covid-19

Record number of Chinese to travel over Labour Day break, but stick close to home

A record-breaking wave of Chinese tourists will hit the road for the Labour Day break, and with borders still shut…

5 years ago

Vaccination centres close in Mumbai as India posts another record rise in COVID-19

All vaccination centres in India’s financial capital of Mumbai were shut for three days starting Friday due to a shortage…

5 years ago

Lockdown accounting

Many countries have implemented social distancing and lockdown policies to tame the spread of Covid-19. This column discusses the potential…

5 years ago

France to relax nightly curfew on May 19, to scrap it on June 30 – source

The French government will begin relaxing its COVID-19 curfew from May 19, a source familiar with the plan said on…

5 years ago

India’s coronavirus infections cross 18 million as gravediggers work round the clock

India's total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked…

5 years ago

Moderna boosting COVID-19 vaccine capacity, targets up to 3 billion shots in 2022

Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Thursday it is boosting manufacturing capacity for its COVID-19 vaccine and expects to make up to 3…

5 years ago

London Heathrow Airport’s COVID losses balloon to $3.4 bln

Heathrow, Britain’s biggest airport, said on Thursday a first quarter loss of 329 million pounds ($459 million) took total losses…

5 years ago

Mexico agrees domestic production of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

Mexico will produce Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 domestically, its foreign minister said on a visit to Moscow, in…

5 years ago

From Amazon to Tata, industry steps up to combat India’s coronavirus crisis

Sachin Ravikumar, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Chris Thomas Global and Indian firms are flexing their industrial muscle to help the world's second…

5 years ago

India’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 200,000 after record case surge

India's COVID-19 death toll surged past 200,000 on Wednesday as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a…

5 years ago