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Third phase of COVID-19 vaccination campaign begins 16:26 | 14/05/2021 Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi – Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has asked agencies and localities nationwide to immediately make plans to carry out the third phase of COVID-19 vaccination on greater scale compared to the previous phases. According to the official, 1.682 million doses of AstraZenceca COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Vietnam on May 16, which are supplied by COV...

705 Ghana has recorded 65 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of active cases to 1,600 as of Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The total cumulative case count stands at 92,951. An update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), indicates that four more persons have succumbed to the disease bringing the death toll to 783. The number of persons who have recovered or been discharged from the illness is now 90,568 with 24 persons in severe condition and 6 others in critical condition. Als...

• Price of vaccines fixed • Educational institutions to remain closed till 23rd • Study says UK variant accounts for 70pc of cases ISLAMABAD: The first batch of over 1.2 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines reached the country on Saturday under the Covax scheme as another 120 people fell victim to the virus. On the other hand, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) has notified a formula to fix prices of Covid-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, all educational institutions...

First consignment of Covid-19 vaccines through Covax facility arrives in Pakistan. — Ministry of Health Pakistan received its first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines through the Covax facility on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The statement said that the first consignment consisted of 1,238,400 vaccine doses and would be followed by an additional 1,236,000 doses in a few days. It added that the doses would serve to...

What does SA’s vaccine plan mean for the country’s vaccination schedule? By Staff Reporter Share Despite the end of African Vaccination Week , the topic has never been more relevant than now, with South Africa rolling out its Covid-19 vaccination programme. IOL caught up with Dr Kerrigan McCarthy, specialist pathologist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NCID), to chat about South Africa’s broader Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), as well as the importa...

Press highlights arrival of 350,000 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines, others Ghana-Press-Review May 06, 2021 to 10:00 134 APA – Accra (Ghana) The planned arrival of 350,000 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines on Friday and injection of new capital by the shareholders of Ghana Life Insurance Company Limited to improve its financial position are the leading stories ...

  After weeks of apprehension over the fate of Ghanas COVID-19 vaccination programme, the exercise looks set to resume soon. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), 350,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines would arrive in Ghana Friday, May 7, 2021 aboard a Turkish Airline fight to kick-start the second phase of the nationwide vaccination. "We were supposed to receive the AstraZeneca doses on Tuesday, Unfortunately, there was a connection flight cancellation and so we are expecting...

  Ghana is expected to receive another consignment of over 200,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in May this year. The UNICEF’s Regional Advisor for Health Systems Strengthening for Western and Central Africa Regional Office, Ms Susie Villeneuve, disclosed this, explaining that the vaccine would be shipped from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Ghana, Togo and the Comoros. She said the development was because the DRC did not have the needed systems and structures t...

Army troops help enforce Covid-19 SOPs in the Saddar area on Wednesday.—Reuters KARACHI: The urgency of the safety measures taken for the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted routine immunisation of children in Sindh and it must be countered with a mass information campaign regarding vaccination safety and need, experts said at a webinar, debunking myths surrounding vaccination. The event was organised by Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) with the Extended Programme on Immunisation, Sindh (EPI...

705 Ghana is expected to receive another consignment of over 200,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in May this year. The UNICEF’s Regional Advisor for Health Systems Strengthening for Western and Central Africa Regional Office, Ms Susie Villeneuve, disclosed this, explaining that the vaccine would be shipped from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Ghana, Togo and the Comoros. She said the development was because the DRC did not have the needed systems and structures ...