England to offer COVID vaccine to all 12- to 15-year-olds

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England to offer COVID vaccine to all 12- to 15-year-olds

REUTERS All 12- to 15-year-olds in England will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine after top medical advisers said on Monday that children would benefit from reduced disruption to their education. The British government confirmed that the offer woul..
Anti COVID vaccine protesters clash with police in Greece

REUTERS Greek police fired tear gas and water canon on Saturday to break up a demonstration of thousands of people protesting against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations. Authorities said protesters hurled flares at police in Greece's second..
Biden's COVID vaccine mandate angers Republicans, libertarians

REUTERS Republicans and libertarians are vowing to fight U.S. President Joe Biden's new vaccine mandate covering big companies, healthcare workers and federal employees, announced as the Delta strain of the coronavirus rapidly spread..
Qatar offering COVID vaccines to Afghanistan evacuees yet to transit

REUTERS Qatar is offering COVID-19 vaccines to evacuees from Afghanistan who are temporarily staying in the Gulf Arab state, which has been facilitating global evacuation efforts since the Taliban seized Kabul, the foreign ministry said on Thursda..
Pfizer becomes first Covid vaccine to gain full FDA approval

BBC Pfizer's two-dose Covid-19 vaccine has received full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - the first jab to be licensed in the nation. The vaccine had initially been given emergency use authorisation. Its two jabs,....
U.S. ships nearly 500k COVID vaccine doses to Rwanda

REUTERS The United States is sending nearly half a million doses of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccine to Rwanda, including the first doses from the Biden administration's 500 mi...
All 16-, 17-year-olds in England to be offered first COVID vaccine dose by Aug. 23

REUTERS All 16- and 17-year-olds in England will be offered their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by Aug. 23, according to a target set by British Health Secretary Sajid Javid. Javid said on Sunday that offering young people the vaccine by that dat..
Peru study finds Sinopharm COVID vaccine 50.4% effective against infections

REUTERS A two-dose COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinopharm was 50.4% effective in preventing infections in health workers in Peru when it was seeing a surge in cases fuelled by virus variants, and booster shots can be considered, a study found..
Greek police, protesters clash in protest against COVID vaccines

Police fired tear gas and water canon to disperse crowds protesting against coronavirus vaccinations in Athens on Wednesday. About 1,500 people took part in the protest outside parliament, the second in a week against Greece's COVID-19 inocula..

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