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Source:World Health Organization (WHO)|Feb 04, 2025 Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda The randomized vaccine trial to assess the recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV) candidate vaccine was launched at a ceremony in Kampala today by the Minister of Health of Uganda...
Responding to a question on whether it has come to the notice of the government that Covaxin used in India as Covid vaccine is not recognised by many countries, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Ms Pawar in a written reply said, “The Government of India is aware that Covaxin at...
Several of the more than 30 countries in the African region that have expressed interest in the vaccine are scheduled to roll it out in 2025, the WHO said. In a separate statement, Liberia's Minister of Health Louise Kpoto said that for far too long, malaria has stolen the laughter and...
"So we do need more vaccines to come to the market. The vaccines need to be emergency use by WHO in order for them to be used for international procurement." Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is seen receiving a dose of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in a video released on...
He said China has adopted an open, transparent and responsible attitude when it comes to tracing the origins of the novel coronavirus and will continue to cooperate with the WHO to prevent future risks and protect people's safety and health. On Wednesday, Chinese health minister ...
The World Health Organization said it will decide by the end of the week whether to grant Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine emergency use listing, in what could kickstart the Chinese jab's global distribution. The WHO's technical advisory group launched its review of Sinopharm on ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has said it revoked Kashmir's special status to try to fully integrate the region with the rest of India and open it up for faster economic growth. In new violence in Kashmir on Friday, militants killed three policemen in two separate ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has rejected the WHO estimate released on Thursday that 4.7 million people died in India as a result of the pandemic until last year, when hospitals ran out of oxygen and beds due to a record wave driven by the Delta varian...
— Shawn Fain, the United Auto Workers president who led a six-week strike against the Big Three automakers; he endorsed Biden for reelection earlier this year. — Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, whose country is the latest to join NATO. — Bettie Mae Fikes, a singer and civil...