Mexican mafia selling fake Covid-19 vaccines
MEXICO CITY, 15 Jan 2021: Organised crime has been raking in cash in Mexico with fake vaccination campaigns and selling illegal vaccines – which put the health of the public …
2-hour fire at Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, no deaths or serious injuries
DHAKA, 15 Jan 2021: A devastating fire in the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar destroyed more than 550 shelters and rendered some 3,500 refugees homeless in the early …
Thai golf resorts offered as Covid-19 quarantine areas to woo tourists
BANGKOK, 14 Jan 2021: Thailand is offering a unique quarantine experience for foreign tourists entering the kingdom as they can choose to undergo 14-day Covid-19 quarantine at golf resorts. In …
NZ allows re-entry of foreign students
AUCKLAND, 14 Jan 2021: The New Zealand government today announced that, from April, it will allow the staggered entry of 1,000 international university students who were stuck outside the country …
Malaysian woman linked to millions in cash found stashed at Jeju casino
JEJU, 13 Jan 2021: South Korean police today said they have discovered a pile of unidentified cash worth 8.1 billion won (US$7.4 million) at a resort casino on Jeju Island …
Brazil says Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine good enough with 50% efficacy
SAO PAOLO, 13 Jan 2021: The anti-Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac pharmaceutical laboratory – which will be used and produced in Brazil – is able to halt the coronavirus …
Gorillas in zoo tested positive for Covid-19
SAN DIEGO, 12 Jan 2021: Gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in what could be the first known case of natural transmission of …
Argentina rolling out Covid-19 cure derived from horse serum
BUENOS AIRES, 12 Jan 2021: The hyperimmune serum produced from horses in Argentina completed the last phase of its clinical studies and “demonstrated efficacy and safety” in serious Covid-19 cases, …
Human remains found at Indonesia plane crash site
JAKARTA, 10 Jan 2021: Indonesian police said rescue teams found the first human remains early today of a commercial flight carrying 62 people that crashed near the coast of Java …
Remote Pacific islands have so far avoided any Covid-19 cases
SYDNEY, 9 Jan 2021: Almost a year after the Covid-19 pandemic was declared worldwide, a handful of small and remote Pacific Island countries have managed to avoid the virus – …