Covid-19: Russia registers ‘world’s first’ Covid vaccine for animals

MOSCOW, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia announced it hadregistered what it said was the world’s first coronavirus vaccine foranimals, describing the step as important to disrupting mutations. It said mass production of the vaccine could begin in April. The agriculture oversight agency Rosselkhoznadzor said in a statement thatthe vaccine called…

Over 8,000 Mozambique attack survivors find refuge: UN

PEMBA (Mozambique), April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 8,100 people have reached safety outside the northern Mozambican town of Palma a week after it was besieged by militants, the UN said, as thousands othersremained stranded. Armed militants raided the coastal town on March 24, ransacking buildingsand beheading residents as thousands…

Illegal migrants: Two children dropped over US-Mexico border wall

WASHINGTON, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two small Ecuadoran girls, three and five years old, were hoisted over and dropped from the top of a 14-foot wall marking the US-Mexican border in the middle of the night before being picked up by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. “On Tuesday…

Covid-19: Nepal to use Chinese vaccine among people aged 40-59 years

KATHMANDU, April 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Nepali government has decidedto inoculate the COVID-19 vaccine donated by China among people aged 40-59 years, a senior official of Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population said. A batch of Chinese vaccines arrived in Nepal on March 29 in a major boostto the Himalayan…

Covid-19: Europe vaccine rollout ‘unacceptably slow’, case surge ‘worrying’, says WHO

COPENHAGEN, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization slammed Europe’s “unacceptably slow” vaccine rollout and said theregion’s surge in coronavirus infections was “worrying”. “Vaccines present our best way out of this pandemic… However, the rolloutof these vaccines is unacceptably slow” and is “prolonging the pandemic”, WHO director for Europe…

Covid-19: US plant ruins 15 mn J&J coronavirus vaccine doses – report

WASHINGTON, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 15 million doses of the single-shot coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson were ruined in a factory error in the United States — a blow to the company’s efforts to quickly boost production. The pharmaceutical giant said it had identified a batch of…

Iraq PM seeks to soothe security concern on Saudi visit

RIYADH, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iraq will never become a launchpad forattacks on Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi pledged during a long-awaited visit to the kingdom aimed at forging closer economic and security ties. In January, explosive-laden drones crashed into the main royal palace inRiyadh, with American media citing…

Covid-19: Brazil closes out deadliest month of pandemic by far

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hard-hit Brazil closed out itsdeadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic by far on Wednesday, with 66,573 people killed by Covid-19 in March, more than double the previous record. An explosion of severe cases has overwhelmed many of the country’shospitals, forcing doctors to make…

Covid-19: Bangladesh bans passenger entry from Europe except UK, 12 other countries

DHAKA, April 2 (NNN-BSS) — Bangladesh has imposed a 16-day ban on entry of passengers from all European nations except the United Kingdom (UK) and 12 other countries from April 3 to check the new spike of coronavirus. Apart from Europe, the 12 other countries are Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Chile,…

7 killed, 3 missing in floods in northern Algeria

ALGIERS, March 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Seven people died and three others went missing amid floods that hit the northern region of Algeria on Saturday overnight. According to a statement of Algerian civil protection authorities on Sunday, the heavy rain that poured over Chlef province caused the Meknes River to overflow…