Vaccination
Germany may have to junk 3 million COVID shots by late June
Germany's health ministry said Monday that the country may have to discard 3 million doses of expired COVID-19 vaccine by the end of June.
Apr 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Indonesia detects first omicron case in hospital worker
Indonesia has detected its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in a cleaning worker at a hospital in Jakarta, the country's health minister said Thursday.
Dec 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccination of under-12s starts in handful of EU countries
Greece and a handful of other European Union members began vaccinating children aged 5-11 on Wednesday against COVID-19 as governments brace for the holiday season and the spread of the omicron variant.
Dec 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vietnam speeds up Hanoi vaccine drive; 1M jabs over weekend
Vietnam is speeding up its vaccination program in an effort to loosen coronavirus lockdown restrictions in major cities by the end of the month, the government said Monday.
Sep 13, 2021
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Vaccination
In world first, Cuba starts COVID jabs for toddlers
Cuba on Monday became the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against COVID-19, using home-grown jabs not recognized by the World Health Organization.
Sep 7, 2021
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Medical economics
Why lotteries, doughnuts and beer aren't the right vaccination 'nudges'
Money, doughnuts and beer. As high-tech and effective as our COVID vaccines are, getting enough people to take them to achieve herd immunity may come down to some very Homer Simpson-esque tools of persuasion.
Aug 16, 2021
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Biden pushes shots for young adults as variant concern grows
The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to get younger Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 as concerns grow about the spread of a new variant that threatens to set the country back in the months ahead.
Jun 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Iran sees highest daily death toll in months as virus surges
Iran's daily coronavirus death toll climbed over 400 for the first time in months on Sunday, as the country, which has long had the region's largest outbreak, battles a post-holiday infection surge.
Apr 18, 2021
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Vaccination
Hong Kong vaccination drive struggles to gain public trust
Hong Kong's sudden suspension of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is another blow to a vaccination program already struggling against a wall of public distrust.
Mar 25, 2021
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Vaccination
Why do people still reject COVID-19 vaccines in Indonesia? Addressing the anti-vaccine movement
The world's third-largest democracy, Indonesia, has rolled out its vaccination program since January.
Feb 19, 2021
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