Top news of the week: 27.04.2021.
Coronavirus
A year in the COVID-19 vaccine scheme COVAX
The World Health Organization (WHO) and global vaccine charities launched the COVAX programme last April to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to some of the world's poorest people.
India's Cadila Healthcare starts producing COVID-19 vaccine candidate
India's Cadila Healthcare (CADI.NS) has started producing its potential COVID-19 vaccine for which it will seek emergency use authorisation in May or June, its managing director told ...
WHO expects decision on two Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in next two weeks
The World Health Organization expects to decide whether to give emergency approval for China's two main COVID-19 vaccines in the next two weeks, Assistant Director-General Mariângela ...
WHO sets dates for reviews of Sinopharm and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines
Technical experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) will review on April 26 Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine for possible emergency use listing, to be followed by the ...
Over 229 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China
A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine for a recipient at a mobile vaccination station in Qiongshan District of Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, April 15, …
Syria receives COVID-19 vaccines donated by China
Chinese COVID-19 vaccines are unloaded from a plane at the international airport in Damascus, Syria, April 24, 2021. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) Syrian Health Minister …
COVID-19 infections surge in Nepal, fueled by mutant strains from India
Authorities in Nepal were grappling to contain the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases with experts fearing that thousands of people in the Himalayan state have caught the more infectious mutant ...
Brazil's COVID-19 vaccination program at risk due to 2nd dose no-shows
Brazil’s COVID-19 vaccination program is being put at risk by people failing to show up for their second shot, with 1.5 million people missing appointments for the follow-up dose needed to ...