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Around 800,000 Sinopharm vaccines that Nepal has received on Tuesday from China will be used to inoculate people aged between 60-64 years, Nepali officials have decided. China has promised to donate a million doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Nepal. more
Amid supply constraint, Nepal, Sri Lanka struggle to continue vaccination

Nepal and Sri Lanka both are struggling to continue their vaccination drives amid uncertainty over the timely delivery of pre-ordered vaccines from the Serum Institute of India (SII). Thi ...

Canada's stalled vaccine rollout starts after goof ups

Toronto: Last week, Health Canada cleared the fourth Covid-19 vaccine as a part of a national campaign to vaccinate the population. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine joins the Pfizer-Bion ...

South Sudan: UN agencies support nationwide polio vaccination campaign

New York: The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect more than 2.8 million children from polio is underway in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thurs ...

More than 2.6 million people vaccinated against coronavirus in Bangladesh

Dhaka: A total of 26,73,038 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in Bangladesh within 18 days from February 7 till Wednesday (February 24).

Vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication: WHO officials

New York: In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", ...

Ireland to begin vaccination on December 30: Reports

Moscow/Sputnik: Ireland will begin immunization against the coronavirus disease on December 30, the public broadcaster RTE reported Tuesday, citing Health Minister Stephen Donnelly.

COVID-19 vaccination in Italy may begin January 29: Reports

Rome/Sputnik: Vaccination against COVID-19 in Italy may begin on January 29, 2021, la Repubblica newspaper reported.

Turkey expects to start coronavirus vaccination in December

Ankara/Sputnik: Turkey expects to begin vaccination against the coronavirus in December, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.

WHO, UNICEF warn of fall in routine child vaccinations due to COVID-19 pandemic

Moscow/Sputnik:  The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have warned that fewer children are being routinely vaccinated against il ...