Covid-19 Vaccination

Women wearing protective face masks walk amid the rush of people along a road as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan July 20, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Pakistan to receive first purchase of over one million doses of Chinese vaccines - minister

“We have purchased one million and 60,000 doses of Sinopharm and CanSino vaccines,” Asad Umar said

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the World Trade Organization headquarters (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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WTO DG says 'disappointed' in EU vaccine export restrictions

Dr Kumar Gaurav, 42, a medical professor and consultant psychiatrist who has been named the top official at Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, despite being one of its most junior consultants, is helped by a colleague to put on personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for Covid-19 patients at Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India, July 26, 2020. "If I stand in front of a Covid patient for two minutes, and I see 20 patients, I have exposure for 40 minutes," Gaurav says. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
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Above 45 years will be eligible for Covid vaccine in India from 1 April

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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As vaccine battle with UK deepens, EU blames AstraZeneca

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a signpost of India's Serum Institute, the world's largest maker of vaccines, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at its laboratory in Pune, India, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Euan Rocha
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India's Serum to delay further vaccine shipments to Brazil, Morocco, Saudi

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WB approves $500m  for Covid-19 vaccination in Bangladesh

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive for the Commonwealth Observance service at Westminster Abbey in London March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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Britain's Prince Charles takes swipe at anti-vaxxers

Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. Photo: REUTERS
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Trump tells Republican supporters to get vaccinated

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Infection spikes as vaccination faces setback

A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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China's ambitious Covid-19 vaccination plan to test its production capability

FILE PHOTO: Biomedical engineers pack a consignment of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines under the COVAX scheme against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), before distribution at the Kitengela cold rooms stores in Kitengela, outside Nairobi, Kenya March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
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Africa proves rocky terrain for Russian and Chinese vaccines

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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India agrees 'significantly lower' AstraZeneca vaccine price

United States President Joe Biden. Photo: Collected.
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Biden says well ahead of goal of delivering 100 million vaccine shots in 100 days