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Sudan rolls out COVID19 jabs campaign

Sudan has launched a coronavirus vaccination roll-out, giving priority to medical workers, state news agency SUNA said. /VCG Sudan has launched a coronavirus vaccination roll-out, giving prior

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Mexico to buy 22 million doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Mexico will buy 22 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac and Sinopharm, its Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.Ebrard said the country will buy 10 million more doses of

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Ukraine approves China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine: ministry

Ukraine has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac, Ukraine's health ministry said on Tuesday.Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Lekhim sought approval for the Sinovac's vaccine las

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Sputnik V makers demand apology from EU medicines agency

The makers of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine on Tuesday demanded an apology from European Medicines Agency (EMA)after a senior official warned member states against authorizing the jab ahead of approval

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Study: Sinovac vaccine works against P1 variant found in Brazil

A laboratory technician inspects vials of the Sinovac Biotech coronavirus vaccine at the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 15, 2021. /CFP Preliminary data from a study in Brazil

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Germany ramps up use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Germany is looking to ramp up the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after authorities last week gave the green light for it to be administered to people 65 and over.Hundre

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Africa CDC chief commends China's vaccine support

Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, inspects the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines upon the arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya on March 2, 2021

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Nearly 200,000 people have received COVID-19 vaccinations in Rwanda

A healthcare worker receives her COVID-19 vaccine jab as part of Rwanda's vaccination drive. /Photo courtesy: Ministry of Health – Rwanda. Three days after rolling out mass COVID-19 vaccinatio

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 3.96 mln: Africa CDC

A health worker receives COVID-19 vaccine in Charlottle Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Matthew Martin Brink) The number of confirmed COVID-19 ca

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Guinea launches COVID-19 vaccination rollout with Chinese vaccines

TheRepublicof Guinea began its COVID-19 vaccination rollout on Friday local time in capital Conakry, two days after a batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the country.Minister of Healt

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Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine obtains marketing authorization in Tunisia

The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced Thursday that the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine has been officially approved for marketing in Tunisia."The promotion license was granted after evaluating

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Should children get COVID-19 vaccine?

03:00 The world is in a race to get as many people vaccinated against COVID-19 as possible to contain the pandemic and rebuild economies.But children who represent a substantial percen

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South Korea probing two deaths after AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine

South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they are investigating the deaths of two people after a media report said the pair - both with pre-existing conditions - died

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China-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses depart for Guinea

A batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses has departed from Beijing on Tuesday for Guinea.

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Guyana gets first batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses

Guyana on Tuesday received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm.

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Patient dies after receiving AstraZeneca vaccine at care hospital

A patient of a long-term care hospital in South Korea with multiple underlying diseases died Wednesday after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, local media reported citing officials.

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Biden: U.S. to have enough COVID-19 vaccines for every adult by May

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the United States was on track to have enough vaccines for every adult in the country by the end of May.Biden announced that Merck Co Inc. will help make riva