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Covid is making its latest comeback in parts of the northeastern United States as the BA.2 coronavirus variant becomes dominant in the country, officials said Wednesday, while urging Congress to pass new funding or risk the supply of future treatments and vaccines. The country is currently registering an average of …

U.S. biotech firm Moderna on Wednesday said it was pursuing regulatory approval for its Covid vaccine in children aged six months to six years after the two-shot regimen was found to be safe and produced a strong immune response. Specifically, two doses of 25 micrograms given to this age group …

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it had verified 64 instances of attacks on health care in Ukraine between Feb. 24 and March 21 resulting in 15 deaths and 37 injuries. Close to 7 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced in the one month of war, with one …

New York Mayor Eric Adams is set to lift the city’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for performers and professional athletes as early as this week, Politico reported on Wednesday, a rule that has come under growing criticism by local sports teams. The mandate, imposed by former Mayor Bill de Blasio, is …

The HCMC education department is considering letting vaccinated students who are close contacts of Covid-19 cases to continue attend in-person classes. Duong Tri Dung, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Education and Training, said they will cooperate with the Department of Health to evaluate available data …

A human milk bank was opened Tuesday at the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi to serve northern localities. The first of its kind in the capital city, the milk bank is sponsored by the Irish government, as well as the Alive & Thrive and Newborns Vietnam organization. The …

Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai have denied rumours of a city-wide lockdown after a sixth straight increase in daily asymptomatic coronavirus cases pushed its count to record levels despite a campaign of mass testing aimed at stifling the spread. The latest outbreak in China’s wealthy commercial hub remains …

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it will set up a logistic base in Turkey to meet rising demand, with a more than $100 million investment. It said the facility will create more than 1,000 jobs in its first year, and will support the domestic and export operations of the small- …

The Health Ministry announced 127,878 new domestic Covid-19 patients Wednesday in 62 cities and provinces. Most of the new cases were detected in the northern province of Tuyen Quang, at 15,810, including over 13,000 cases in the past that are now added to the national database. It was followed by …

Hanoi’s administration has approved the planning of an underground urban construction space at a maximum depth of 30 meters across 20 districts. According to the plan that will be carried out from now until 2030 and with a vision to 2050, the urban space will spread 756 square kilometers across …