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Japan to administer COVID vaccine soon to children aged under 12
Date: 2022-01-11 06:40:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:9360706
TOKYO, Jan 11 (MENA) - Japan plans to expand the scope of COVID-19 inoculation to children under 12 years old at an early date to cope with another wave of infections amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, Kyodo quoted Prime Minister Fumio ....
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UK government urges all pregnant women to get immediate Covid jab
Date: 2022-01-10 22:07:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:101 - ID:9360605
LONDON, Jan 10 (MENA) - The UK government is warning that almost all pregnant women admitted to hospital with Covid symptoms were unvaccinated in one analysis over several months last year, as it kicks off an advertising campaign encouraging ....
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Chile starts fourth vaccine dose as coronavirus cases rise
Date: 2022-01-10 20:48:35 GMT - Chile - World - SN:95 - ID:9360460
SANTIAGO, Jan 10 (MENA) - Chile is implementing a fourth vaccination dose for some citizens as the number of daily coronavirus infections rises. President Sebastián Piñera was present on Monday when two adults with immunosuppression problems ....
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EU Parliament president Sassoli hospitalized in Italy for 'serious complication'
Date: 2022-01-10 18:18:18 GMT - Italy - World - SN:87 - ID:9360352
ROME, Jan 10 (MENA) – European Parliament president David Sassoli has been hospitalized in Italy due to abnormal functioning of his immune system, his spokesman said Monday. Roberto Cuillo said in a statement that Sassoli has been in the hospital ....
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Germany: Rome key ally to Berlin in green economy
Date: 2022-01-10 17:19:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:86 - ID:9360309
BERLIN, Jan 10 (MENA) - Germany's top diplomat, Annalena Baerbock, traveled to Rome on Monday, her first visit to Italy as foreign minister. Before she left, the Green party politician praised "like-minded allies in Rome," with whom Germany ....
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Pfizer CEO predicts omicron vaccine will be ready in March
Date: 2022-01-10 17:18:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:9360308
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (MENA) - Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Monday said that his company is aiming to have a vaccine that targets the omicron variant as well as other COVID-19 variants ready in March. “This vaccine will be ready in March,” The Hill ....
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Moderna works on Covid booster for omicron
Date: 2022-01-10 17:18:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:9360307
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (MENA) - Moderna is working on a booster shot that will target the omicron variant of Covid for this fall as nations around the world prepare to distribute annual vaccinations against the virus. “We are discussing with public ....
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S. Korea president to visit UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt later this month
Date: 2022-01-10 16:12:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:74 - ID:9360131
SEOUL, Jan 10 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will make a three-country Middle East trip later this week as South Korea seeks to boost ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the fields of energy, construction ....
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New Dutch gov't led by Rutte sworn in
Date: 2022-01-10 15:26:56 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:66 - ID:9360136
AMSTERDAM, Jan 10 (MENA) - A new government has been sworn into office in the Netherlands, a record 299 days after the country's last election, Euronews reported on Monday. Mark Rutte is now set to become the Netherlands’ longest-serving prime ....
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Austrian FM leaves for Lebanon
Date: 2022-01-10 11:19:33 GMT - Austria - World - SN:37 - ID:9359572
VIENNA, Jan10 (MENA) - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg left here on Monday heading for Beirut on his first foreign trip this year. During the visit, Schallenberg will hold talks with a number of senior Lebanese officials on the ....