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WHO gives emergency use listing to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

The World Health Organization has listed Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the agency said on Friday, the fifth to be given the status meant to expedite cou

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Iraq warns of double-mutant coronavirus variant identified in India

The ultrastructural morphology of the 2019 novel coronavirus. /Reuters Iraqi health officials on Friday warned of the new double-mutant variant of the coronavirus identified in India, saying t

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Volunteers work to get Mexico City's homeless vaccinated

02:29 As vaccine rollout around the world continues, some sections of society are proving harder to reach and are often among thosemost ​indanger. In Mexico City, where vaccines are mov

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Youth were majority of Angola's new infections over past two months

FILE PHOTO: Angolan health workers stand outside the Central Vaccine warehouse in Luanda, March 2, 2021. /VCG Children and youth accounted for the majority of Angolans that contracted COVID-19

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Africa's COVID-19 infections reach 4,560,728 as deaths hit 121,828

FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws a vaccine dose on March 10, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / Getty Images) The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 4,560,728 on Saturday as

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Biden 100 days: Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic

02:53 U.S. President Joe Biden has surpassed his promise of 100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots in his first 100 days. But case rates of the disease remain high, and not everyone has bou

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BioNTech, Pfizer seek approval for COVID vaccine use in adolescents

A caregiver shows a dose of 5ml of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Korian Les Amandiers EHPAD (Housing Establishment for Dependant Elderly People) during a vaccination campaign to fight a

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The UK reports 15 more coronavirus deaths, 2,381 new infections

The UK has reported another 15 coronavirus-deaths and 2,381 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data. /Getty Images The UK has reported another 15 coronavirus-death

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Russia starts production of world's first COVID vaccine for animals

Russia has started mass production of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine for animals Carnivac-Cov, according to a Friday announcement by agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor. /Xinhua Russia

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Bangladesh approves Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Bangladesh's drug regulator has authorized the emergency use of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.Major General Mahbubur Rahman, director general of Bangladesh's Directorate General of Drug Administ

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President Xi has phone call with Hungarian Prime Minister Orban

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held a phone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.Xi said China is willing to continue strengthening COVID-19 vaccine cooperation with Hung

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China slams EU report on COVID-19 disinformation

The Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) has slammed the European External Action Service (EEAS) for accusing China of disinformation regarding COVID-19. The mission said, "a disinformation rep

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Putin pledges medical aid to India in phone call with Modi

Xinhua file photos of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi./Xinhua Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday held a phone conversation with Indian P

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UK records 29 more COVID deaths as nearly 34M have had their first jab

The United Kingdom has recorded another 29 COVID-19-related deaths and 2,166 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, according to government data. /Xinhua The United Kingdom has recorded anoth

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Serbian president receives second shot of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic receivedthe second shot of China's Sinopharm vaccine on Tuesday. The first dose was administered on April 6.China has provided vaccines to the Balkan country to hel

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Peruvians still struggling with COVID deaths, vaccine access

01:41 A slow vaccine rollout and record deaths in a second wave of infections has provoked fears in Peru that the country could face a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Officially, there are

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Turkey's Erdoğan announces new COVID-19 restrictions

FILE PHOTO: A health care member is seen at work at a COVID-19 laboratory of the Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey. /VCG Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday announced new cor