Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll passes 250,000: health ministry
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) --Brazil's death toll from Covid-19 surpassed a quarter-million Thursday, a year after the first case…
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Long-term Covid should be ‘clear priority’ for authorities: WHO
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- A senior World Health Organization official on Thursday urged national authorities to make a priority of…
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Large real world study confirms Pfizer Covid vaccine 94% effective
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has proven 94 percent effective in a study involving 1.2 million…
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First vaccines delivered under global Covax scheme
by Kent Mensah, with AFP bureaus ACCRA, Ghana (AFP) -- Ghana became the first country to receive vaccines from the…
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WHO slams rich states for hogging vaccines
by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Monday blasted wealthy countries…
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First vaccine dose cuts transmission and hospitalization: UK studies
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Data from two separate studies published in the UK on Monday, one in England and…
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UK’s PM eyes end to lockdown as vaccines reach one-third of adults
by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set Monday to…
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Russia starts giving Covid vaccine to homeless
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) -- Forty homeless people in Saint Petersburg received coronavirus vaccine jabs on Sunday, under a charity…
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Australia administers first Covid-19 vaccines
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's Covid-19 vaccine rollout began Sunday, with top officials among a small group receiving the…
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Argentina health minister out over vaccine line-jumping
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina's health minister resigned late Friday after it emerged that friends of his had…
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BioNTech/Pfizer say vaccine can stand warmer temperatures
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany's BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer on Friday said tests have shown…
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Brazil passes 10 million coronavirus infections
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil, the country with the second-highest coronavirus death toll, passed the 10-million mark for…
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