Vaccination
Mexico to receive first batch of coronavirus vaccines
Mexico will receive its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday.
Dec 22, 2020
0
3
Page 12 - News tagged with poor countries
Vaccination
WHO in talks with Pfizer, Moderna on COVID-19 vaccine access
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it is in discussions with Pfizer and Moderna about possibly including their high-tech coronavirus vaccines among early jabs for poor countries at affordable prices.
Dec 15, 2020
0
1
Vaccination
J&J readies 500 mn vaccine doses for poor countries
US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it plans to provide 500 million doses of its vaccine for poor countries once results of clinical trials are announced by the end of January.
Dec 8, 2020
0
3
Vaccination
Mexico signs deal for 34.4 million Pfizer vaccines
Mexico said it signed an agreement Wednesday with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to buy 34.4 million vaccines against the coronavirus, with a first batch due to arrive this month.
Dec 2, 2020
0
7
Vaccination
Astra/Oxford seek coronavirus vaccine approval after 'effective' trials
British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford said on Monday they will seek regulatory approval for their coronavirus vaccine after "effective" trials, in the latest potential boost to curbing the global outbreak.
Nov 23, 2020
0
1
Vaccination
200 mn Covid vaccine doses pledged for 'equitable' use
Drugmakers Sanofi and GSK said Wednesday they would set aside 200 million doses of a future coronavirus vaccine for a global initiative to ensure equitable distribution, including in poor countries.
Oct 28, 2020
0
2
Vaccination
Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access
The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator.
Oct 19, 2020
0
0
Vaccination
What is COVAX and why does it matter for getting vaccines to developing nations?
There is a global effort to distribute vaccines to poorer countries, but some of the world's largest countries, including the U.S., Russia and China, do not intend to support the effort.
Oct 5, 2020
0
4
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Belgium coronavirus death toll passes 10,000
Belgium, one of the European countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, on Wednesday reported its death toll from the pandemic had surpassed 10,000.
Sep 30, 2020
0
1
Vaccination
Mexico joins WHO coronavirus vaccine plan
Mexico, which has one of the world's highest COVID-19 death tolls, announced Friday that it was joining a WHO-backed program to facilitate poor countries' access to coronavirus vaccines.
Sep 25, 2020
0
2
