Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China vaccinated 64.07 million people for covid-19 as of March 12: NHC vice head
BEIJINGl (Reuters) - China has vaccinated 64.07 million people for COVID-19 as of March 12, National Health Commission Vice Minister Li Bin said on Monday. The data was provided from an English interp...
Mar 15, 2021
Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it has started ad...
Mar 15, 2021
Danone confirms ousting of Faber as chairman and CEO after activist pressure
PARIS (Reuters) - The board of French food group Danone said on Monday that Emmanuel Faber would step down as chairman and CEO, adding that Gilles Schnepp, who joined as a director late last year, had...
Mar 15, 2021
Roche agrees to buy GenMark Diagnostics in $1.8 billion deal
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche will buy GenMark Diagnostics, a U.S.-based maker of molecular diagnostic tests in a $1.8 billion deal, the Swiss pharmaceuticals manufacturer said on Monday. Roche said it wil...
Mar 15, 2021
Yemen Houthis target Saudi airport, air base with armed drones: spokesman
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi movement launched on Monday armed drones on Abha airport and an air base in the southern town of Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia, a spokesman of the group's military sa...
Mar 15, 2021
Indonesia orders 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for private inoculations
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia expects to receive 20.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna Inc and China's Sinopharm from the second quarter to use in a private vaccination scheme, ...
Mar 15, 2021
Cab driver in China rams passenger to death, puts ride-hailing firm Didi under spotlight
BEIJING (Reuters) - A driver employed by China's largest ride-hailing firm, Didi Chuxing, killed a passenger by ramming his car into the man after a quarrel, the firm said in a post on social media on...
Mar 15, 2021
Unthinkable? EU considers getting a vaccine boost from Russia’s Sputnik
By Francesco Guarascio, John Chalmers and Emilio Parodi BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Publicly, the European Union has dismissed Russia's global coronavirus vaccine supply campaign as a propaganda stunt by an ...
Mar 15, 2021
China has administered 64.98 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of March 14: official
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has administered 64.98 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of March 14, Li Bin, an official with China's National Health Commission, said during a news conference. (Reporti...
Mar 15, 2021
Thailand to start using AstraZeneca vaccine Tuesday after delay over safety
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will start using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday after a brief delay due to concerns over its safety, officials said, with the prime minister and his cabinet d...
Mar 15, 2021
