Outdoor NFL stadiums and Major League Baseball ballparks across the country are being repurposed as states work to administer the Covid-19 vaccine en masse.
The move comes as members of Operation Warp Speed recommended that states should expand access …

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“Liquor on lips is one of the biggest aspects of our strategy, so for us, tasting is essential, especially when launching a new product,” Maga says noting Distell used the pandemic to further train br…

Meng Wanzhou mask Huawei Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who is accused of fraud, may have violated COVID-19 guidelines while under house arrest, a Canadian court heard Tuesday.
According to the South China Morning Post , Meng booked out a restaurant for 14 …

HONG KONG (Reuters) – One of Hong Kong's largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will resume investing in stocks denied to Americans by U.S. President Donald Trump in an executive order that has caused widespread confusion among asset managers…

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. Don MacKinnon/AFP via Getty Images Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou , who is accused of fraud, may have violated COVID-19 guidelines while under house arrest, a Canadian court heard Tuesday. According to the South China Morning Post , …

China to expand COVID-19 vaccination to include people aged over 60 By Xinhua News Agency China will expand the target population for COVID-19 vaccination to include elderly people aged over 60 years old, a health official said Wednesday.
The expansion…

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China Posts Highest One-Day Increase in New COVID-19 Infections Since July By VOA News January 13, 2021 08:45 A medical worker collects a swab from a bedridden elderly at a house during the second round of citywide nucleic acid testing following a rece…

DBS Group Research analysts Geraldine Wong and Derek Tan have maintained their “buy” call on CapitaLand Retail China Trust (CRCT) following the REIT’s divestment of its entire interest in the Wuhan entity which holds CapitaMall Minzhongleyuan on Jan 11. See: CapitaLand Retail China Trust divests entire interest in Wuhan entity which holds CapitaMall Minzhongleyuan for $52.6 mil Wong and Tan have also kept their one-year target price of $1.70 on the counter.…

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January 13, 2021
A leading Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech was just 50.38% effective in late-stage trials in Brazil, significantly lower than earlier results showed, according to a statement published by the government of Sao Paul…

State Street Managed Hong Kong Fund to Resume Investment in Shares Banned to Americans By Reuters , Wire Service Content Jan. 13, 2021 By Reuters , Wire Service Content Jan. 13, 2021, at 8:33 a.m. More
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong's largest tracker fund, managed by a State Street unit, will resume investing in stocks from which Americans are ba…

TOKYO – Japan has expanded its Covid-19 state of emergency to seven more prefectures, covering the major cities of Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe and Fukuoka, in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus nationwide.
The measure, announced on Wednesday (Ja…

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News China pledges to help Indonesia in fight against coronavirus JAKARTA, Indonesia — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged Wednesday that China will help Indonesia fight the coronavirus by sharing its experiences, p…

JAKARTA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged Wednesday (Jan 13) that China will help Indonesia fight COVID-19 by sharing its experiences, providing vaccines and supporting the Southeast Asian country as it begins to produce them domestically.
“Des…

SAO PAULO, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he was right to criticize the credibility of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech that posted disappointing efficacy results in local trials.

On Tuesday, researchers in Sao Paulo state announced that the Chinese vaccine was 50.4% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in a local trial – barely enough for regulatory approval and well below the rate announced last week.…

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JAKARTA – China has pledged to work with Indonesia to make South-east Asia's most populous country a regional vaccine production hub and said continued trade and investment cooperation would fuel speedy economic recovery for both nations af…

KUALA LUMPUR – On Dec 5, despite having recorded over 1,000 new Covid-19 cases daily for most of the past month and more than 100 deaths in the same period, Malaysia decided to reopen interstate travel two days later.
That led to year-end holiday…

COVID-19: ‘No limit’ for WHO delegation in month-long Wuhan mission, team member says Channel NewsAsia | Jan 13, 2021 at 2:00 PM A global team of scientists led by the World Health Organisation to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus w…

Incoming Biden administration ‘does not seem to be very interested in the Taiwan issue, but it’s a card they will definitely play in the future’, US affairs expert says
The two cancelled trips by US officials ‘can mitigate [the Sino-US confrontation…