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Poor countries have vaccinated 1 percent of their population Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | As the global vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is getting underway, the competition between rich and poor countries would be lopsided, according to a recent report of U.S. media. Poor countries have vaccinated 1 percent of their population, …

Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | Australia’s national science agency has found that a “warm” COVID-19 vaccine suitable for remote locations is effective against all key variants of the virus. In a study published on Thursday, researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) evaluated the efficacy of heat-tolerant coronavirus …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has drawn up a resurgence plan worth 1.32 trillion Shillings in anticipation of another coronavirus wave. The plan is highlighted in a report by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja scheduled to be presented before Parliament next week. It comes at a time when the …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a new warning on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, saying the vaccine has been linked to a serious but rare side effect called Guillain-Barre syndrome. Guillain Barre syndrome is a neurological disorder in which the …

Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | South African government, political parties, labor and civil society have given thumbs up to the CoronaVac, also known as the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, which they said would bolster the country’s fight against the pandemic. South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) approved the use of CoronaVac …

  Jakarta, Indonesia | Xinhua |  Indonesia is planning to inject the third doses of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers across the country next week, a minister said. The country’s Health Ministry will start the vaccination program using the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine next week, targeting 1.47 million health workers across …

United Nations | Xinhua | The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday announced the signing of an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine for all 55 member states of the African Union (AU) by the end of 2022. Some 35 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija has said that Ugandan scientists have requested for more than 248 Billion shillings for producing the Covid-19 vaccine. Kasaija was appearing before Parliament’s Covid-19 taskforce together with Henry Musasizi, the State Minister for Finance General Duties and Kenneth Mugambe, …

Our researchers are now entering stage four of the Covid-19 vaccine production according to President Museveni Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday said the country had received green monkey cells which are critical in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Museveni said that the acquisition of the …

New Delhi, India | Xinhua | A study conducted on 100 healthcare workers across three centers in India has found the Delta variant eight times less sensitive to antibodies generated by the COVID-19 vaccine, a local media report said Monday. The study, named “Sars-Cov-2 B.1.617.2 Deltavariant Emergence and Vaccine Breakthrough: Collaborative …