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CAPE TOWN: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (Feb 18) six African countries - Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia - would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA…

SINGAPORE: A hospital patient in Boston has been denied the chance to receive a heart transplant partly because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, US media reported on Monday (Jan 24). DJ Ferguson, 31, has been in hospital since…

CAPTAIN VACCINE Some health authorities are not even waiting for the specially-made kits to arrive, however, instead using vaccines in stock for adults but extracting only a third of the dose. When the Austrian capital Vienna last month…

The US government and Pfizer have already begun distributing the vaccine in preparation for a widespread roll-out for children, many of whom are back in school for in-person learning. "We've shipped to dozens of states already over the…

WASHINGTON: The United States is ready to start vaccinating children aged five to 11 against COVID-19 starting next month, the White House said on Wednesday (Oct 20), a move that will make 28 million more Americans eligible for shots. "Our…

SYDNEY: Australia has secured 4 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in a swap deal with Britain, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday (Sep 3), as he looks to convince states and territories to stick to a national COVID-19…

In the past 10 days, the pandemic is abating among this age group, more than a million of whom have received a third vaccine dose, according to Israeli health ministry data and scientists interviewed by Reuters. The rate of disease spread…