Tag: Covid-19 vaccine
World Bank to aid poor nations in paying for Covid-19 vaccines
The World Bank on Tuesday announced that its Board of Executive Directors has approved $12 billion for developing countries to…
Johnson & Johnson pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial
U.S. pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson said Monday night it had paused its COVID-19 vaccine trial because one of its…
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may be ready in December
AstraZeneca and Oxford University jointly developed COVID-19 vaccine may be rolled out in six months’ time, a report in British…
Vaccine alone cannot defeat coronavirus, UN chief warns
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that vaccine alone cannot defeat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
China’s four COVID-19 vaccines ready by November
China 's four COVID-19 vaccines may be ready for use by the public as early as November, acccording to a…
AstraZeneca, Oxford University resume COVID-19 vaccine trials
Clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have resumed after a six-day…
India suspends AstraZeneca vaccine trials
Serum Institute of India has put on hold trials of AstraZeneca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine in the country until the British…
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial result to be known by year-end
Pascal Soriot, the CEO of AstraZeneca has said the company should know before the end 2020 whether its experimental vaccine…
COVID-19 vaccine setback: AstraZeneca, Oxford pause trial
AstraZeneca Plc, along with Oxford University researchers, has put a hold on the late-stage trial of its highly-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine…
Okonjo-Iweala reiterates WTO’s role in vaccine production
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reiterated the vital role the World Trade Organisation (WTO) can play in producing a coronavirus (COVID-19)…
African countries aim to procure 220m COVID-19 vaccine
While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to a ground-breaking initiative,…
US CDC asks states to get ready for COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked the nation’s state governors to be ready for COVID-19…
COVID-19: Over 100,000 people agree to be UK’s lab rats
More than 100,000 people have volunteered to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials in Britain, the British government said on…
Over 20 countries scramble for Russian COVID-19 vaccine
More than 20 countries are interested in getting Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
Germany doubts safety of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine had not been sufficiently tested for safety, a claim…