Namibia will launch its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Friday after receiving the first batch of Sinopharm vaccines donated by China, the country's Minister of Health Kalumbi Shangula said on Tuesd
More than 5,000 Chinese citizens in Egypt will be vaccinated with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine under the inoculation drive launched by the embassy.Chinese nationals i
VCG France and Italy said on Tuesday the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) comments on AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are "encouraging", AFP reports.The two countries announced suspensions of
VCG Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo received his COVID-19 jab on Tuesday to kickstart the country's mass vaccination drive.The president took his jab at the State House in front o
SUMMARYThe number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has exceeded 120 million, with over 2.6 million deaths, and more than 68 million recoveries, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins Un
The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. /VCG The World Health Organization's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom says reports of blood clots in people who have rec
Rwanda rolled out its mass vaccination drive earlier this month focusing on healthcare workers, essential service providers and the elderly. /Photo courtesy: Rwanda Health Ministry – Twitter.
A number of countries in Europe have stopped administering the AstraZeneca shots either entirely or from specific batches. /Getty Images Germany announced on Monday it would stop administering
Ireland temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday following a report from Norway of patients developing blood clots after inoculation. /VCG Ireland temporaril
The first batch of China-donated Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Libreville, the Gabonese capital on Friday, the first anniversary of the outbreak of the pandemic in the central African country.Prime M
Chief Executive Carrie Lam of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) said Saturday that over 160,000 residents had received the first dose of the COVID-19
Bahraini government held a handover ceremony for the urgently purchased China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.Noting Bahrain is among the first countries to approve vaccines from China for eme
Italy, Thailand and Romania joined at least eight European countries this week in suspending the AstraZeneca shots either entirely or from specific batches. /Getty Images The World Health Orga
A COVID-19 patient isolation center in Machakos town in eastern Kenya. /VCG Kenya on Friday reported 750 new daily COVID-19 infections, taking its cumulative confirmed cases to 111,935.The fig
A test tube labeled "vaccine" in front of an AstraZeneca logo in this illustration, September 9, 2020. /Reuters Several countries, including Canada, Australia and Mexico said they will continu
Canada on Thursday said the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe after Denmark and Norway temporarily suspended its use amid reports that blood clots had formed in some
Canada on Thursday said the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe after Denmark and Norway temporarily suspended its use amid reports that blood clots had formed in some