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EU drug regulator investigating AstraZeneca vaccine

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday said it was continuing an investigation into possible side effects of the novel coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. With several European countries having recently suspended the vaccine, the EMA said in a statement that the probe was […]

Ireland suspends Oxford vaccine rollout over clot fears

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Following similar moves by other EU countires last week, Ireland on Sunday suspended the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine over fears of serious blood clots. After consulting with the Norwegian Medicines Agency on Saturday and discussions with the Health Products Regulatory Authority, the Department of Health decided […]

Four killed in Kazakhstan military plane crash

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Almaty, Kazakhstan-Four people died and two more were badly injured on Saturday when a military plane crashed and caught fire while trying to land in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, the latest accident to hit the country’s aviation industry. City authorities said the survivors were in intensive care […]

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools

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Sri Lanka’s government says it will ban the wearing of the burqa and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools, the latest actions affecting the country’s minority Muslim population. Separately, the government on Saturday announced using a controversial anti-terror law to deal with religious “extremism” and gave itself sweeping […]

Russian police detain dozens of opposition deputies at forum

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Moscow-Russian police on Saturday arrested dozens of opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a conference in Moscow, organisers and participants said.  Participants from more than 50 of Russia’s regions had gathered to discuss parliamentary and local elections in September at a forum organised by a project backed […]

US administers over 100M COVID-19 vaccine doses

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The US has administered over 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed Friday. In all, the CDC counted 101,128,005 administered jabs with more than 133 million doses given to authorities as the US continues to roll out vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna […]

Bulgaria suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use: PM

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Sofia-Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Friday suspended use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, following similar steps in Denmark, Iceland and Norway over safety concerns. “I order a halt in vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine until the European Medicines Agency dismisses all doubts about its safety,” […]

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