Tue 15 June 2021: Vaccination against COVID-19 should remain voluntary, as this is a matter of consciousness and rationality, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “Vaccination is voluntary, it is a matter of absolute consciousness and rationality of all of us. Each of us must understand that vaccination is the only way to protect […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: Over 2.38 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given worldwide so far, figures compiled by Our World in Data, a tracking website, showed on Monday. China leads the global count with over 892.77 million jabs, followed by the US with 309.32 million. India has administered 254 million shots, Brazil 78.13 […]
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Mon 14 June 2021: India will reopen for the public its iconic Taj Mahal and all other monuments, sites and museums protected by the culture ministry’s Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on June 16, after a two-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic, ASI said on Monday. “Considering the prevailing situation, now, it has been […]
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Mon 14 June 2021: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to delay the easing of the remaining COVID-19 restrictions in England for another four weeks from June 21, following warning from scientists and government advisers that the highly infectious Delta variant first identified in India risks a third wave of the disease, UK media […]
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Mon 14 June 2021: The Council of the European Union on Monday announced approving the decision to lift travel restrictions within the bloc for people with EU COVID-19 vaccination certificates. “Holders of vaccination certificates issued in line with the EU digital COVID certificate regulation should not be subject to testing or quarantine/self isolation if […]
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Mon 14 June 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has decided not to release the long-awaited Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines for use in the country. However, SAHPRA said about 300 000 doses from batches that have been cleared by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) meet the requirements and will […]
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Sun 13 June 2021: The leaders of the G7 nations have agreed to accelerate both the production of COVID-19 vaccines and their delivery across the globe, Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, said Sunday. “We spent three days trying to align the position of the world’s biggest democracies. The priority was to ensure […]
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Sun 13 June 2021: The head of the World Trade Organization said there was a pathway for a global deal to get more COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, despite a split over whether drugs firms should be stripped of their intellectual property rights. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, speaking to reporters before joining discussions among leaders […]
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Sat 12 June 2021: The European Union has the goal of exporting 700 million COVID-19 doses by the end of 2021, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday. “From the start the EU chose openness and solidarity and has exported half its production – that is, 350 million doses. Our goal: 700 million […]
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Sat 12 June 2021: The adverse reactions after the COVID-19 vaccines in Russia were recorded in no more than 0.1% of cases, Alla Samoylova, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare, Roszdravnadzor, told Sputnik. “The adverse reactions after the use of vaccines against the coronavirus have been so far recorded […]
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