Amid a COVID surge in Africa, vaccine promises from richer nations are not enough to bring an early end to the pandemic, experts say. By T. V. Padma Twitter Facebook Email Most people in the poorest countries w
As of Dec. 30, everyone except those who have received a third dose of a vaccine will have to present a negative 24-hour test before entering entertainment venues, dance clubs and reception halls for weddings. A medical worker takes a swab from a man for a COVID-19 rapid test in Nicosi...
Covid 19 Vaccine Developed by US Researchers Could Help Low-, Middle -Income CountriesPasricha, Anjana
While rich countries have purchased enough coronavirus vaccine doses to inoculate their populations three times over by the end of next year.
China says it is ready to promote fair global vaccine distribution. Many countries have already received shipments of Chinese vaccines or signed deals to get them. Mexico signed an agreement to buy 35 million doses of a vaccine from China's CanSino Biologics. In Turkey, h...
China is providing free vaccine aid to 53 countries around the world while overcoming its own difficulties, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday, noting that China was the first country pledging to make vaccines a global public good....
Long-Range Russian Attacks Continue to Kill Ukrainians Amid Ceasefire Deadlock Two months ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine was ready to accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day cease-fire, provided Russia did the same ...
A safe and effective vaccine is a critical tool to control the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 25 June 2021, 23 vaccines had advanced to Stage 3 clinical trials1and more than a dozen had been approved in multiple countries2. The BNT162b vaccine from Pfizer–BioNTech, for example, has been app...
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca has been granted protection from future product liability claims related to its COVID-19 vaccine hopeful by most of the countries with which it has struck supply agreements, a senior executive told Reuters. With 25 companies testing their vaccine...
An important source of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy that is not yet understood is the availability of various COVID-19 vaccines with different characteristics. Due to the global COVID-19 vaccine shortage, the public in many countries may not be able to choose one vaccine over another. People ma...