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President Sagasti first Peruvian to get Chinese COVID-19 shot

Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti gives a televised message to the nation at the Government Palace in Lima, Peru, January 6, 2021. /CFPPeruvian President Francisco S

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China's vaccines in last stage of assessment: WHO

Four kinds of COVID-19 vaccines, including the Chinese Sinopharm and Sinovac Biotech vaccines, are in their very last stage of assessment, said Mariangela Simao, the Wo

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More than three quarters of vaccinations are in just 10 countries: WHO

Those most at risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19, including health workers and older people, must come first – and they must come first everywhere World Health Organization Director T

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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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Exclusive with Dr. Gao Fu, China CDC Director

21:12 Since the earliest days of the pandemic, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has pulled out all the stops in dealing with the invisible enemy. It is the Chinese

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China to assist Papua New Guinea with vaccines: FM

China has decided to assist Papua New Guinea (PNG) with a batch of vaccines to help the country completely overcome the pandemic, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Mi

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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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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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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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Grab announces program to help increase COVID-19 vaccinations in Southeast Asia

Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing and on-demand delivery giant, announced a program to increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations today. Its goal is to have all of its employees, as well as driver

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Hungary receives first doses of Russian Sputnik V vaccine

01:51 The first 40,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine have arrived in Hungary, making the country the first in the European Union to use the Russian vaccine. This is the first batch of

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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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Parts of Latin America lagging behind in vaccine rollout

02:19 While the roll-out of ​COVID-19 vaccines is well underway in many parts of the world including Asia, Europe and North America, ​some countries in Latin America are just getting s

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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