South Africa halts Oxford vaccine, Mexico's vaccine program sees disastrous launch, Cuba lifts ban on most private business and other pandemic-news across the globe
"We received 45,000 doses yesterday, the first 45,000 doses from AstraZeneca, and we expect more in the coming days," Themistokleous said
A total of 9,110 new infections were reported in a span of 24 hours, while the death toll increased to 1,55,158 with 78 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed
The social network said in a statement late on Monday that the move is taken after consultations with leading health organisations, including the WHO
About 42.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the US, CNN reported citing data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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About 117,500 new child COVID-19 cases were reported last week ending Feb. 4, according to the AAP
The country counted 458 new fatalities in the past 24-hour period, bringing the national death toll to 79,423, the Xinhua news agency reported
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In all, 5.4 million health workers have received the Covid shot while over 623,000 front line workers have got the jab since February 2
The Congress on Friday approved a budget plan that would allow a coronavirus relief bill to muscle through in the coming weeks without Republican support
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The death toll toll in the state rose to 51,325, the state Health department said
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The tally of active cases shrunk to 1,48,609 which is 1.37 per cent of the total infections
Prior to widespread circulation of the more contagious variant, the vaccine was showing efficacy of around 75%
Countries are lining up for supplies of Sputnik V after peer-reviewed results published in The Lancet medical journal this week showed the Russian vaccine protects against the deadly virus
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