Fri 11 June 2021: Brazil’s health regulator approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine Friday for use in children aged 12 and up, though they will likely have to wait months in line for older age groups to be vaccinated first. Hit hard by the pandemic, Brazil joins countries including the United States, Uruguay and Chile in […]
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Fri 11 June 2021: Over 2.3 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given worldwide so far, figures compiled by Our World in Data, a tracking website, showed on Friday. China leads the global count with over 845.3 million jabs, followed by the US with 305.69 million. India has administered 246.9 million shots, Brazil 75.89 […]
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Fri 11 June 2021: The US and other Group of Seven (G7) countries could redistribute up to $100 billion in IMF funds to countries that need urgent support in fighting the coronavirus, the White House announced on Friday. “The United States and our G7 partners are actively considering a global effort to multiply the impact […]
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Fri 11 June 2021: The Malaysian health ministry announced on Friday that the third coronavirus lockdown had been extended by two weeks until June 28. “[Lockdown] 3.0 is extended for another 2 weeks from June 15 to June 28, 2021,” it tweeted. Restrictions were set to expire on Monday, but Ismail Sabri Yaakob, a […]
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Fri 11 June 2021: British vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said that the country was on track to offer all those aged over 50 a second dose of a vaccine by June 21. “We are on track for offering all over 50s who have had the first jab their second jab by the 21st,” Zahawi told […]
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Fri 11 June 2021: Britain on Friday pledged to donate 100 million doses of surplus vaccine doses to the world next year. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement came as a G7 summit kicks off in Cornwall, England. The other G7 leaders are also expected to make similar vaccine pledges during the summit, where an effective […]
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Thu 10 June 2021: No COVID-19 variant has escaped the protection of Pfizer’s vaccine, but the company continues to monitor and test it against emerging strains around the world, CEO Albert Bourla said on Thursday. “We are also closely monitoring and addressing the emerging variants. We are testing our vaccines’ response to newly-arising variants and […]
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Thu 10 June 2021: The rollout of Germany’s much-anticipated digital vaccine certificate will begin from Thursday, June 10. German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday that Germany will roll out a digital immunity certificate “CovPass” by the end of June, making it easier to definitively prove that a person has been fully vaccinated. The […]
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Thu 10 June 2021: Iran’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed the three-million mark on Thursday, the health ministry said, while daily cases and deaths continued a downward trend after peaking in April. In the past 24 hours, the country officially recorded 12,398 new infections and 153 fatalities, bringing total cases and deaths to 3,003,112 and 81,672, […]
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Thu 10 June 2021: The US administration of Joe Biden will purchase 500 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to donate globally, according to a report Wednesday. Under to the scheme, which Biden is expected to announce in the UK on Thursday, the US would pay for the vaccines at cost price. The first 200m […]
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