The Latest: South Korea extends guidelines to slow spread
By The Associated PressApril 4, 2020 GMT
TOP OF THE HOUR: Chinese man sentenced to 18 months in jail for failing to report overseas travel South Korea extends guidelines to slow spread of new infections
SEOUL, South Korea South Korea has extended government guidelines urging people to social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus for two weeks as infections continue to grow in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area.
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During a meeting on anti-virus measures on Saturday, Prime Minster Chung Sye-kyun expressed concern over rising infections linked to recent arrivals amid broadening outbreaks in Europe and the United States.
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Asia Today: Australia OKs Pfizer vaccine, to begin in Feb.
Australiaâs medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month
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Security patrol outside the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand, July 6, 2020. Health officials in New Zealand say Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, that genome tests indicate the country s most recent COVID-19 patient contracted the virus from another returning traveler just before leaving quarantine. (Peter Meecham/New Zealand Herald via AP)
SYDNEY Australiaâs medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month.
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia’s medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month.The
SYDNEY (AP) Australia’s medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Monday gave provisional approval for people aged 16 and over to use the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Residents and workers at aged-care facilities, frontline healthcare workers and quarantine workers are among the groups being prioritized for the first doses.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed the development. He said Australia was among the first countries to complete a comprehensive process to formally approve a vaccine rather than just grant an emergency approval.