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Farmaajo receives COVID-19 jab to start Somalia's vaccination drive

VCG Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo received his COVID-19 jab on Tuesday to kickstart the country's mass vaccination drive.The president took his jab at the State House in front o

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Blood clots not necessarily linked to COVID-19 vaccines: WHO

The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. /VCG The World Health Organization's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom says reports of blood clots in people who have rec

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Italy latest county to suspend use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine

By Wednesday last week, around five million people in Europe had received the AstraZeneca vaccine. /VCG Italy on Monday suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine nationwide as a "p

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Over 257,000 Rwandans have received COVID-19 vaccine: Health Ministry

Rwanda rolled out its mass vaccination drive earlier this month focusing on healthcare workers, essential service providers and the elderly. /Photo courtesy: Rwanda Health Ministry – Twitter.

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Ireland temporary halts administration of AstraZeneca jabs

Ireland temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday following a report from Norway of patients developing blood clots after inoculation. /VCG Ireland temporaril

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COVID-19 vaccination in a lower income neighborhood in California

03:19 The U.S. state of California is expected to send 40 percent of all its vaccine supplies to the most vulnerable neighborhoods in an attempt to ensure a more equitable vaccine dist

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Gabon receives first batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines

The first batch of China-donated Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Libreville, the Gabonese capital on Friday, the first anniversary of the outbreak of the pandemic in the central African country.Prime M

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COVID-19 situation in Paris area extremely tense: French PM

The COVID-19 situation in the Paris region is extremely tense and authorities are ready to take new measures, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday, but he d

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Chinese COVID-19 vaccine handed over to Bahrain

Bahraini government held a handover ceremony for the urgently purchased China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.Noting Bahrain is among the first countries to approve vaccines from China for eme

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WHO approves Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine for emergency use

VCG The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday approved the Johnson Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.The decision comes a day after the vaccine was approved by Europ

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Africa's COVID-19 caseload approaches 4 million mark

With the introduction of vaccines, Africa hopes to slow down further spread of the virus and deaths. /VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa is closing in on the four million mark as

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Peru begins vaccine program for oldest citizens

02:43 Peruhas beguninoculating its oldest citizens against COVID-19 as part of a nationwide vaccination drive.CGTN’s Dan Collyns reports. Check out The China Report, our new weekly new

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Mongolian officials receive 1st injection of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

On Wednesday, Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister Sainbuyan Amarsaikhan and Ulan Bator Mayor Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar received their first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine donated by China.Mongolia launched a

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Zimbabwe authorizes Sinovac, Sinopharm vaccines for emergency use

Zimbabwe has authorized the emergency use of four COVID-19 vaccines, including China's Sinovac and Sinopharm, Russia's Sputnik V and India's Covaxin, Zimbabwean Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa

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Nearly 200,000 people have received COVID-19 vaccinations in Rwanda

A healthcare worker receives her COVID-19 vaccine jab as part of Rwanda's vaccination drive. /Photo courtesy: Ministry of Health – Rwanda. Three days after rolling out mass COVID-19 vaccinatio

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Guinea launches COVID-19 vaccination rollout with Chinese vaccines

TheRepublicof Guinea began its COVID-19 vaccination rollout on Friday local time in capital Conakry, two days after a batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the country.Minister of Healt

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Africa's COVID-19 cases hit 3,914,044: Africa CDC

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) inside a South Africa Health Department mobile coronavirus testing unit at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, Sout