Bloc’s foreign policy chief to confront Kremlin over critic’s jail term, crackdown on protestors

Service providers limiting access to social media giant’s products in compliance with ‘apparent blocking order’

Study to show whether Astrazeneca, Pfizer jabs can be used interchangeably

UN Security Council fails to agree on statement against putsch, awaiting responses from China, Russia

Actual figure much higher than official record, says country’s statistics institute

Vaccine makers, Sinopharm, Sinovac and CanSino, apply for inclusion in Covax stockpile

Boycott to ensure Chinese govt’s rights abuses not ‘emboldened’ says coalition

Oxford study finds those vaccinated with a single dose of the vaccine were 67% less likely to test positive with a PCR test

It also applies to those in marine, process sectors

Country draws sharp criticism over slow start to its innoculation drive 

British pharma will also support manufacture of up to 100 million doses of German firm’s first-generation vaccine

Police suspected of being responsible for execution, burning of 19 people

Beijing has donated about 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine with a further million expected by the end of the month