Indonesia started mass COVID-19 vaccinations in January last year after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine. Aiming to fully vaccinate 208.2 million people in the country, the government has administered over 330.15 million doses, including the third booster jabs...
The expansion comes just one week after the state opened eligibility to anyone over 60, which can be contributed to the increase and distribution of the vaccine from manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna. The FDA's recent approval of Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine likely means expansion to you...
GENEVA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- On behalf of over 60 countries, China on Wednesday voiced concern over the inequitable allocation and unbalanced vaccination for COVID-19, saying that the "vaccine divide" is posing the biggest obstacle in defeating the pandemic. The world is still far behind sche...
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it would recommend a COVID-19 vaccine for every American older than 65 years, as it tries to speed up the nation's vaccine rollout. Ad Health officials also recommended that COVID-19 vaccines be given to all adults with preexisting conditions tha...
China has provided over 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 200 countries and regions to support the global fight against COVID-19, an official with the commerce ministry said Thursday. The country has offered over 300 billion masks, 3.7 billion protective suits and 4.8 billio...
Growing concerns about the highly contagious Delta variant has led California to become the first state in the U.S. to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public and private school teachers. The decision has led to organized walk-outs in some schools raising fears ...
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance over time in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory rheumatic diseases Commentdoi:10.1016/S2665-9913(22)00009-1Boekel, LauraHooijberg, FemkeBesten, Yaelle R.Vogelzang, Erik H.Steenhuis, MauriceLeeuw, MaureenAtiqi, Sadaf...
China says it has administered over 1.3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines across the country. China has accelerated its free vaccination campaign since late March. It took only six days for total jabs to climb from 1.2 billion to 1.3 billion. The deputy head of China's...
People aged 16 or over who live with immunosuppressed adults should be prioritised for covid-19 vaccination alongside priority group 6 (people aged 16 to 65 who have a clinical condition that puts them at higher risk), the UK government's vaccine advisory committee has said. This would include...
Germany's vaccine commission has approved the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab in people aged over 65. The country previously approved it for under-65s only, citing insufficient data on its effects on older people. Tha