Category: Asia
Asian Coronavirus News
New coronavirus variant with E484K, N501Y & P681H mutations found in the Philippines, designated PHL-B.1.1.28
Here, we describe the emergence of a new SARS-CoV-2 lineage, mainly from the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. More...
WHO Investigators scrap plans for interim report on probe of coronavirus origins
WSJ: “The World Health Organization team investigating the origins of Covid-19 is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the investigation and an appeal from one international group of scientists for a new probe.” More...
More than 450 cases of the South African coronavirus variant 501Y.V2 diagnosed in Israel
Over 450 cases of the South Africa coronavirus variant 501Y.V2 More...
Austria and Denmark to work with Israel on future coronavirus vaccines – EU ‘too slow’
Austria’s chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, described the EU’s vaccination deployment as “too slow” as he announced that his country and Denmark would work with Israel on protecting their citizens against new coronavirus variants. More...
Israel: Netanyahu wants 36m more coronavirus vaccines. “The worst scenario is that we have to vaccinate every half year.”
Israel is looking to buy 36 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines, three times the number it has already bought, in case booster shots are needed later in the year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. More...
More than 40,000 active coronavirus cases in Israel with 51.5% of the population vaccinated. Transmission R rate nears 1
There are 40,108 active coronavirus cases in Israel, according to Israeli Health Ministry figures released on Sunday morning. More...
Stillborn baby death linked to coronavirus, second such case in one week in Israel
A woman in her 36th week of pregnancy gave birth to a dead baby on Friday at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba. More...
2 Israeli men in their 20s die of COVID-19 in a day
Neither had pre-existing health conditions; both collapsed in their homes
Two Israeli men in their twenties with no pre-existing health conditions died of COVID-19 within hours of each other on Thursday. More...
50% of Israel population now vaccinated but coronavirus infection rate is increasing
As Israel continues to reopen its economy following a six-week lockdown, the COVID-19 infection has reversed course and is on the rise once again, with the R rate inching toward 1 again and currently at 0.97. More...
India, Maharashtra again reports over 6,000 coronavirus cases in Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Amravati, Thane and Akola
A rising trend of COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate has been observed in six districts — Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai and Suburban, Amravati, Thane and Akola — over the past few days. More...