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Africa's COVID-19 deaths surpass 60,000 mark: Africa CDC

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker attends to a patient in Gauteng Province, South Africa, July 10, 2020. /VCG The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa surpassed the 60,000 mark on Wednesd

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No research to show vaccines ineffective against coronavirus mutations

00:24 It remains to be seen whether the mutated coronavirus strain detected in the United Kingdom can undermine the efficacy of the available COVID-19 vaccines, said Zhong Nanshan, Chi

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COVID-19’s impact on minorities in the U.S.

03:06 TheCOVID-19 pandemic has laid bare social and healthinequalities in the United States with Black and Latinos sufferingdisproportionately higher infection and death rates.Although

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Distribution of second COVID-19 vaccine begins in US

VCG Image Distribution of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S. started on Sunday as initial shipments left a factory in the Memphis area.Injections of the vaccine developed by Mo

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Switzerland OKs Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Switzerland has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and German pharmaceutical company BioNTech.The country’s health agency Swissmedic said in a written statement

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American healthcare workers struggle to educate on vaccine

03:08 Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine have been approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday, providing a further boost forover-stretchedhospitals in the co

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Vaccine distribution challenges remain for poorer nations

02:59 The imminent beginning of mass vaccination against COVID-19 is top of the agenda for most countries around the world. As drug companies race to roll out their vaccines, they will

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Egypt receives second batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Egypt has received the second batch of 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese company Sinopharm, local media Egypt Today reported.That brings the country's total inventory to 100,0

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WHO: Failure in intl coop can leave poor countries with no COVID shots

The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a "very high" risk of failure, potentially leaving nations home to billions of people with no access to vaccines until as late

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COVID surge in the U.S. could ruin Christmas festivities

02:12 Even with coronavirus vaccines starting to reach those who need them most, Christmas in the U.S. is going to look very different this year.In the third part of our series from Te

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Two trucks with COVID-19 vaccines leave facility: Pfizer says

The first vaccines in the U.S. have now left the Pfizer facility and are on their way to all 50 states. /Xinhua The first vaccines in the U.S. have now left the Pfizer facility and are on thei

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Argentina inks deal with Russia for Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Thursday announced his administration signed an agreement with Russia to receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the novel corona

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Argentina inks deal with Russia for Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Thursday announced his administration signed an agreement with Russia to receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the novel corona

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'Vaccine collaboration critical in fighting COVID-19,' says WHO

03:41 Vaccine collaboration is critical in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization's Margaret Harris.This comes after UK pharmaceutical company Astr

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Argentina inks deal with Russia for Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

FILE PHOTO: A Red Cross volunteer measures the temperature of man at the Fraga slum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 6, 2020. /AP Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Thursday announced hi

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Kenya eyes AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine instead of Pfizer or Moderna

Kenya may opt for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine./Getty Images Kenya may opt for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine because it doesn't require complex cold storage, unlik

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U.S. daily death toll from COVID-19 tops 3,000: Johns Hopkins

File photo: A patient arrives outside Maimonides Medical Center, as the spread of COVID-19 continues, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 17, 2020. /Reuters The United States on Wednesday re