vaccine

Hong Kong scraps mandatory vaccines for foreign domestic workers

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong on Tuesday scrapped a plan to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for foreign domestic…

WHO chief slams ‘vaccine diplomacy’ in Covid fight

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The WHO chief took on so-called "vaccine diplomacy" on Monday, slamming countries for using Covid-19 jabs…

Novavax developing combination flu, Covid vaccine

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US biotech firm Novavax on Monday said it had positive results from preclinical studies of…

US authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech…

New York to drive vaccinations with free subway rides

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- New Yorkers will receive free train rides if they get vaccinated against Covid-19 in…

Italian woman gets six doses of Pfizer vaccine in error

  ROME, Italy (AFP) -- A 23-year-old Italian woman was under observation in a hospital in Tuscany after receiving six…

Norway’s committee recommends dropping AstraZeneca, J&J jabs

  OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- An expert committee set up by Norway's government to evaluate AstraZeneca's and Johnson & Johnson's…

Covid jab maker BioNTech to build SE Asia manufacturing site

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- Covid jab maker BioNTech said Monday it would build a southeast Asia headquarters and manufacturing site…

Galvez says 1.3-M Pfizer doses expected this May; initial 193k doses to arrive May 10 or 11

  (Eagle News) – Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that some 1.3 million doses of Pfizer are expected…

WHO tells G7 vaccine inequity ‘unacceptable’

  by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The WHO chief on Friday implored the G7 to…

WHO approves China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine

by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Friday approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency…

Virus deaths top 4,000 in India as WHO green-lights Chinese vaccine

by Aishwarya Kumar, with AFP Bureaus NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- New Covid-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first…

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