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COVAX offers Mexico 10 million COVID shots for kids after president protests delays
The United Nations-backed COVAX vaccine program has offered Mexico 10 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots for children after the country’s ... World News -
COVID-19 vaccine drive for world’s poorest pushes manufacturers for delivery slowdown
Leaders of the global scheme aiming to get COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest are pushing manufacturers including Pfizer and Moderna to cut or ... Coronavirus -
WHO clears China’s CanSino COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization said Thursday that it has granted an emergency use authorization for the coronavirus vaccine made by China’s CanSino ... Coronavirus -
Norway discards COVID-19 vaccines as supplies exceed demand
Norwegian health authorities said Tuesday that the country has a surplus of COVID-19 vaccines and has already discarded more than 137,000 doses ... Coronavirus -
COVAX’s supply of COVID-19 vaccines outweighs demand for first time
The global project to share COVID-19 vaccines is struggling to place more than 300 million doses in the latest sign the problem with vaccinating the ... Coronavirus -
Pfizer set to oust AstraZeneca as top supplier of COVID-19 vaccines to poor nations
Pfizer and BioNtech are set to displace AstraZeneca as the main suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines to the global COVAX program at the start of 2022, a ... Coronavirus -
India to ‘expeditiously’ supply more COVID-19 shots to Omicron-hit Africa
India stands ready to “expeditiously” send more COVID-19 vaccine to Africa to help fight the Omicron variant, New Delhi said late on Monday after ... Coronavirus -
WHO says COVID-19 pandemic could ‘easily drag on deep into 2022’
Failing to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries could cause the pandemic to drag into 2022, a senior World Health Organization official ... Coronavirus -
US COVID-19 vaccine donations reach 200 million doses: White House
The United States, under pressure to share its coronavirus vaccine supply with the rest of the world, has now donated 200 million doses to more than ... Coronavirus -
In new move, COVAX to send COVID shots only to least covered nations
A global scheme designed to ensure fair access to COVID-19 vaccines will this month for the first time distribute shots only to countries with the ... Coronavirus -
Yemen receives third batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX
Yemen on Thursday received its third batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme, the health ministry said.A delivery ... Coronavirus -
US to donate 500 mln more COVID-19 vaccine doses to other countries: Biden
The United States on Wednesday promised to buy 500 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to donate to other countries as it comes under increasing ... Coronavirus -
Covax eyes vaccines for just 20 pct of people in poor nations in 2021
The vaccine-sharing facility Covax said Wednesday it should be able to provide COVID jabs to no more than 20 percent of people in poorer countries ... Coronavirus -
Over 11 bln doses needed to vaccinate 70 pct of world against COVID-19: UN chief
Over 11 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses are needed to fully inoculate around 70 percent of the world against the novel coronavirus, United Nations ... Coronavirus -
Chinese producers agree to supply more than half a billion vaccines to COVAX
The GAVI alliance said on Monday it had signed two advance purchase agreements with Chinese drugmakers Sinopharm and Sinovac to provide up to 550 ... Coronavirus -
Vaccine delay hits Afghanistan as surge of COVID-19 ravages country
Afghanistan is battling a brutal surge in COVID-19 infections as health officials plead for vaccines, only to be told by the World Health Organization ... Coronavirus -
Summit secures additional $2.4 bln for COVID-19 shots for poor countries
Countries and private donors pledged nearly $2.4 billion on Wednesday to the COVAX vaccine-sharing plan, expanding efforts to make COVID-19 shots more ... Coronavirus -
European Investment Bank to raise support to WHO-led COVAX to $1.1 bln
The head of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer said on Wednesday that the EU’s financial arm was ready to increase its support for the COVAX ... Coronavirus -
GAVI in talks with China’s Sinovax to expand COVAX vaccine supply
The GAVI vaccine alliance is in talks with Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotch to expand the COVAX dose-sharing portfolio available to poor countries ... Coronavirus -
Japan to donate additional $800 mln, vaccines to WHO’s COVAX body: Media
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to pledge an additional $800 million to the World Health Organization’s COVAX program, which ... Coronavirus -
COVAX vaccine-sharing program needs $2 bln by June for poor countries
The Covax global vaccine-sharing program said Thursday it needs $2.0 billion in additional funding by the beginning of June in order to boost ... Coronavirus -
Sweden to donate around 3 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses to COVAX in 2021
Sweden will donate 3 million doses vaccine to the COVAX facility in 2021, up from a previous pledge of 1 million doses, Sweden’s government said in a ... Coronavirus -
Nepal, Bangladesh scramble to secure COVID-19 shots as India curbs exports
Nepal and Bangladesh are making frantic diplomatic efforts to secure COVID-19 vaccines to prop up their faltering inoculation drives as their stocks ... Coronavirus -
WHO urges rich countries to donate shots to COVAX instead of vaccinating children
The World Health Organization urged rich countries on Friday to reconsider plans to vaccinate children and instead donate COVID-19 shots to the COVAX ... Coronavirus -
GAVI in talks with China’s Sinopharm, others to expand COVAX reach
The GAVI Vaccine Alliance is in talks with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers including China’s state-owned Sinopharm to expand the COVAX pipeline and ... Coronavirus -
Pakistan receives first supply of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX
Pakistan on Saturday received its first supply of COVID-19 vaccines through the UN-backed COVAX initiative, over 1.2 million doses of the ... Coronavirus -
Amnesty international, HRW ask COVAX to unveil COVID-19 vaccine contracts
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme to “enhance transparency” and publish its ... Coronavirus -
COVAX signs deal for 500 mln Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses
The COVAX global vaccine equity program has signed an advance purchase agreement with Moderna for 500 million doses of its COVID-19 jabs, the scheme’s ... Coronavirus -
UN program to provide 500 mln Moderna vaccine doses starting Q4
Moderna and vaccine promoter Gavi have announced a firm deal by which the pharmaceutical company will provide up to 500 million doses for the ... Coronavirus -
WHO chief denounces vaccine inequity as COVAX sharing scheme marks first year
Coronavirus vaccines remain out of reach in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report on Friday, marking ... Coronavirus