LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE Slips But Asia Follows New York Higher
LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE Slips But Asia Follows New York Higher
Read moreLONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE Slips But Asia Follows New York Higher
Read moreSouth African Covid-19 Variant Unlikely To Become Dominant In UK
Read moreABUJA/LAGOS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Nigeria has not yet found the South African variant of COVID-19 in its population and will continue with plans to distribute the AstraZeneca vaccine, the head of the country's primary healthcare agency said on Monda...
Read more(Adds background, further comments from Madhi)By Alexander WinningJOHANNESBURG, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The lead investigator on the South African trial of AstraZeneca's vaccine said he believed it had a major role to play in Africa and globally, despit...
Read more(Adds quotes, detail, context)By Alexander WinningJOHANNESBURG, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The lead investigator on the South African trial of AstraZeneca's vaccine said he believed the vaccine had a major role to play in Africa and globally, despite data ...
Read moreJOHANNESBURG, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The lead investigator on the South African trial of AstraZeneca's vaccine said he believed the vaccine had a major role to play in Africa and globally, despite data showing it offered minimal protection against mil...
Read more(Adds WHO officials)By John RevillGENEVA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - South Africa will roll out AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in a "stepped manner" to assess its ability to prevent severe illness, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, co-chair of South Africa...
Read more(Adds details)GENEVA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - South Africa will roll out the AstraZeneca vaccine in a "stepped manner" to assess its efficacy in preventing severe illness, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, co-chair of South Africa’s Ministerial Advisory Com...
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Read moreGENEVA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - South Africa will roll out the AstraZeneca vaccine in a "stepped manner" to assess its effectiveness in preventing severe illness, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, the co-chair of South Africa’s Ministerial Advisory Committ...
Read more* U.S. stocks up early; MSCI all-country world index hits record* Brent crosses $60 a barrel* Hopes of $1.9 trln U.S. stimulus, vaccines, boost sentiment (Updates with early U.S. markets activity; changes byline, dateline, previous LONDON)By Caro...
Read moreMEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Pfizer's vaccine shipments to Mexico will resume on Wednesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday.Speaking at a regular news conference after his recovery from COVID-19, he added that one mi...
Read more(Adds detail)VIENNA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Austria is warning against non-essential travel to its Alpine province of Tyrol because of an outbreak of the so-called South African variant of the coronavirus there, the government said on Monday.The provin...
Read more* S.Africa had planned to begin with AstraZeneca jabs* Switched after trial showed reduced efficacy vs virus variant* Official says J&J offered to speed up deliveries* Gov't factsheet says inoculations to begin mid-February (Adds factsheet, Madhi, ...
Read more* S.Africa received 1 mln AstraZeneca doses last week* Had hoped to start vaccinating health workers soon* But trial shows reduced efficacy vs virus variant* Implications for continent as variant has spread (Adds Malawi, Uganda, detail, context)JOHA...
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