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“Planting seeds on sunny days to prepare for rainy ones”

15:44 Is our current way of doing science enough to keep up with the current Covid-19 pandemic and get ahead of future pandemics? What lessons can scientists draw from the past year? C

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2 Billion Doses of Vaccines will be ready by year's end

18:00 Rich countries are scrambling over limited vaccine supplies, while most developing nations are left out in the cold. Several international organizations have been working to fix

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Sinovac applies for marketing approval of COVID-19 vaccine in China

China's Sinovac Biotech has applied for conditional commercial approval of its COVID-19 vaccine in the country on February 3, the company said Friday.The company releas

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China to send 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Syria

Chinese ambassador to Syria Feng Biao said on Thursday that China will dispatch 150,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Syria to help the country fight the pandemic

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Colombia approves emergency use of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine on display. /CFP Colombian President Ivan Duque announced on Wednesday that the country's National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute has authorized the emergency

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Mnangagwa thanks China for supporting Zimbabwe's COVID-19 fight

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday expressed his gratitude to Chinese President Xi Jinping for supporting Harare's fight against COVID-19.Mnangagwa delivered a State of the Nation

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Mexico vaccinations continue despite some snags

02:49 ​Mexico took the lead in Latin America's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, becoming the first country in the region to administer shots into arms back in late December.Its program is con

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What to know about Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine

02:33 The pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson is ​preparing to seek ​U.S. government approval for its one-dose, easily transportable COVID-19 vaccine. And it's the 'one-dose' th

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Star footballers come together to tackle vaccine nationalism

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the World Health Organization have teamed up to kick out vaccine nationalism to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The two organi

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EU open to Chinese, Russian COVID-19 vaccines: media

The European Union (EU) is open to the use of COVID-19 vaccines from China and Russia, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Wednesday.According to the report, European Commission President Ursula v

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Pakistan administers Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to health workers

A drive to administer the China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers was formally kicked off across Pakistan on Wednesday, the National Command and Operation Center (NC

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Ugandan government orders phased reopening of schools

FILE PHOTO: Students in school uniform walking down a dirt road to Kibale, Kibale District, Uganda. /Getty Images Uganda on Monday approved the reopening of schools and institutions of higher

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Pfizer sees $15 billion in 2021 sales from COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer said on Tuesday it expected to generate $15 billion, or about a quarter of its total revenue this year, from the sale of its COVID-19 vaccine that it has developed with German partner BioN

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China cracks down on COVID-19 vaccine-related crimes

China has cracked down on the illegal trafficking of COVID-19 vaccines and the production of counterfeit vaccines, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in a daily news briefing on Tuesday.Chin

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China busts fake COVID-19 vaccine ring, arrests 80 suspects

The fake doses were made by injecting physiological saline into syringes. This photo is for illustrative purpose. /CFP Chinese security agencies have arrested 80 suspectsafter busting a crimin

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COVID-19 vaccination site temporarily shut down amid protest in LA

One of the largest vaccination sites in the U.S. has shut down temporarily on Saturday, after protesters blocked the entrance of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.Anti-vaccine and

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World Bank Commits $12 Billion for Vaccinations in Africa

The World Bank has committed $12 billion to African countries to support vaccination programs across a continent that hasn’t been able to keep pace with developed natio