Australia prepares to reopen borders for first time during pandemic Australia will start lifting its outbound travel ban for fully vaccinated residents from Nov. 1 amid a strong uptake of COVID-19 vaccines, as Sydney and Melbourne, its biggest cities, prepare to welcome overseas travellers without quarantine. World 27 Oct, 2021
Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users In March, as claims about the dangers and ineffectiveness of coronavirus vaccines spun across social media and undermined attempts to stop the spread of the virus, some Facebook employees thought they had found a way to help. Science and Tech 27 Oct, 2021
US to outline November 8 international travel reopening, vaccination rules US to outline November 8 international travel reopening, vaccination rules World 25 Oct, 2021
China to start vaccinating children to age 3 as cases spread Children as young as 3 will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines in China, where 76% of the population has been fully vaccinated and authorities are maintaining a zero-tolerance policy toward outbreaks. World 25 Oct, 2021
Africa tries to end vaccine inequity by replicating its own In a pair of Cape Town warehouses converted into a maze of airlocked sterile rooms, young scientists are assembling and calibrating the equipment needed to reverse engineer a coronavirus vaccine that has yet to reach South Africa and most of the world's poorest people. World 25 Oct, 2021
​​​​​​​US to donate 100,620 doses of Pfizer to Nepal, vaccines to arrive Monday The United States is donating 100,620 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal. Kathmandu 24 Oct, 2021
FDA says benefits outweigh risks for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children Scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that the likely benefits of giving the Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to 5 to 11 year olds clearly outweigh the risks of rare cases of heart inflammation. World 23 Oct, 2021
India celebrates 1 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses with song, film India is set to administer one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by early Thursday, an important milestone after a slow start, even as a recent drop in inoculations worries the government and healthcare providers. World 21 Oct, 2021
China to provide two million more doses of COVID vaccines Minister of Foreign Affairs Narayan Khadka and Wang Yi, state councillor and minister of foreign affairs of the People’s Republic of China, held an hour-long telephone conversation Tuesday morning. Nepal 20 Oct, 2021
India resumes vaccine exports as domestic stocks build up: officials India has resumed a small amount of exports of COVID-19 vaccines and will increase exports significantly in the next few months as domestic stocks build up and most of its own large population is inoculated, officials said on Wednesday. World 13 Oct, 2021
US will accept WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines for international visitors The United States will accept the use by international visitors of COVID-19 vaccines authorized by US regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late on Friday. World 09 Oct, 2021
Creators of molecule-building precision tools win Chemistry Nobel German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing new tools for building molecules that have helped make new drugs and are more environmentally friendly. World 07 Oct, 2021
