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Pakistan approves Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Pakistan approves Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

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Pakistan’s planning minister says the country’s drug regulatory authority has approved the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19

India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
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India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of

Greece: Lockdown extended indefinitely but stores to reopen
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Greece's government has extended nationwide lockdown measures indefinitely but says retail stores and malls will reopen Monday with strict

Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new coronavirus variant
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Italy is suspending flights from Brazil, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Saturday, in response to a new coronavirus variant.

Thousands march in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions
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Thousands of people marched through Vienna on Saturday to protest against restrictions on public life designed to curb the coronavirus pandemic,

Pakistan approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in Pakistan, the health minister said on Saturday,

Covid-19: Brazil hospitals 'run out of oxygen' for virus patients
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Hospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages

Pope Francis and former Pope Benedict get first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
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By Hada Messia, CNN

Turkey approves China-based Sinovac vaccine’s emergency use
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Turkish authorities gave the go-ahead for the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. on Wednesday,

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
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A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically

Indonesia starts mass COVID vaccinations over vast territory
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first shot of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine Wednesday after the government authorized it

Africa secures close to 300 million vaccine doses
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The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official

Brazil researchers report disappointing 50.4% efficacy for China's CoronaVac vaccine
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A coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech was just 50.4% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in a Brazilian

China expands lockdowns, local political conference delayed
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Lockdowns have been expanded and a major political conference postponed in a province next to Beijing that is the scene of China’s most

India starts shipping COVID-19 vaccine to cities
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India has started shipping COVID-19 vaccines to multiple cities, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive.The first consignment of

Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine immunity to stay at least a year
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Immunity from Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company said on Monday at the J.P. Morgan

White House warned governors about 'USA variant' of Covid-19, but no such discovery has been made
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By Betsy Klein and Jim Acosta, CNN
The US Centers for Disease Control and Preven

Iran bans foreign companies from testing COVID-19 vaccines on Iranians: president
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Foreign companies will not be allowed to test COVID-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, President Hassan Rouhani said on

India to start COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16, government says
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REUTERS
India will start its COVID-19 vaccination drive from Jan. 16 with priority given to about 30 million healthcare and frontline

Pope Francis to have COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week
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REUTERS
Pope Francis said on Saturday he planned to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as next week and urged everyone to get a