Covid-19 Vaccination

A medical worker unpacks a box of Oxford/AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Bierset, Belgium March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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European countries may have to mix Covid-19 shots amid AstraZeneca crisis

Vaccination programmes have been upset after a small number of reports that recipients of the AstraZeneca inoculation have suffered extremely rare blood clots, leading some countries worldwide to...

The Serum Institute was founded by Adar Poonawalla's father Cyrus Poonawalla in 1966 Photo: Reuters
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‘Very stressed’: Serum Institute CEO on India’s vaccine production

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Photo: BSS/AFP
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It's a 'travesty' that some nations are unable to start Covid-19 vaccinations: WHO

FILE PHOTO: A woman speaks inside a waiting zone area at a health clinic where COVID-19 vaccination is being given to healthcare workers in Kolkata, India, February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
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Indian govt asks its employees of 45 years and above to get vaccinated

File Photo: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO does not back vaccination passports for now - spokeswoman

A vail of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is seen at Basingstoke Fire Station, in Basingstoke, Britain February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
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Fauci says US may not need AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

File Photo: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO's Kluge says European Covid-19 vaccine campaign is 'unacceptably slow'

FILE PHOTO: A doctor stands by an old ventilator during the installation of new ventilators recently provided by the World Health Organization, at the intensive care ward of a hospital allocated for coronavirus patients in preparation for any possible spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Sanaa, Yemen April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
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Yemen gets first Covid-19 vaccines but is 'at the back of the queue'

A healthcare worker prepares to administer a dose of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine, marketed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) as COVISHIELD, against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Santiago, Dominican Republic February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas/File Photo
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Biggest share of Indian-made vaccines for poor country programme stays in India

Healthcare workers wheel the bodies of deceased people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, US, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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US vaccination campaign gains steam as White House speeds shipments

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Bhutan begins biggest vaccination drive against Covid-19

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference after discussing with German state premiers on whether to prolong or phase-out the lockdown to combat Covid-19 at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues in Munich. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via REUTERS
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Merkel defends rollout as vaccine pressure grows

Vials labelled "Covid-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" and syringes are seen in front of a displayed EU flag in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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EU shouldn't be 'useful idiot' in global vaccine battle - French official