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South Africa's vaccination campaign to get $33 mln boost

The Solidarity Fund, set up to mobilize money to help South Africa fight the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to spend 500 million rand ($33 million) to boost the country's vaccine-rollout program. /VCG

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China to give Lebanon 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses

China will donate 50,000 shots of its Sinopharm vaccine to Lebanon.Lebanon, deep in the throes of a financial crisis, launched its inoculation drive last month after receiving its first shots of the

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China's vaccine cooperation helps fight COVID-19 in Latin America

02:52 Here is how China is helping countries in Latin America tackle the COVID-19 pandemic through vaccine cooperation. Check outThe China Report, our new weekly newsletter.Subscribe h

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Uzbekistan approves Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine

The government of Uzbekistan has approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biofarmaceutical for use in the Central Asian nation, the Uzbek ministry of innovation said

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China and U.S. academics call for joint efforts to end COVID-19

Chinese and U.S. healthcare experts called for collaboration between the two countries in fight against the COVID-19. /CFP Chinese and U.S. healthcare experts called for collaboration between

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Philippines starts COVID-19 vaccination

Philippines on Monday started its COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, with the first shot going to Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, using China's Sinovac vaccine.The vaccine

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Indian PM receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital Delhi, Modi said in a tweet.

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Romania's COVID-19 cases top 800,000

A medical worker receives a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 27, 2020. (Photo by Gabriel Petrescu/Xinhua) Romania reported 2,830 new cases of COVID-19 in th

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Hungarian PM inoculated with Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday announced on his official Facebook page that he had been inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firmSinopharm. Hu

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CoronaVac vaccines donated by China arrive in Manila

A batch of the CoronaVac vaccine manufactured by Sinovac Biotech Ltd., and donated by the Chinese government to the Philippines, arrived in Manila on Sunday.

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Live updates: Worldwide coronavirus deaths top 2.5 million

SUMMARYThe number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has exceeded 113 million, with over 2.5 million deaths and more than 64 million recoveries, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins Uni

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Thailand starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Thailand kicked off its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on Sunday, with cabinet ministers, health officials and medical professionals among the first in the queue to rece

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Brazil gets more active ingredients for COVID-19 vaccine from China

Two more batches of active ingredients provided by China to make the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Brazil on Saturday, which will be used to produce 12.2 million shots of vaccine.The initial shipment o

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Thai officials become first in Thailand to receive Sinovac vaccine

A number of Thai officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, have become the first in Thailand to receive China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday.The

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Moscow Starts Vaccinating Volunteers as Part of Sputnik Light Trials, Deputy Mayor Says

On Saturday, Moscow vaccinated the first volunteers participating in the clinical trials of Sputnik Light, a single-dose version of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Mosc

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China conditionally approves one-shot recombinant COVID-19 vaccine

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare professional in protective gloves and workwear holding and organising a tray of COVID-19 vaccine vials. /Getty ImagesThe Chinese National Medical

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Second shipment of China-made Sinovac vaccine arrives in Mexico

The second shipment of around 800,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac, a Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company, arrived at the Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City on S