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.
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 (
Tehran [Iran], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran will kick-start the vaccine rollout by giving Sputnik V shots to medical workers this week, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday.
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.
Singapore, January 28 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings expects most Asia Pacific sovereign credit ratings to remain unchanged in the next one to two years despite the continued pressures posed by Covid-19.
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 27 (ANI): Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed his gratitude towards India for providing one million dosages of Covishield vaccine within a week of its rollout in India.
Paris [France], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): France's national health agency HAS recommended on Saturday administering the second shot of an anti-coronavirus vaccine six weeks after the first one, up from three weeks for Pfizer and four for Moderna.
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): Self Storage India, India's first self-storage company operating since 2013, is making a strong start in 2021 with a rollout plan which would see the launch of four new facilities within the National Capital Region before the end of the year.
Singapore, January 20 (ANI): Banking systems in emerging markets face the expected deterioration in asset quality indicators as regulatory forbearance measures are lifted while vaccine rollouts in several countries continue, S&P Global Ratings said on Wednesday.
New York [US], January 20 (ANI): India on January 16 began its mammoth coronavirus vaccine rollout by administering 207,229 shots on the first day with the help of hundreds of thousands of health workers who were trained and assisted by the UN agencies.
London [UK], January 18 (ANI): Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said on Monday it has been selected by United Kingdom's leading mobile network carrier Three to help the latter configure its mobile network for its ongoing rollout of 5G services.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi success in launching the vaccination rollout in the country.