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COVID-19 curbs in Australia's Melbourne to ease after low cases
Residents will have more freedom to step outside their homes but must stay within 25 kilometres (15 miles) and there will be a total ban on house gatherings, Victoria state Acting Premier James Merlino told reporters in Melbourne.
DRDO prices its anti-Covid drug at Rs 990 a sachet
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India strategic ally, needs US help in fighting Covid, say lawmakers
"India, a strategic ally, needs our help in its ongoing fight against COVID-19. Our abundant vaccine supply gives us opportunities to help our partners around the globe, where help is needed the most," Congressman Brad Wenstrup said.
Quad's commitment to provide a billion vaccines to people in Southeast Asia is on track: WH official
"We have been in close consultations with our partners and with India. Obviously, this is an extremely difficult period for Indian friends. The United States has tried to stand with Delhi and to bring others both in the private and the public sectors to support them," Kurt Campbell, the White House's Indo-Pacific policy director, said.
CISF to take over security of Bharat Biotech's Hyderabad campus
According to the CISF, the registered office and plant of the company located at Genome Valley in the Shameerpet area of Telangana's capital city will be secured by a team of 64 armed personnel of the paramilitary force, headed by an inspector level officer from June 14.
US unlikely to meet July 4 vaccination goal
The White House has launched a month-long blitz to combat vaccine hesitancy and a lack of urgency to get shots, particularly in the South and Midwest. But it is increasingly resigned to missing the president's vaccination target.
U.S. forming expert groups on safely lifting global travel restrictions
Another U.S. official said the administration will not move quickly to lift orders that bar people from much of the world from entering the United States because of the time it will take for the groups to do their work. The White House informed airlines and others in the travel industry about the groups,
Brazil to receive 3 million doses of J&J COVID vaccine
Brazil will receive a first batch of 3 million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 in the next few days, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said on Thursday. Queiroga said export of the vaccines, developed by J&J's Janssen subsidiary, from the United States still requires authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
US ski areas rebound despite COVID-19 restrictions
Ski areas across the United States experienced a strong rebound this winter despite public health restrictions put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic.