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US-based Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov are named by the Swedish Academy of Sciences as the winners of the Nobel Chemistry Prize. IMAGES
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus offers his "warmest congratulations" to doctor Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, who just won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work in developing the technology that led to mNRA vaccines against Covid 19. The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic in March 2020 and the first mRNA vaccines were approved for use against the illness in December that year. Billions of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna doses have been injected around the world since then. SOUNDBITE
The Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded jointly to Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko and American physician Drew Weissman for their work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that led to the creation of Covid-19 vaccinations. SOUNDBITE
Bangkok, Oct 12 (EFE/EPA).- Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on 11 October, that Thailand is preparing to fully reopen for vaccinated tourist from at least 10 low-risk countries without quarantine requirement from 01 November 2021. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).B-ROLL OF THE OLD TOWN OF BANGKOK, THAILAND
Putrajaya, Oct 11 (EFE).- Malaysia, among the countries most affected by Covid-19 in Southeast Asia, has vaccinated 90 percent of its adult population, the authorities said Monday.The special committee set up for the inoculation program in the country tweeted that 90.02 percent of the population over 18 years had been completely vaccinated after nearly 130,000 doses were administered on Sunday. (Camera: FAZRY ISMAIL). B-ROLL OF PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA.
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