Monday.
The number of Hong Kong residents volunteering to receive a dose of Coronavac, a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine candidate, has dropped from 90 percent to 72 percent following news three people died shortly after receiving the shot this week.
The new Italian government under Prime Minister Mario Draghi is considering new Wuhan coronavirus restrictions as the country heads above the threshold of 20,000 new cases per day.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus along with his wife, Asma, the Syrian president’s office announced Monday.
Interpol on Wednesday warned of an oncoming rise in vaccine-related crime after police in South Africa and China seized thousands of doses of fake coronavirus vaccines, asserting that the colossal busts were just the “tip of the iceberg.”
India’s active coronavirus caseload fell to under 150,000 on Tuesday, which amounts to 1.34 percent of the nation’s total number of recorded cases of the Chinese coronavirus to date, India’s health ministry said.
The United Kingdom, which the EU compared to a “speedboat” in vaccine development, has committed to giving 80 per cent of its spare doses to the third world once all adults in Britain have been vaccinated.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has told Boris Johnson not to drop tiered coronavirus measures after the end of lockdown, publishing a report calling for the country to revert to a five-level traffic light system.
The Brazilian municipality of Serrana launched a clinical trial on Wednesday to administer to the town’s entire adult population doses of the Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine candidate CoronaVac.
The yearly suicide rate for Japanese schoolchildren surged to 479 in 2020, the highest figure recorded since Japan began keeping records of the statistic in 1980, Japan’s education ministry revealed Monday.
Nigerian health officials say a considerable number of Nigerians refuse to get treatment for malaria because they fear contracting the Chinese coronavirus at clinics.
Rwanda’s government deployed three UVC light robots to a state hospital in Kigali on Tuesday to disinfect the facility and help protect frontline health workers from the coronavirus.
Government health officials in Seoul began testing pet cats and dogs for the Chinese coronavirus this week after South Korea documented its first human case of the virus involving a pet kitten in recent weeks.
Authorities in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin arrested a man on Monday for fatally stabbing a coronavirus control worker last week.
The Indian army claimed Tuesday that it is using specially trained dogs to detect positive cases of the Chinese coronavirus among soldiers, alleging the method is faster than widely-used rapid tests for the virus.
Australia’s government will issue official certificates to people who have received a Chinese coronavirus vaccine and may require “vaccine passports” for international and inter-state travel, the Canberra Times reported on Tuesday local time.
The Chinese coronavirus pandemic has caused a resurgence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Cameroon over the past year, Cameroon’s government said this week.
Hong Kong’s new “ambush-style” coronavirus lockdowns have caught residents off guard, with some reporting they were “trapped” inside shops and salons overnight by the last-minute quarantines.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro accused Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of “abusive and dictatorial” behavior after Facebook censored Maduro’s promotion of an unproven coronavirus treatment known as Carvativir, an antiviral drug which Maduro refers to as “miracle drops.”
Public health expert Dr. Anthony Fauci will appear in a discussion alongside Chinese scientist Zhong Nanshan — who claimed last year the Chinese coronavirus originated not in Wuhan, China, but in “multiple birthplaces around the globe” at an online public health forum for the University of Edinburgh in March, Chinese media outlets reported this week.
Almost one-quarter of India’s population of 1.36 billion “now have antibodies” against the Chinese coronavirus, according to a survey from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Tanzanian President John Magufuli expressed doubt over foreign-made Chinese coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday, encouraging his countrymen to pray to God while inhaling steam as a natural way to bolster their immune systems against the virus.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide apologized on Wednesday after lawmakers from his ruling party admitted to visiting Tokyo bars late at night during the capital’s coronavirus state of emergency, which discourages unnecessary outings and urges bars and restaurants to close by 8:00 p.m.
Restaurants in Dubai are offering discounts to diners who have received a Chinese coronavirus vaccine to support the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) state vaccine campaign, local outlets noted on Tuesday.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte must receive his Chinese coronavirus vaccine in private because it will be administered “in the ass,” his spokesman told reporters on Tuesday.
The Dutch government has denied it was planning to deploy the army to quell anti-corona-lockdown riots on Tuesday.
More than two dozen House Democrats, many representing swing counties and districts won by former President Trump, have remained silent about their support or opposition to President Joe Biden’s amnesty plan that would eventually provide American citizenship to millions of illegal aliens.
Government authorities in Hong Kong are reportedly planning to lock down thousands of people within the Yau Tsim Mong area of Kowloon district starting January 23 to contain a Chinese coronavirus outbreak in the area.
Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Sibusiso Moyo, died on Wednesday after he “succumbed” to the Chinese coronavirus, the Zimbabwean government announced.
Authorities in China’s largest city, Shanghai, confirmed three new cases of the Chinese coronavirus Thursday, hours after sealing off two major hospitals connected to the outbreak.
