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An official wears a face mask as he uses a starter pistol to signal the start a women's 100 meter heat at an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Photo: Shuji Kajiyama / AP

Japan’s Vaccine Push Ahead of Olympics Looks To Be Too Late

TOKYO (AP) — It may be too little, too late. That's the realization sinking in as Japan scrambles to catch up on a frustratingly slow vaccination drive less than two months before the Summer Olympics, delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to start.
An aerial view of the entrance of Serrana, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, May 28, 2021. Photo: Andre Penner / AP

Sinovac Vaccine Restores a Brazilian City to Near Normal

SERRANA, Brazil (AP) — Just one COVID-19 patient is in critical condition at the Dr. Geraldo Cesar Reis clinic in Serrana, a city of almost 46,000 in Sao Paulo state's countryside. The 63-year-old woman rejected the vaccine that was offered to every adult resident of Serrana as part of a trial.

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A file photo of Sinovac vaccine vials.

WHO Gives Authorization to Sinovac Vaccine

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has issued an emergency use listing for the COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac for adults 18 and over, the second such authorization it has granted to a Chinese company.
FILE - In this Saturday, May 15, 2021, file photo, an air bomb hits the building housing various international media, including The Associated Press, in Gaza City. Photo: Mahmud Hams / Pool Photo via AP File

Israeli Official Rolls Back Army Chief Comments on AP Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Monday distanced himself from comments made by his military chief after Israel bombed a Gaza Strip high-rise housing an Associated Press office and other news outlets, saying the remarks were not meant to be taken literally.
A health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to a woman in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 31, 2021. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / AP

Thailand Reports Record Virus Cases; Delays Bangkok Easing

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is redoubling efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus in labor camps, factories and markets as the number of new reported cases surged Monday to the highest level so far.

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A file photo of workers preparing for the reopening of a spa in Bangkok.

Bangkok Parks, Spas, Beauty Clinics To Reopen June 1

BANGKOK — A number of public venues in the capital will be allowed to reopen beginning this Tuesday, the City Hall announced Monday.

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