Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 3 (ANI): Bangladesh received the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine Moderna from the US on Friday through the COVAX initiative.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], July 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,857 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 521,952, the health ministry said Friday.
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 2 (ANI): Nepal will procure four million doses of Vero Cell vaccines from China under a non-disclosure agreement signed between the two nations, sources said though officials from the Ministry of Health and Population declined to comment on the issue.
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The union health ministry on Friday approved the vaccination of pregnant women against COVID-19 based on recommendations from the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI).
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday visited a vaccine manufacturing plant of the Serum Institute of India in Pune to review the production of vaccines.
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 2 (ANI): Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday claimed that the country will receive a "sufficient" amount of COVID-19 vaccines for inoculation by the "day after tomorrow".
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr VK Paul on Friday confirmed that India is in talks with US pharma giant Johnson & Johnson for their single-dose COVID-19 vaccine named Janssen.
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): A decision on the approval of Zydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine Zydus Cov-D is expected soon, Dr VK Paul, Member (Health) of the NITI Aayog said on Friday, adding that the data and evaluation would determine the outcome.
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): India has said it expects other EU countries to accept made in India COVID-19 vaccines and treat people vaccinated in India at par with those vaccinated in the EU, MEA said on Friday and noted that it is in touch with European Union member states on the is
Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): A stampede-like situation was seen at a COVID-19 vaccination centre in Lodhikheda of Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district as people rushed to get their COVID-19 shot.
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Nepal on Friday said it is yet to receive a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from India, for which the advance payment has already been done.
Canberra [Australia], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Former Australian Prime Minister (PM) Malcolm Turnbull has described the country's coronavirus vaccine rollout as a "failure of public administration."