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New York: "COVAX works” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, informing journalists that the UN-backed vaccine initiative has distributed more than 32 million vaccines to 61 countries in just one month.  more
Côte d'Ivoire takes delivery of latest COVAX vaccine shipment, in further boost for Africa

New York: Côte d'Ivoire received 504,000 doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine on Friday making it the second African nation in a week to benefit from the first shipments of shot ...

UK vaccine Minister says not planning vaccine passports

Moscow/Sputnik: The United Kingdom does not plan to introduce vaccine passports that would potentially allow people to travel, a minister in charge of COVID-19 vaccine deployment said Sun ...

Healthier world means ‘safer America’ Tedros stresses, as UN-led vaccine initiative announces deal for 40 million doses

New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement securing up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, under ...

Pandemic will not end for anyone, ‘until it ends for everyone’

New York: The COVID-19 pandemic “will not end for anyone, until it ends for everyone”, an independent UN human rights expert said on Friday, advocating for an equitable and gl ...

Expert claims Chinese COVID-19 vaccine 'most unsafe in world' with 73 side effects

Beijing: A Chinese vaccine expert has claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine which has been rolled out by the nation as the 'most unsafe vaccine in the world'.

Vaccinating equitably ‘saves lives, stabilizes health systems’: WHO chief

New York: Two billion doses of “safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines” have been secured by the international equitable vaccine alliance COVAX, and they will be ready for distr ...

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", ...

US: Doctor develops severe allergic reaction after receiving Moderna COVID-19 vaccine 

Boston: A Boston doctor, who has shellfish allergy, developed a severe allergic reaction after taking a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, media reports said.

Japan lists medical workers, elderly people as priority groups to get COVID-19 vaccine

Tokyo/Sputnik: An expert group of the Japanese Ministry of Health has identified the categories of citizens who are supposed to be the first to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including m ...