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COVID-19 vaccine or test mandated for New York transport workers- governor
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will require their workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine or get tested weekly
Combining AstraZeneca and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines is effective -Danish study
The study shows that fourteen days after a combined vaccination program, the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 is reduced by 88%
J&J says still in talks with Indian govt on COVID-19 vaccine
India's drugmaker says J&J withdraws proposal for speedy vaccine approval
Delta variant bears down on China just as its economy loses steam
The tally of locally transmitted cases stood at 353 as of Sunday
Philippines to extend night curfew in Manila amid COVID-19 surge
COVID-19 cases in the Philippines exceeded 8,000 a day from Friday to Monday
Hong Kong tells civil servants to get vaccinated or pay for COVID-19 tests
Authorities were unsatisfied with a slow initial take-up of vaccines, although the numbers have improved in recent months
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Delta spreads 'like wildfire' as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker
Doctors treating patients infected with Delta described a more rapid onset of COVID-19 symptoms
Saudi Arabia and the pandemic: Key lessons for the use of 4IR technologies
Saudi Arabia still has work to do to move up the Global Innovation Index rankings
How UAE became world’s most vaccinated country
Rapid rollout of vaccines and leading the world in testing is also testimony of UAE’s success in containing the spread
Biden's COVID-19 strategy thwarted by anti-vaxxers, Delta variant
COVID-19 cases are rising in nearly 90% of jurisdictions in the United States
World faces shortage of merchant sailors to crew ships -study
Shipping industry is already struggling with crewing shortfalls due to the coronavirus pandemic
How the Delta variant upends assumptions about the coronavirus
Major worry about the Delta variant is that it spreads far more easily from person to person
