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Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 4.35 million: Africa CDC

A medical worker shows a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,350,5

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AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug Farxiga fails in COVID-19 study

FILE PHOTO: Diabetes drug Farxiga. /VCG Data from a late-stage research to test if AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug Farxiga could treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and at risk of developing

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Sinovac vaccine 50.7% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 cases

A nurse receives a dose of the Sinovac's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, after Brazil health regulator Anvisa approved its emergency use at Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil Jan

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China approves new COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials

A staff member takes out samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, China, April 11, 2020. /Xinhua

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Comoros starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Comoros kicked off its COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday, with President Azali Assoumani the first to be inoculated with a jab of China's Sinopharm vaccine.

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Third batch of China's Sinovac vaccine arrives in Thailand

00:33 The third batch of one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines ordered by Thailand from China's Sinovac arrived in Bangkok on Saturday. The first and second batches we

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China able to produce 5b COVID-19 vaccine doses annually by 2022

Production line of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine facility. /CFPChina is expected to achieve an annual production capacity of 5billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of

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Sinopharm, CoronaVac to be assessed between April 26, May 3: WHO

Chinese vaccines Sinopharm and CoronaVac (Sinovac) are in the final stage of evaluation by the Emergency Use Listing of the World Health Organization (WHO) and a "final decision" should be made betwe

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India to review COVID-19 vaccines after blood clot warning - report

A government panel of experts is investigating for any domestic cases of blood clotting, even mild ones, as a side effect of the two COVID-19 vaccines being administere

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Russian Health Ministry Authorises Clinical Trials of EpiVacCorona-N Vaccine

The Russian Health Ministry has authorized phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of EpiVacCorona-N, one more coronavirus vaccine developed by the Vector research center, accord

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WHO calls on major countries to solve COVID vaccine inequality

01:54 The head of the World Health Organization says major countries could solve vaccine inequality if they wanted to.He was taking part in a debate about the availability of coronavir

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Vaccinating teachers as part of return to school in the U.S.

02:45 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says roughly 80 percent of K-12 teachers and staff have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.It’s part of th

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Pakistan approves China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has approved China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the National Institute of Health in Islamabad confirme

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EU reviews J&J COVID-19 vaccine for blood clots

Europe's drugs regulator said on Friday it was looking into Johnson Johnson's shot over reports of rare blood clots.Four serious cases of rare blood clots with low platelets, one of which was fatal,

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HSBC and ADB join forces in $300m vaccine financing

An employee checking the label on a Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine, December 23, 2020. /CFP HSBC and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a combined financing of $300 million to help Asia

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Philippines suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 60

Philippine health authorities suspended on Thursday the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people below 60 years of age to investigate reports of blood clots com

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British vlogger talks about so-called China's vaccine diplomacy

07:58 It's been leveled in some media across the world that China is favoring countries when it comes to its vaccine exports. British vlogger Lee Barrett expresses his