UAE authorises Sputnik V vaccine in fight against coronavirus

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announces the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) has authorised the...

January 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Envirotainer invests in Taiwan to spearhead fast delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

Envirotainer, the global market leader and by far the largest provider of secure cold chain solutions for air transport ...

January 22, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia secures additional vaccine workforce

The Australian government is preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout by securing an additional vaccine workforce and ...

January 22, 2021 | Friday | News
HKU develops multi-purpose IoT device to enable public safety alert

A team led by Dr K.K.Y. Wong and Dr Y.K. Choi at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Hong Kong (HKU)...

January 21, 2021 | Thursday | News
Erba launches advanced SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay with RT storage

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, on Jan 21, 2021 Erba launched the ErbaMDx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Kit for detect...

January 22, 2021 | Friday | News
Pfizer and BioNTech invitro vaccine study shows efficient neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 U.K. strain

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Jan 20, 2021 announced results from an in vitro study that provides additional d...

January 21, 2021 | Thursday | News
WHO's Emergency Committee to review the emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2

The sixth meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Heal...

January 18, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore setting up multiple COVID-19 vaccination centres

To support COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the Singapore government is setting up four COVID-19 vaccination centres this m...

January 18, 2021 | Monday | News
EUROIMMUN launches SARS-CoV-2 test system to detect T-cell response

PerkinElmer has announced that its EUROIMMUN business, based in Germany, has launched a SARS-CoV-2 Interf...

January 15, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan looking for comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination

Japan is aggressively making efforts to vaccinate its population for COVID-19 with a strong focus on signing pre-orders....

January 15, 2021 | Friday | Analysis
PerkinElmer SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay receives FDA EUA for asymptomatic testing

PerkinElmer, Inc. announced on Jan 14, 2021 that its PerkinElmer® New Coronavirus Nucleic Acid D...

January 15, 2021 | Friday | News
SaferMe announces new wearable contact tracing solution in US

SaferMe, the business focused contact tracing provider that was funded and adopted by the New Zealand government, announ...

January 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
CEPI reveals significance of blood markers in assessing vaccine efficacy

The past few weeks have seen the regulatory approval of multiple safe and effective vaccines against Sars-CoV-2, the v...

January 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korean firm presents solution package for coping with COVID-19

Hanmi Pharmaceutical, based in South Korea, has announced its global strategy and a solution package for coping wit...

January 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
The rate of positive tests: COVID19

Just as it is not informative to look at case counts in isolation it is also not informative to look at the number of te...

January 9, 2021 | Saturday | News
Thailand secures 2 M doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Ministry of Public Health Thailand has announced that it has secured the first 2 million doses of COVID-19 vac...

January 8, 2021 | Friday | News
Indonesia to begin COVID-19 vaccination from Mid January

Indonesia is ready to initiate a nationwide COVID-19 mass vaccination program from mid-January2021.&nbs...

January 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korea designs low cost negative pressure room for COVID-19 patients

Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a low-cost and r...

January 7, 2021 | Thursday | News