Vaccination

Palestinians roll out vaccines as virus cases spike

Thousands of Palestinian health workers, the elderly, and patients with cancer or kidney disease were set to get COVID-19 vaccines from Sunday as the health ministry ramped up its inoculation campaign.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Over 20 million get first dose of COVID vaccine in UK

Britain announced Sunday that it has given more than 20 million people at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with the rapid rollout providing hope in a country with Europe's highest death toll.

Medical economics

COVID-19: Global vaccine promises ring hollow

This week, the first COVID-19 vaccine doses from the United Nations-led COVAX initiative arrived in Africa. This is a long-awaited piece of good news in a climate where vaccine procurement for developing countries has been ...

Vaccination

China to send 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses abroad

China on Wednesday announced a plan to provide 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing nations through the global COVAX initiative as part of its ambitious diplomatic and business efforts to distribute Chinese ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pandemic slows across world

The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down in every region of the world over the past week, according to a specialised AFP database.

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