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COVID-19: UK records 343 deaths and 6,391 cases in last 24 hours

UK vaccination centre. /Xinhua Government data in the UK now shows that the Kingdom has registered another 343 COVID-related deaths and 6,391 cases in the last 24 hours.This compares to the 10

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EU to propose digital vaccination passport in March

Screenshot of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's tweet. The European Commission will present a proposal in March to create an EU-wide digital COVID-19 vaccination passport th

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Uzbekistan approves Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine

The government of Uzbekistan has approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biofarmaceutical for use in the Central Asian nation, the Uzbek ministry of innovation said

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3 new Ebola cases confirmed in east DR Congo

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers attending to Ebola patients. /Getty Images Three more new cases of the Ebola virus disease have been confirmed in the Butembo health zone in eastern Democratic R

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Philippines starts COVID-19 vaccination

Philippines on Monday started its COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, with the first shot going to Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, using China's Sinovac vaccine.The vaccine

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Hungarian president receives injection of Chinese vaccine against COVID-19

Hungarian President Janos Ader received an injection of China's Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19 on Friday, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.Ader's doctors have adv

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A sneak peek into China's Sinopharm vaccine production site

02:14 Sinopharm CNBG is capable of annually producing one billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Chinese pharmaceutical group that runs the site through its subsidiary

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Cote d'Ivoire becomes second country to receive COVAX vaccines

Cote d'Ivoire received a shipment of COVID-19 doses from the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility on Friday, becoming the second country to benefit from a program meant to ensure fairer distribution amid a

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UK registers 8,523 new infections as COVID jabs prioritise age

People wearing face masks at the Vaccination Centre at ExCel exhibition centre in London, Britain, Jan. 12, 2021. /Xinhua Official figures show the United Kingdom has recorded 8,523 new COVID-

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China donates 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone on Thursday received a consignment of 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine donated by China to support the country's vaccination campaign.Health authorities in Sierra Leone said t

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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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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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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine gets nod in South Korea from first of three expert panels

The first of three expert panels in South Korea reviewing a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech gave its recommendation on Tuesday for the government

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Senegal begins vaccinating against coronavirus with doses from China

Senegal began its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with 200,000 doses that it purchased from China's Sinopharm, which it received on February 17.The first shots were given to government mi

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Senegal extends state of sanitary catastrophe, curfew in 2 regions

Senegalese government ordered an extension of the "state of sanitary catastrophe" in the regions of Dakar and Thies, until March 20, in order to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Senegal

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Africa's COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 mark

VCG The number of COVID-19 deaths in Africa surpassed the 100,000 mark on Friday as the continent continues its efforts to curb further spread of the virus.According to the latest data from th

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Senegal to start COVID-19 vaccination with Chinese vaccine

Ousseynou Badiane, head of Senegal's vaccination program, opens the door of a newly-built cold room that will be used to store COVID-19 vaccines at Fann Hospital in Dakar, Senegal, January 22, 20