Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virus surge tests limits of primary health care in Europe
Like many people, Alberto Pérez of Madrid used a home test to discover that his headache and cold-like symptoms were caused by COVID-19.
Jan 5, 2022
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Vaccination
Third shot: UK to offer COVID booster jabs to over 50s
The U.K. announced Tuesday it will offer a third dose of coronavirus vaccine to everyone over 50 and other vulnerable people to help the country ride out the pandemic through the winter months.
Sep 14, 2021
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WHO chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year
Rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines should refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year and make the doses available for poorer countries, the head of the World Health Organization ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Singapore approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for teens
Singapore authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine to teenagers aged 12 to 15, officials said on Tuesday, in a first for Asia.
May 18, 2021
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Colombia 1st in Americas to get vaccines from UN program
Colombia on Monday became the first country in the Americas to receive a shipment of coronavirus vaccines from the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative, a program meant to ensure that the world's most vulnerable people ...
Mar 2, 2021
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UN vaccine plan for poor countries nears rollout
It's nearly launch time for COVAX, the United Nations' unprecedented program to deploy COVID-19 vaccines for hundreds of millions in need around the globe.
Feb 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
Britain's newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing its fast-moving vaccination drive.
Feb 15, 2021
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Covax issues distribution list for first vaccine wave
The Covax programme to ensure equitable worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday published its first distribution list, with enough doses for countries to immunise more than three percent of their populations by ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
We can win the war on Covid: WHO
Humanity is not losing the war against the COVID-19 pandemic and will eventually conquer the virus, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Jan 27, 2021
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Vaccination
Dutch authorities to quickly begin vaccinating health staff
The Dutch government announced Saturday that it will begin vaccinating thousands of frontline health care workers as soon as possible to ease pressure on hospitals hit by coronavirus-related staffing shortages.
Jan 2, 2021
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