(Reuters) – South Africa halted the planned rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant of the virus found in the country.FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory […]

HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. shale producer Chesapeake Energy Corp on Tuesday exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy with business plan that nods to its founders’ emphasis on natural gas after a recent push into crude oil.FILE PHOTO: Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s 50 acre campus is seen in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 17, 2012. REUTERS/Steve SisneyOnce the second-largest U.S. natural gas producer, Chesapeake […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is planning to spend nearly 9 billion euros ($10.9 billion) this year to help procure up to 635.1 million COVID-19 vaccination shots for its population and other EU member states, a finance ministry document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: A person receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Havelhoehe community hospital in Berlin, […]

Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and sryinge are seen in front of displayed Johnson&Johnson logo in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s health minister said on Wednesday that the country would vaccinate health workers with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in the form of an “implementation study” in partnership with the Medical Research Council. […]

A sign reading “Wear a face mask” is seen while a worker at the elderly home DomusVi, receives the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues, in Tres Cantos, Spain February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Susana VeraMADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s health ministry said on Wednesday that under 55-year- olds without major health complications who contracted COVID-19 […]

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia’s Minister of Health Lia Tadesse is seen inside a medical ward under preparation to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at St. Peter’s hospital on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 2, 2020. Picture taken May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa NegeriADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has secured nine million doses of COVID-19 vaccines up until April and […]

MBABANE (Reuters) – eSwatini will no longer use AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, its health minister said on Tuesday, after a trial showed it gave minimal protection against mild-to-moderate COVID-19 caused by the dominant variant in South Africa.FILE PHOTO: A vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at Basingstoke Fire Station, in Basingstoke, Britain February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Peter CziborraeSwatini, a tiny […]

The World Trade Organization (WTO) logo is pictured in front of their headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A functioning global trading system needs “full and active participation” by the United States, World Trade Organization Deputy Director General Alan Wolff said on Tuesday, adding that subsidies need to be addressed in any future reforms to […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Parked in rows with many gathering dust and cobwebs, hundreds of “tuk tuk” motorised rickshaws, tour buses and boats lie silent across the Thai capital of Bangkok, after suffering a twin blow from the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of foreign tourists.Slideshow ( 5 images )Celebrations of the Lunar New Year, which begins on Friday, normally bring […]