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UN adopts resolution on equitable access to COVID vaccines

FILE PHOTO: United Nations General Assembly. /Xinhua The UN Security Council gave unanimous approval Friday to a resolution calling for improved access to Covid-19 vaccines in conflict-hit or

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Ecuador signs agreement with Sinovac for 2 million COVID-19 vaccines

The Ecuadorian government said on Thursday it had negotiated the purchase of 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac that would allow authorities to start a m

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Chile receives third batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines

Chile on Thursday received the third batch of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac.

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China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine shots arrive in Argentina

A batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine shots on Thursday night landed at Buenos Aires international airport. Senior officials from Argentina and China welcomed the shipment on the site.Argenti

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UNDP head talks about extreme poverty amid the COVID-19 pandemic

00:49 01:35 Achim Steiner, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, explains why the COVID-19 pandemic has been a significant factor in the rise of

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Ghana becomes first country to receive COVID vaccines from COVAX

02:17 Ghana on Wednesday became the first nation to receive coronavirus vaccines via the United Nations-backed COVAX finitiative.UNICEF procured and delivered 600,000 doses of the Astr

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Burkina Faso plans free immunization to curb anthrax spread

The skyline of Burkina Faso's capital Ougadougou. /VCG Burkina Faso's government has announced to mobilize 4,000 doses of anthrax vaccines for free immunization to curb the spread of the disea

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COVID-19: EU countries offered €12.7bn worth of fake COVID19 jabs

European Union Parliament. /Xinhua Fraudsters are trying to cash in on mistakes made by the EU's coronavirus vaccination campaign by offering millions of scam jabs to member states.The bloc's

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Bahrain first to approve Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Bahrain has approved Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the first country to do so, the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) said on Thursday. /Xinhua Bahr

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China's drug authority greenlights public use of two COVID-19 vaccines

China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) on Thursday granted conditional usage approval to two COVID-19 vaccines developed by Sinopharm and CanSinoBIO.

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First doses of COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines arrive in Ghana

Ghana received its first COVID-19 shots from COVAX, the World Health Organization’s global vaccine-sharing program Wednesday. A flight carrying 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine prod

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Hungary starts using Chinese vaccine in EU first: PM

Hungary on Wednesday became the first European Union nation to start using China's Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said."Today we begin to inoculate with the Ch

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Singapore receives first batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines

Singapore on Tuesday received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac.

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Mainland not to be blamed for no Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in Taiwan

The obstacles and crux of not allowing the mainland's COVID-19 vaccines into Taiwan lie not in the Chinese mainland, said Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affa

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Arrival of Sinovac vaccines boosts HK's anti-epidemic work: official

Containers carrying Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccines are unloaded from an aircraft at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, February 19, 2021. /CFP Matthew Cheung, chief se

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Thailand receives first batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines

Thailand on Wednesday received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac.

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Dominica receives first batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines

Dominica on Wednesday received the first batch of 768,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac.