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Vaccine
Brazil embraces Chinese COVID-19 vaccine after row
Brazil’s health minister said Tuesday the country would add the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19 to its national immunization programme, despite a political and diplomatic row over ...
India begins selecting people for priority coronavirus vaccines
India’s coronavirus infections rose by another 62,212 cases over the previous day and a local media report said on Saturday that the government had begun identifying about 300 million people who ...
Rich world could be close to normal by late 2021 if vaccine works: Bill Gates
Rich countries could be back to close to normal by late 2021 if a COVID-19 vaccine works, is ready soon and distributed properly at scale, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said on Tuesday.
Steps taken to ensure availability of COVID vaccine at right time: Minister
Health minister Zahid Maleque has said that proper steps have been taken to ensure the availability of coronavirus vaccines at right time
UN needs ‘immediate infusion’ of $15b for global vaccine fund
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an “immediate infusion” of $15 billion to a global pool for the procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines at a virtual summit hosted ...
WHO gave blessing for coronavirus vaccine emergency use prog: China
Countries have autonomy to issue emergency use authorisation for any health product according to the national regulations and legislations, Mariangela Simão, assistant director-general at the WHO, ...
China-UAE final stage COVID-19 vaccine trials show positive results
China and the United Arab Emirates have seen some positive results in their phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news briefing in Beijing on Monday.
Japan commits $165m to WHO’s global coronavirus vaccine programme
Japan said on Tuesday it has committed 17.2 billion yen ($165 million) in funds for its participation in the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 vaccine programme
AstraZeneca resumes COVID-19 vaccine trial after UK green light
Pharma giant AstraZeneca on Saturday said it had resumed a COVID-19 vaccine trial after getting the all-clear from British regulators, following a pause caused by a UK volunteer falling ill.
US CDC tells states to prep for COVID-19 vaccine distribution as soon as late October
The country's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci earlier on Wednesday said on MSNBC that based on the patient enrollment rate in COVID-19 vaccine trials underway, there could be enough ...
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