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China, EU discuss right to life and health at COVID-19-themed forum

02:21 Some 100 experts and scholars attended a human rights seminar on issues linked to COVID-19 in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday.Organizers said they hope the sem

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Zimbabwe to receive 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine by June 15

Zimbabwean officials inspect a shipment of the Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines at Harare International Airport on March 16, 2021 in Harare, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli / Getty Images)

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Botswana set to roll out second vaccine doses starting with Sinovac

VCG Botswana will roll out the administration of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, starting with persons who received the Chinese-manufactured Sinovac vaccine, the government annou

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Israel begins vaccinating teenagers aged 12-15 against COVID-19

Israel has started vaccinating teenagers aged between 12 and 15 against the novel coronavirus, health authorities said on Sunday.This follows a decision taken by the Is

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Somalia's COVID-19 cases rise to 14,748

FILE PHOTO: Boxes of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine provided through the global COVAX initiative arrive at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, March 15, 2021. (Farah Abdi Warsameh via VCG)

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Italy reports record number of daily COVID-19 vaccinations

FILE PHOTO: Elderly people receiving the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, in Pisa, Italy. /VCG Italy on Friday administered a new record number of daily COVID-19 vaccinations, according to

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Putin slams foreign countries for not approving Russian COVID-19 jabs

Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed the ban on Russian COVID-19 vaccines imposed by some countries despite the shots proving their efficacy, stressing that such restrictions are absurd and p

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Assad vaccinated as Syria receives first shipment of Russian shots - report

President Bashar al-Assad was among those to be vaccinated after Syria received a first shipment of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Russia's Interfax news agency re

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Gavi in talks with China's Sinovac to expand COVAX supply

The World Health Organization has approved Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. /CFPThe Gavi vaccine alliance is in talks with Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotec

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Biden to bolster US efforts towards July 4 vaccination target

US President Joe Biden. /Getty Images The Biden administration is accelerating efforts to administer at least one jab of a COVID-19 vaccine to 70 percent of the US' adult population by July 4,

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Native American tribes see successful rates of COVID-19 vaccinations

04:18 Native American tribes across the U.S. are celebrating a vaccination success story in the battle against COVID-19.Despite being among the hardest hit, about 70 percent of the coun

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France to start vaccinating 12 to 18-year-olds from June 15: Macron

VCG France plans to start vaccinating its youth aged 12 and 18 from June 15, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday.Macron made the announcement during his visit to the village of Sa

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WHO and partners urge govts to finance new $50 bln recovery roadmap

The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. /Getty Images The World Health Organization (WHO) has joined other partners in calling upon governments to finance a

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Arrival of 100,600 doses vaccine boosts Rwanda's vaccination drive

VCG Rwanda's COVID-19 mass vaccination drive has received another boost after the country received a batch of 100,600 doses of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine through the World Health Organization's C

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Mexico to begin Phase-3 testing for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

02:33 Mexico is about to begin Phase-3 testing of another COVID-19 vaccine from China.The shot is made by Walvax Biotechnology, and it uses messenger RNA technology.CGTN’s Franc Contrer

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UK records 6 COVID deaths as over 25M people receive 2 vaccine doses

The United Kingdom has recorded another six coronavirus-related deaths as more than 25 million people have now received two vaccine doses, latest government figures show. /Xinhua The United Ki

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The UK records 3,398 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday

Britain reported 3,398 new cases of COVID-19, down from a two-month high of 4,182 cases recorded a day earlier, government statistics showed on Saturday, with seven new deaths within 28 days of a