COVID-19 vaccine

According to his doctor, US Vice President Joe Biden received the latest Covid-19 vaccine in addition to the yearly flu shot. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s personal physician, expressed the US president’s hope that other leaders will...

Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it had to dump 100 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine after they expired. The firm stopped producing Covishield in December last year due to low...

The global scheme has supplied vaccines against the coronavirus to 144 countries since February 2021. But vaccine inequity remains high, with 40% of the world population yet to receive a single jab. The UN-led COVAX scheme...

India has approved the use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in an emergency situation, bolstering the country’s overall efforts to combat coronavirus. “India adds to its vaccination arsenal! In India, the single-dose COVID-19 vaccination...

On Friday, the World Health Organization approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use — the first Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light. The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine, which...

Former United States President Donald Trump has criticized his successor, Joe Biden, for failing to acknowledge his achievements, including the rapid discovery of the Covid 19 vaccine in a congressional speech. “We created the vaccine,” Donald...

Two of the COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in the United States require two doses, administered three to four weeks apart, however, there are few data indicating how best to minimize new infections and hospitalizations with limited...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS here and appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated. Sister P Niveda, from Puducherry, administered Bharat...

UNICEF is today launching the Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative. Under this landmark initiative, over 10 leading airlines are signing agreements with UNICEF to support the prioritization of delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, essential medicines, medical devices and other...

Afghanistan received 500,000 doses of AztraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine from India on Sunday, the first to arrive in the country, which is still waiting for emergency approval from the World Health Organisation before it can use them....