Severe virus curbs in South America as WHO blasts EU vaccine rollout
by AFP Bureaus SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- South American nations severely tightened coronavirus travel curbs including shutting their borders with…
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Egypt gets hundreds of thousands of vaccines via Covax
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt has received over 854,000 coronavirus vaccines through the Covax facility for lower and middle…
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China vaccine maker Sinovac doubles production capacity
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac said Friday a third production line for its Covid-19 vaccine has been…
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EU squabbles over 10 million doses of Pfizer vaccine
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- EU nations fell out Thursday over how to divide up 10 million extra doses of coronavirus…
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Macron announces French school closure, nationwide restrictions
by Adam PLOWRIGHT Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that French schools would…
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German president Steinmeier receives AstraZeneca jab
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday received the first dose of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, just…
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Qatar races mounting virus toll with vaccine drive
AL WAKRAH, Qatar (AFP) -- Qatar is stepping up its coronavirus vaccination drive, officials said Wednesday, with new daily cases…
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US plant ruins 15 million J&J coronavirus vaccine doses: report
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- About 15 million doses of the single-shot coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson were…
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Russia registers ‘world’s first’ Covid vaccine for animals
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia announced Wednesday it had registered what it said was the world's first coronavirus vaccine…
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WHO experts give nod to China jabs, Sinovac and Sinopharm, boosting global vaccine drive
by Nina Larson and Robin Millard, with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Two Chinese coronavirus…
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Spain extends AstraZeneca vaccine jabs to over 65s
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's health ministry announced Tuesday that it was extending the roll-out of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine…
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More than 80% of intubated Covid patients die in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- More than 80 percent of Covid-19 patients who have to be intubated in…
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