vaccines

Vials labelled "AstraZeneca, Pfizer - Biontech, Johnson&Johnson, Sputnik V coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine" are seen in this illustration picture taken May 2, 2021. Photo : Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Even after US shift, opponents resist Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver

The waiver's main backers presented their new draft in Monday's private WTO meeting, allowing key players to give their first official feedback on its contents

A nurse prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during an organised media visit to the vaccination at Taoyuan Hospital in Taoyuan, Taiwan April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Coronavirus chronicle

Taiwan mobilises diplomats to seek out Covid-19 shots

Patients suffering from COVID-19 share a bed as they receive treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital in New Delhi, India April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Vaccines not totally ineffective on Indian variant: Study

Citizens wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a vaccination day for 57-year-old and older citizens, in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Brazil calls on countries to share spare vaccines

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. Photo: UNB
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Vaccines from any source unlikely to enter country in next 2 weeks: FM

Patients suffering from COVID-19 share a bed as they receive treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital in New Delhi, India April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

India's federal government won't import vaccines, leaving it to states

A man displays a vial AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD vaccine as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, in Accra, Ghana February 24, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

On Covishield price row, Centre says it will procure vaccines at ₹150 per dose

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sketch: TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Covid vaccines should be declared as global public goods: PM Hasina

FILE PHOTO: Construction workers wait in line to do a temperature test to return to the job site after lunch, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo/File Photo
World+Biz

Vaccines, fiscal stimulus boost US employment in March

Mourners watch as workers wearing protective equipment bury the casket of a Covid-19 victim at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 24. Photographer: Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg
Analysis

Covid keeps spreading death where vaccines haven’t reached

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Photo: BSS/AFP
World+Biz

Bill Gates says world should be back to normal by end-2022 due to vaccines: Polish media

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Coronavirus chronicle

Clinics across US bring expertise, community connections to vaccine drive

Workers offload boxes of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Coronavirus chronicle

Ivory Coast becomes second country to receive COVAX vaccines