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World Bank warns Lebanese to wait their turn for vaccines

World Bank warns Lebanese to wait their turn for vaccines

19 hours ago
International

The World Bank has threatened to suspend financing for Lebanon’s Covid-19 vaccination programme amid allegations that people are receiving

Covid vaccine - All UK adults to be offered jab by 31 July - PM
- 3 days ago
- International
All adults in the UK will be offered their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of July, the prime minister has pledged.
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Covid - Australian Open fans criticised for booing vaccine
- 3 days ago
- International
Australia's government has criticised fans at the Australian Open tennis final after some loudly booed the mention of a Covid-19 vaccine

PHCC to start using Moderna vaccine at three health centres from Monday
- 3 days ago
- Local
The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) will commence administering the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from Monday in three of its health centres: Al

Pfizer-BioNTech shot stops COVID-19 spread, study shows
- 3 days ago
- Health
The Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine appeared to stop the vast majority of recipients in Israel becoming infected, providing the first

South Korea to begin using Pfizer coronavirus vaccines on Feb. 27, PM says
- 3 days ago
- International
South Korea will begin administering the first of 117,000 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Feb. 27, a day after the country begins

Malaysia to start COVID-19 vaccination drive early as first doses arrive
- 3 days ago
- International
Malaysia moved up its COVID-19 inoculation drive by two days as the first batch of vaccines arrived in the Southeast Asian nation on Sunday.

Britain to offer all adults a COVID-19 vaccine by end of July
- 3 days ago
- International
UK to reopen in stages after driving down South African variant, Hancock says
Britain has started to drive down cases of the more

Ghana approves Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use - RDIF
- 3 days ago
- International
Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday that Ghana had granted emergency authorisation for the use of the Sputnik V vaccine

Russia to produce 88 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in first half: deputy PM
- 3 days ago
- International
Russia will produce 88 million vaccine doses in the first half of this year, including 83 million doses of its Sputnik V shot, Russian Deputy

Russia approves its third COVID-19 vaccine, CoviVac
- 3 days ago
- Health
Russia on Saturday approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale

3 Conditions for Exempting People Who Received COVID-19 Vaccine from Quarantine after Travel
- 4 days ago
- Local
The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) recently announced that citizens and residents of the State of Qatar who have received the Coronavirus

Israel eases restrictions following vaccine success
- 4 days ago
- International
Israel is easing lockdown restrictions as studies there reveal the Pfizer vaccine is 95.8% effective in preventing hospitalisations and death.

No jab, no job: Vatican gets tough with COVID anti-vaxxers
- 6 days ago
- Health
The Vatican has told employees that they may risk losing their jobs if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccination without legitimate health

Saudi Arabia approves AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine, state TV reports
- 6 days ago
- International
Saudi Arabia’s food and drug administration has approved the COVID vaccine made by AstraZeneca, state TV reported on Thursday.

More than 11,000 Ebola vaccines expected in Guinea this weekend
- 6 days ago
- Health
Guinea expects to receive more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines this weekend, with more to follow, and inoculations could start as soon as Monday, a

India's Bharat Biotech pursues COVID-19 vaccine approval in over 40 countries
- 6 days ago
- International
India’s Bharat Biotech is in the process of filing regulatory documents for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine, COVAXIN, in more than 40

Nepal approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, to make first purchases from India
- 6 days ago
- International
Nepal approved on Thursday the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of China’s Sinopharm , a government official

Researchers urge delay in administering Pfizer vaccine's second dose, cite strong data
- 6 days ago
- International
The second dose of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine could be delayed in order to cover all priority groups as the first one is highly

Pfizer says South African variant could significantly reduce vaccine protection
- 6 days ago
- Health
A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce protective antibodies elicited by the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech