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India celebrates 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses

Healthcare workers and citizens in India are celebrating a major milestone- the country administered one billion COVID-19 vaccines to the population, months after strug

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U.S. FDA approves Moderna and J&J boosters, 'mix-and-match' strategy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorized booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson, and said Americans ca

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WHO chief on vaccine equality: Make benefits of science available to all

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday called for global COVID-19 vaccine equality at a press conference on COVID-19 va

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India tells Quad will allow export of 8 mln Indo-Pacific vaccine doses

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told fellow leaders of the Quad partnership on Friday India will allow the export of 8 million COVID-19 vaccines by end of October i

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COVID-19 vaccines remain effective, but AstraZeneca's wanes faster than Pfizer's, suggest UK data

Protection against COVID-19 wanes faster for people who have had two doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine than for those who had Pfizer's jab, according to newly released fig

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Chile approves emergency use of China's jabs for children aged 6-17

FILE PIC: Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines made by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech. /Xinhua Chile's Institute of Public Health (ISP) on Monday approved the emergency use of Sinovac Coron

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Kenya's COVID-19 infections surpass 240,000 mark

A Kenyan man receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Makongeni Estate in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021./CFP Kenya's total number of COVID-19 infections surpassed the 240,000 mark o

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Vietnam's total confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 500,000

FILE PIC: The last cured COVID-19 patient (2nd R, front) in Vietnam and his family present flowers to a doctor in Vietnam's northern province of Vinh Phuc, Feb. 26, 2020. Vietnam's Ministry of He

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Latest drug treatments and clinical trials to fight COVID-19

02:15 Almost two years into the global pandemic, health experts say COVID-19 isn’t likely to go away.Managing life with the virus will require a multi-pronged approach that includes vac

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Millions in Venezuela struggle to get first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

01:13 As people in wealthy countries prepare to get booster shots ofCOVID-19 vaccines, millions of people in Venezuela and other Latin American countries are still waiting for a first d

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U.S. states clash over mask mandates as schools reopen

02:38 Schools around the U.S. are opening their doors to millions of students, many of whom are not eligible for COVID-19 vaccines and vulnerable to the Delta variant. A growing number

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South Africa rolls out free transport to vaccination centers

A healthcare worker prepares a jab of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine inside the Transvaco COVID-19 vaccine train stationed at the Springs Train Station outside of Johannesburg, on Augus

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Japan probes two deaths after jabs from tainted Moderna batch

Japan is investigating the death of two men who received jabs from batches of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine suspended from use due to contamination, the health ministry said Saturday.The men aged 30 and

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Over 14 mln fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Morocco

A medical worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a recipient in Sale, Morocco, on Aug. 26, 2021. The total number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Morocco reached 14,0

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Hospital offering Pfizer/Moderna boosters to J&J vaccine recipients

02:55 In the U.S., booster shots will soon be available for those who got the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. But for those who got the single-shot Johnson Johnson, many are still

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Clinical trials underway for 18-year-olds and below in Cuba

02:28 Cuban COVID-19 candidate vaccines have been successfully submitted to clinical trials in several vulnerable sectors of the adult population proving high efficacy levels. Clinical

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COVID-19 vaccines not harmful to people living with chronic illnesses

CFP Image Vaccination against COVID-19 does not threaten the lives of people living with chronic illnesses including diabetes, hypertension and cancer, Kenya's health ministry clarified on Wed