Tag: coronavirus vaccine

Friday, February 19th 2021 - 08:58 UTC
Brazilian police investigating “shots of air” instead of Covid-19 vaccines

Rio de Janeiro's police launched an investigation into reports that doses of the coronavirus vaccine may have been diverted after images emerged of healthcare workers sticking needles into elderly people without injecting them.
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Friday, February 19th 2021 - 07:45 UTC
WHO urges nations producing vaccines to donate them to the Covax scheme

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged nations producing Covid-19 vaccines not to distribute them unilaterally but to donate them to the global Covax scheme to ensure fairness.
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Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Latin America demand rich countries stop hoarding the Covid-19 vaccines

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard during a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council called on rich countries to stop hoarding vaccines against Covid-19 impeding the poor from being inoculated.
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Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:24 UTC
Cruise lines will require vaccinations for crew members and passengers

The Cyprus-based British cruise line Swan Hellenic is the next in a growing number of cruise lines that has stated it will be making vaccinations a requirement for all crew members on board.
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Saturday, February 13th 2021 - 08:48 UTC
How Chile became an unlikely winner in the Covid-19 vaccine race

By Veronica Díaz-Cerda (*) – At first glance, it may seem that the race to acquire COVID-19 vaccines has been won by western nations. But alongside the UK, Canada, USA and EU, another country has also secured a high number of doses relative to its population – Chile.
Saturday, February 13th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Piñera and more than 1,5 million Chileans inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine

Chile's President Sebastian Piñera received on Friday the first dose of the Sinovac vaccine against the virus caused by Covid-19. The president is eligible to receive the inoculation with the Chinese vaccine along with those Chileans and residents aged 71 and over.
Friday, February 5th 2021 - 08:50 UTC
UK in Covid-19 rare success: it has vaccinated 15% of the population (10 million)

The UK reached the milestone of vaccinating 10 million people, about 15% of the population, according to the latest official reports. “We are on a downward slope of cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said at a televised press conference. “This peak, at least, we are past.”
Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Argentine president asks Putin to guarantee supply of the Sputnik V vaccine

Supply of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine and the possible elaboration of the shots in Argentina were among the issues addressed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and Russia's Vladimir Putin during a Tuesday phone conference.
Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:07 UTC
COVAX publishes first interim vaccine distribution forecast

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization, as co-leads of the COVAX initiative for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, alongside key delivery partner UNICEF, are pleased to publish COVAX’s first interim distribution forecast.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Falklands receives first batch of 3,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine

The Falkland Islands Government has welcomed the delivery of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday 1 February 2021. Upon arrival the vaccines were carefully offloaded from the South Atlantic Airbridge and were transported by road to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where they were immediately taken to refrigeration units within the hospital.