Vaccination
Estonia to issue digital vaccine certificates from April
Estonia is planning to start issuing digital vaccination certificates in April, an official from the social affairs ministry said on Wednesday.
Mar 24, 2021
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Brazil posts record single-day toll of 3,251 virus deaths
Brazil reported more than 3,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day for the first time Tuesday amid calls for the government and the new health minister to take action to stem the nation's resurgence of coronavirus infections.
Mar 24, 2021
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Zimbabwe's COVID-19 fightback hamstrung by graft
Zimbabwe's anti graft police last month recovered about 40 boxes of COVID-19 test kits worth thousands of dollars stolen from a public hospital in Bulawayo, the country's second city.
Mar 22, 2021
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Taiwan gives health workers island's 1st AstraZeneca doses
Health care workers received the first shots in Taiwan's COVID-19 vaccination drive Monday, beginning a campaign that won't use supplies from China amid uneven distribution of the vaccines globally.
Mar 22, 2021
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French PM announces limited COVID lockdown for Paris
French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday announced a limited month-long lockdown for Paris and several other regions to combat surging COVID-19 cases, while insisting the measures would be less strict than in the past.
Mar 18, 2021
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EU regulator 'convinced' AstraZeneca benefit outweighs risk
The European Union's drug regulator insisted Tuesday that there is "no indication" the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots as governments around the world faced the grimmest of dilemmas: push on with a vaccine known to ...
Mar 16, 2021
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Brazil orders 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine
Brazil has ordered 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and another 38 million of Johnson & Johnson's, the health minister said Monday, seeking to accelerate the hard-hit country's lagging immunization ...
Mar 15, 2021
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Spain suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine: minister
Spain is suspending the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for at least a fortnight, the health minister said Monday, the latest European country to do so over blood clot fears.
Mar 15, 2021
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Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine
A cascading number of European countries—including Germany, France, Italy and Spain—suspended use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine Monday over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients, though the company and ...
Mar 15, 2021
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France sees 'no need' to suspend AstraZeneca vaccine
France will continue to use AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine, the health minister said Thursday after several European nations halted its use due to concerns over blood clots.
Mar 11, 2021
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