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New Zealand PM Ardern urges unity on Covid on Waitangi Day

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders on Sunday to unite in their battle against COVID-19, as the pandemic forced the country to celebrate its national Waitangi Day online. A growing outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has pushed all commemorations online, prompting Ardern to urge vaccinations. « We all […]

US urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 Covid shots

WASHINGTON: US regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorisation for a two-dose regimen of its Covid-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February, a person […]