Vaccination

More than two billion COVID vaccines given

More than two billion COVID-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP tally Thursday drawn from official sources.

Vaccination

UN urges more vaccines for Africa, with only 2 percent now

The U.N. Security Council called for accelerated availability of coronavirus vaccines for Africa on Wednesday, expressing concern that the continent has received only about 2% of all doses administered globally.

Vaccination

UK to offer under-40s alternative to AstraZeneca shot

People under 40 in Britain will not be given the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine if another shot is available because of a link to extremely rare blood clots, the government said Friday. It said the change would not ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Woman from Mali gives birth to 9 babies in Morocco

A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies at once—after expecting seven, according to Mali's Minister of Health and the Moroccan clinic where the nonuplets were born.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

India reels amid virus surge, affecting world vaccine supply

The Indian city of Pune is running out of ventilators as gasping coronavirus patients crowd its hospitals. Social media is full of people searching for beds, while relatives throng pharmacies looking for antiviral medicines ...

Vaccination

Half billion vaccine jabs given

More than 500 million doses of vaccines have been given around the world as of Friday, according to an AFP tally.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ukraine sets virus death record for third straight day

Ukraine has registered a record number of coronavirus deaths for the third straight day, authorities said on Thursday, as new infections also reached a record high.

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