 | | | | Fully vaccinated people can safely engage in outdoor activities like walking and hiking without wearing masks but should continue to use face-coverings in public spaces where they are required, U.S. health regulators and President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, while urging those who have not to get the shot. | | | | | | India expects to secure the biggest chunk of the 60 million AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine doses that the United States will share globally, two Indian government sources told Reuters, as New Delhi battles a devastating surge in infections. | | | | | | Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) said on Tuesday it had partnered with five Indian generic drugmakers, including Cipla Ltd (CIPL.NS) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (SUN.NS), to expand production and access to its experimental COVID-19 drug. | | | | | | Portugal's state of emergency, the highest level of coronavirus alert, will end on Friday, the president announced, as infections drop sharply and the country prepares to further ease a strict lockdown imposed more than three months ago. | | | | | | Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll close to 200,000. | | | | | | French President Emmanuel Macron will probably make an announcement on plans to relax COVID-19 restrictions in the next few days, employment minister Elisabeth Borne told BFM TV on Tuesday. | | | | | | Venezuelan COVID-19 patients are paying doctors to come to their homes due to the high cost of private clinics and hospitals overflowing with patients and often lacking oxygen and medicine, doctors interviewed by Reuters said in recent weeks. | | | | | | Do Americans still want to consult their doctors online or has vaccine rollouts made patients confident enough to visit hospitals? Results from Teledoc Health Inc (TDOC.N), the largest U.S. telehealth service provider, may offer some hints on Wednesday. | | | | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian developers of Sputnik V rejected Brazil's criticisms of the COVID-19 shot, saying on Tuesday that its refusal to approve the vaccine for use was not justified on scientific grounds. | | | | | | The United States has administered 232,407,669 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 297,543,635 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. | | | | | |
