Vaccines

China’s vaccine diplomacy in Africa

Last year the world faced the “mask diplomacy” and now there’s the “vaccine diplomacy” with China and Russia holding a…

4 years ago

WHO calls to ramp up COVAX production of COVID-19 vaccines

WHO chief called for urgent action to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the COVAX global…

4 years ago

EU debates to increase roll-out of vaccines with pharma CEOs

MEPs demanded to increase vaccine production, clarity on deliveries and insisted that pharmaceutical companies honour their contracts. MEPs quizzed CEOs…

4 years ago

Vaccine certificates will save summer

European Union works on a common approach to vaccination certificates and will come back following months to this issue to…

4 years ago

Côte d’Ivoire receive vaccine doses via COVAX Facility

Côte d'Ivoire and COVAX global initiative bring the African continent closer to the common goal of equitable access to COVID-19…

4 years ago

David Sassoli: There can be no return to how things were before

David Sassoli called on EU leaders to continue the common approach to Covid-19 vaccines in a speech to the European…

4 years ago

WHO chief urges global leaders: ‘Don’t Undermine COVAX’

World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned world leaders to focus on international vaccination initiative COVAX. Dr.Tedros took…

4 years ago

VIDEO from inside the Pfizer vaccine factory in Puurs, Belgium

Pfizer, in partnership with Germany company BioNtech, plans to supply 1.3 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021 from factories…

4 years ago

EMA preparing guidance to tackle COVID-19 variants

EMA is developing guidance for manufacturers planning changes to the existing COVID-19 vaccines to tackle the new virus variants. In…

4 years ago

COVID-19 global vaccination ‘wildly uneven and unfair’, UN chief warns

António Guterres warns that progress on COVID-19 global vaccinations has been wildly uneven and unfair and UN Security Council will…

4 years ago

Verhofstadt: The inconvenient truth behind the vaccination fiasco in the EU

The Belgian politician Mr. Guy Verhofstadt hit out, claiming that after nearly two months, the roll out of vaccines is…

4 years ago

European Alarm over the increased threat of variants

Commission is proposing immediate action to prepare Europe for the increased threat of coronavirus variants. The new European bio-defence preparedness plan against…

4 years ago

WHO: New COVID-19 variants raise questions around vaccines

The emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions around whether currently available vaccines will be effective, the head…

4 years ago

EMA transparency and independence standards for treatments and vaccines

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has re-affirmed its long-standing commitment to independence and transparency in its evaluation of COVID-19 treatments…

4 years ago

UN warns against ‘backsliding’ in Ukraine

Although a ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine has led to a significant decrease in civilian casualties, the overall situation remains fragile.…

4 years ago

Ursula von der Leyen admits to failings in vaccine EU plan

MEPs grilled Ursula von der Leyen over EU vaccine strategy and EU chief today admitted to failings in vaccine EU…

4 years ago

WHO criticizes EU over vaccine export controls

The World Health Organization (WHO) criticised European vaccines export controls and urges effective and fair use of COVID vaccines. With…

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COVAX progress for global access to COVID-19 vaccines

“Distributing vaccines globally is our exit strategy from the pandemic,” International Partnership Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen eudebates COVAX initiative. Parliament wants…

4 years ago

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