FIRST & FOREMOST ASIAN WEEKLY IN EUROPE
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Let noble thoughts come to us from every side
9 - 15 JANUARY 2021 - VOL 49 ISSUE 35
CHILDREN FIGHT FOR THEIR FUTURE
inside: Ban on unhealthy food and drinks not enough to combat obesity SEE PAGE - 5
Record number of Asian heroes awarded in the New Year Honours list SEE PAGE - 15 - 17
NO BAN ON EXPORT OF VACCINE FROM INDIA
Priyanka Mehta
Doctors are reassuring parents that there has been no increase in the severity of Covid-19 cases among children because of the new variant after rumours abound that the new coronavirus strain which is 70% more transmissible was particularly harmful to children. Their renewed efforts appear after London a hospital matron told BBC Radio 5 Live of having a ward full of children with coronavirus stating that the surge in cases was "much scarier" than the first wave. Continued on page 6
India will begin exporting locally-made coronavirus vaccines within a fortnight of their launch, a foreign ministry official said. In the wake of a controversy after it was reported that Serum Institute of India has been barred to export vaccines to other countries, India's health ministry on Tuesday clarified that no such decision was taken ever. On Tuesday, Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla too clarified that there was no ban on the exports of vaccine.
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