Tag: COVID-19 vaccines

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 23:25 UTC

  Costa Rica decrees compulsory COVID-19 for civil servants

  

  Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Monday signed the decree mandating all civil servants to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and also allowing private employers to follow suit.

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• Friday, September 17th 2021 - 15:53 UTC

  Guyana physicians warned against unethical advise regarding COVID-19 vaccines

  

  Guyana's Medical Council has warned that doctors who denigrate the COVID-19 vaccination drive are “unprofessional and dangerous” in addition to being “constitutionally unethical.”

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccines keep pouring into Argentina, including those of Pfizer for teenagers

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Tuesday announced the first 580,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were slated to arrive in the country next month. These chemicals will be allocated chiefly to adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age, Vizzotti explained.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 13:47 UTC

  Community contagion of coronavirus Delta variant confirmed in Paraguay

  

  Paraguay's Health Ministry has confirmed six cases of the coronavirus Delta variant in patients with no recent travel history, it was reported.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 07:58 UTC

  Paraguayan President says Covax mechanism “did not work”

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Monday said he was frustrated with the purchase of anticoronavirus vaccines through the World Health Organization's (WHO) Covax program, because “it did not work.” Abdo also thanked the countries which have donated immunizers to Paraguay.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 07:16 UTC

  Biden expected to announce the distribution of 80 million coronavirus vaccines

  

  US president Jose Biden is expected to announce this Thursday Washington's plan for the distribution of 80 million coronavirus vaccines globally. The announcement was done by Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Costa Rica.

• Sunday, February 28th 2021 - 11:13 UTC

  Prince William and Catherine urge those eligible to get vaccinated

  

  Prince William has warned that anti-vaccination messages are rife on social media and urged those eligible to get jabs, following a similar appeal by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

• Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Argentina will receive some 22 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

  

  Argentina has struck a deal with drug maker AstraZeneca Plc to receive around 22 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine being developed with the University of Oxford, with the aim to start deliveries in the first half of next year.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Mexico brings up the issue of liabilities from unexpected side effects of the Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Mexico's government will pay to cover any liabilities arising from unexpected side effects of COVID-19 vaccines but is not considering creating a fund to do so, a top official said.