Covax
Covax signs deal for 500m Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses
The doses, to come on stream from October at the earliest, will broaden out the portfolio of vaccines in the Covax scheme, which has so far been heavily reliant...
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Egypt gets hundreds of thousands of vaccines via Covax
The AstraZeneca vaccines, the first to be provided through COVAX to Egypt, were delivered by plane to Cairo late Wednesday, WHO said in a statement.
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Covax vaccines for poor countries delayed by India: Gavi
The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine is being produced under licence in India for the Covax scheme, also led by the World Health Organization (WHO), which is meant to ensure that low-income countries can access COVID-19 jabs.
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Don't waste the hope of vaccines, warns WHO
The World Health Organization voiced fears that further waves of the coronavirus pandemic could be on the way if people think the roll-out of vaccines around the globe means the crisis is over.
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WHO rolls out Covax vaccines to southern Africa
The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access platform, also known as Covax last week delivered 600,000 units of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Ghana and 504,000 to the Ivory Coast.
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Ghana, I.Coast administer world's first free Covax jabs
The first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo also received a jab, one day before the rest of the 600,000 doses are deployed across the country.
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First vaccines delivered under global Covax scheme
The 600,000 doses delivered to Ghana are from Oxford/AstraZeneca, and will be administered in several Ghanaian cities from Tuesday.
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WHO: Wealthy countries quest for vaccine shouldn’t compromise Covax mechanism
During a press briefing on Monday afternoon, WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus, said some rich countries are approaching manufacturers to secure more vaccines, which affects deals the health body had with Covax.
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UN urges global COVID vaccine plan, warns of dangerous inequity
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced alarm that just 10 nations have administered 75% of doses so far - and 130 countries have had none at all.
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New COVID-19 cases down 16% last week: WHO
Five of the six WHO regions of the world reported a double-digit percentage decline in new cases, with only the Eastern Mediterranean showing a rise, of seven percent.
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3 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses coming to SA through Covax
If all goes according to plan, around 281,000 more healthcare workers in the country will get their vaccine shots by the end of the first quarter of the year.
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China to offer 10 million vaccine doses to Covax
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Wednesday that China 'decided to provide 10 million vaccine doses to Covax, primarily to meet the urgent needs of developing countries.'
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YONELA DIKO: Vaccinationalism: No country is safe if everyone isn't vaccinated
The pandemic has exposed rich nations for selfish behaviour - which has disastrous effects for the rest of the world, writes Yonela Diko.
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WHO: SA to be among the first to get vaccine rollout in Africa
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, director of the WHO Regional Office for Africa, has indicated that South Africa may have to be one of the first African countries to see a vaccine rollout as soon as they are available as it could be one of the hardest hit by the second wave of COVID-19. Dr Moeti was speaking during a virtual bi-monthly media briefing, the first for the organisation for 2021.
