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South African opposition slams govt vaccination drive amid halted AstraZen
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa's political opposition has slammed the country's government for its handling of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out after Johannesburg halted its plans to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, a Sputnik correspondent reported Monday.
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Seoul may consider purchasing Sputnik V, other vaccines due to new coronav
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Seoul [South Korea], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said that the South Korean government would likely to consider buying Russia's Sputnik V and other coronavirus vaccines to curb the spread of new virus variants and forestall delays in deliverie
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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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Maldives vaccinates over 6,000 people against COVID-19
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Male [Maldives], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Maldives has vaccinated over 6,000 people against the COVID-19 pandemic in the first six days of its vaccination program, local media citing the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported here Sunday.
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Australian govt confirms digital vaccine certificate system
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Canberra [Australia], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Australian government has revealed its plans for digital coronavirus vaccine certificates.
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India approves supply of 1,00,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Cambodia
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Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 6 (ANI): India has approved supply of 1,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia, the Indian embassy in Phnom Penh said on Saturday.
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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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New Zealand approves Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, expects 1st batch by April
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Wellington [New Zealand], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): New Zealand authorised emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, with a view to receiving the first shipment by April.
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BioNTech to produce 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 amid surge
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Mainz [Germany], February 2 (ANI): German biotechnology company BioNTech is planning to produce two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 because of the increase in global demand, the company has said in a statement.
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