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AstraZeneca's vaccine less protective against virus variant in South Afric
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], February 8 (ANI): South Africa is pausing the country's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the COVID-19 variant first identified there, CNN reported citing South African health officials on Sunday (
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France begins distributing AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid UK variant warni
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Paris [France], February 7 (ANI): France began distributing the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday as epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet warned the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 -- first identified in the UK - could be dominant in the country by March.
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Estonia receives first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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Helsinki [Finland], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Estonia has received the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company along with Oxford University, the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs said on Sunday.
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Bangladesh starts COVID-19 inoculation drive with Indian-made vaccines
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Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 7 (ANI): Bangladesh on Sunday launched its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign with the Made in India vaccine by Serum Institute of India, reported Dhaka Tribune.
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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 231,000
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Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 978 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the death toll to 231,012, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday.
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France to start rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine on weekend - Health Ministe
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): AstraZeneca vaccine is due to become available for injections to the French population starting this weekend, Health Minister Olivier Veran said.
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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developers claim that it reduces COVID-19 trans
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London [UK], February 4 (ANI): As per a report by developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Sunday, claimed that it can reduce the transmission of COVID-19 virus, reported The Washington Post.
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Switzerland requires additional data to greenlight AstraZeneca's COVID-19
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Bern [Switzerland], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland does not have sufficient data to approve the use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, the government said on Wednesday.
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India to supply 1.1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to UNICEF
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New York [US], February 3 (ANI): India's Serum Institute will be supplying 1.1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax to around 100 countries for approximately USD 3 per dose for the low and lower-middle-income countries, said Henrietta Fore, United Nation
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Bolivia to get about 1 million COVID-19 vaccine shots in February
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La Paz [Bolivia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Bolivia expects to get nearly one million doses of coronavirus vaccines next month, Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced.
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Vietnam approves AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19
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Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Vietnamese authorities have approved the use of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine against COVID-19, the government news portal reported on Saturday.
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EU authorises AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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Brussels [Belgium], January 30 (ANI): The European Commission on Friday granted a conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
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