COVID19

SINGAPORE – Asian equities, including Singapore shares, closed in the red on Monday, after a weekend of protests across China over restrictive Covid-19 curbs dampened market…

NEW YORK – Some pharmacies are reporting shortages of Moderna’s new bivalent booster shot for Covid-19 as one factory used in producing the vaccine remains offline following a…

TOKYO – Asia’s factory activity slumped in August as China’s zero-Covid-19 curbs and cost pressures continued to hurt businesses, surveys showed on Thursday, darkening the outlook…

US President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms “have now almost completely resolved” since he tested positive last week, his physician said in a memo on Monday. “When questioned, at…

WASHINGTON – Novavax Inc said on Friday (July 1) it expects to provide a Covid-19 vaccine targeting Omicron in the fourth quarter as it accelerates development of shots to protect…

LONDON – Eighth seed Matteo Berrettini, runner-up at last year’s Wimbledon, became the second top player to pull out of the Championships after testing positive for Covid-19. The…

OTTAWA – The Canadian government on Tuesday (June 14) will announce an end to Covid-19 vaccine mandates for domestic travel on planes and trains and outgoing international travel,…

SYDNEY – Stocks in Asia and US futures advanced on Monday (May 30) after China eased some virus curbs and Wall Street had its best week since November 2020. Japanese and Hong Kong…

WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive on Wednesday (May 4) for Covid-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said.“The…

BEIJING – China’s central bank announced a spate of measures to help an economy that has been hit by lockdowns to control the current Covid-19 outbreak, but the focus on boosting credit…