The British football fan claims he was tortured and falsely imprisoned in the UAE A British man who was detained in the United Arab Emirates in January 2019, and who claims he was tortured after going on holiday there, was given High Court approval late last month to seek legal action against the head of […]
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Pfizer seeks FDA approval to vaccinate 6-month-old infants
If approved, Pfizer’s vaccine would be the first available for American children under the age of five Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Tuesday that they were seeking approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to vaccinate children as young as 6 months old against Covid-19. If given approval, children aged six months to […]
Biden’s approval rating plunges in key swing state
Support for President Biden has crumbled in Georgia, a state that could wrest control of the Senate from Democrats in this year’s elections A new poll out of Georgia shows troubling signs for Democrats heading into this year’s midterm elections, as voters have soured on President Joe Biden and see America heading in the wrong […]
Indonesia first to grant approval to Novavax Covid vaccine in bid to boost inoculation campaign
The Indonesian government has approved the use of the Novavax Covid vaccine, becoming the first state in the world to greenlight the jab as the country pushes to boost its inoculation program. Novavax announced the approval in a press release, describing it as a “historical milestone” as the “first protein-based Covid vaccine authorized by a […]
Cuban-Iranian ‘PastoCoVac’ jab added to Tehran’s vaccine arsenal after approval for kids
The jointly produced Cuban-Iranian Covid jab, PastoCoVac, has been added to Tehran’s public vaccination drive as the Islamic Republic tries to ramp up its inoculation rates as a defense against the virus. On Monday, the head of the Iranian Food and Drug Administration, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, shared that “the first batch of six million doses […]
EU says people with AstraZeneca vaccine should be able to travel to US, despite lack of FDA approval for jab
The European Commission has said that EU citizens injected with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 should be able to travel to the US, despite the jab still lacking approval from the American regulator. On Monday, White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients announced that in “early November” the US is planning to reopen for air […]
Chinese Sinopharm shots manufactured in UAE, known as Hayat-Vax, granted emergency approval in Vietnam
As part of its program to contain Covid-19, Vietnam has approved for emergency use a Chinese vaccine produced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On Friday, Vietnam approved Hayat-Vax, the seventh coronavirus vaccine to be endorsed in the country, which was registered by the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention in December 2020. The name […]






