- 19 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National Securitychildren
Western diplomats ask China not to separate COVID-positive children from parents
By Engen Tham and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Western diplomats have expressed concern about separating children from their parents as part of COVID curbs - a situation that has…
Pakistan at Crossroads – Need for a Paradigm Shift in Human Rights
At the stroke of midnight on the eve of 15th August 1947, the erstwhile British India was partitioned into two independent domains: the Dominion of India and the Dominion of…
By Irfan Ali Thanvi
Mariupol hospital bombing killed three people, including a child – Ukraine’s president
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Three people including a child were killed in Wednesday's air strike on a maternity and children's hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy…
India to give COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare workers from Jan. 10
By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots as a precautionary measure to healthcare and frontline workers from Jan. 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said…
New Zealand approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11 years
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's health regulator Medsafe has granted provisional approval for the Pfizer Inc COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years old, the…
Joyful moment or risky move? Europe divided over kids’ vaccines
By Emilio Parodi, Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Bart H. Meijer MILAN/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - As Europe starts vaccinating younger children, countries are pursuing very different strategies in what will be a major…
Children at lower risk from COVID, vaccines should go to poor – WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - As children and adolescents are at lower risk of severe COVID-19 disease, countries should prioritise adults and sharing vaccine doses with the COVAX programme…
Humanitarian situation worsening in Yemen’s Marib conflict zone -IOM
DUBAI (Reuters) - The number of displaced people in camps in Yemen's Marib province has risen nearly 10-fold since September, with over 45,000 people fleeing their homes as Houthi forces…
Israel announces 5-11 year-olds now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday that children aged 5 to 11 would now be eligible for vaccination against COVID-19. The decision, announced by he Health Ministry, followed approval…
Israel pandemic advisory panel backs COVID vaccine for young children
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's pandemic advisory board on Wednesday backed administering Pfizer's and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to children age 5-11, health officials said, as a fourth wave of infections subsides…
Saudi approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for age group 5-11
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi Food and Drug Authority said on Wednesday it had given its approval to use Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for those between five and eleven years of…
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine protective, safe in young children
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine generated a strong immune response in children aged six to 11 years and that it plans to submit…
