MADRID (Reuters) – Spain has begun administering second shots of the coronavirus vaccine to elderly nursing home residents, while a court in Seville ruled on Monday that a home could inoculate an incapacitated resident against her family’s wishes. Read full story

January 18, 2021 11:36 PM SINGAPORE – Additional measures may be needed to keep Covid-19 in check here, as community cases inch up and – for the first time in several months – a local cluster.

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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is in advanced negotiations with Pfizer about including the company’s COVID-19 vaccine in the agency’s portfolio of shots to be shared with poorer countries, a senior WHO official said on Monday. Read full story

Thai AirAsia will keep only one-fourth of the staff and ask the rest to take a leave-without-pay offer for four months, starting February, as the re-emerging coronavirus outbreak has dealt a heavy blow to the aviation sector.