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Egypt to start vaccinating medical teams against COVID-19 on Sunday: Sources
Health & Fitness
January 23, 2021
Egypt to start vaccinating medical teams against COVID-19 on Sunday: Sources
The Health and Population Ministry on Sunday will begin vaccinating medical teams in isolation, chest and fever hospitals with the…
Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’: WHO chief
World
January 18, 2021
Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’: WHO chief
GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the world was on the brink…
Coronavirus mutations will not impact vaccine effectiveness, assures Egyptian health official
Health & Fitness
January 17, 2021
Coronavirus mutations will not impact vaccine effectiveness, assures Egyptian health official
Assistant Egyptian Health Minister for Research Affairs Noha Assem assured Sunday that mutations in the coronavirus are not expected to…
Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts
World
January 17, 2021
Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Vaccines from the West, Russia or China? Or none at all? That dilemma faces nations in…
India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
World
January 16, 2021
India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
NEW DELHI (AP) — India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign,…
Biden: We’ll ‘manage the hell’ out of feds’ COVID response
World
January 16, 2021
Biden: We’ll ‘manage the hell’ out of feds’ COVID response
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to boost supplies of coronavirus vaccine and set up new vaccination…
Lebanese parliament passes law to pave way for coronavirus vaccine deals
Middle East
January 16, 2021
Lebanese parliament passes law to pave way for coronavirus vaccine deals
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament on Friday approved a law that paves the way for the government to sign deals…
Governors complain over pace of COVID-19 vaccine shipments
World
January 16, 2021
Governors complain over pace of COVID-19 vaccine shipments
Governors bitterly accused the Trump administration Friday of deceiving the states about the amount of COVID-19 vaccine they can expect…
Survey finds global mistrust could weigh on vaccine rollout
World
January 13, 2021
Survey finds global mistrust could weigh on vaccine rollout
By PAN PYLAS (AP) — Waning trust in governments and all types of media is threatening to limit the rollout…
Indonesia starts mass COVID-19 vaccinations with president
World
January 13, 2021
Indonesia starts mass COVID-19 vaccinations with president
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after…