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As of Monday, 6 June, those living in South Africa 50 years and older can head to vaccination sites for their second Pfizer Covid-19 booster. More than seven million of the nearly 20 million adults who have been vaccinated so far are in this age group. As of Monday, 6 June, South Africans 50 ye...

Support for Taiwan’s meaningful engagement with the World Health Organization and participation as an observer in the World Health Assembly

The Global Fund has signed a letter of intent with Pfizer for the procurement of up to 6 million treatment courses of the new oral antiviral medicine nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, sold under the name PAXLOVID™, in 2022-2023.

Covid-19 has taken at least 18 million lives by some accounts, and it is anyone's guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of medical oxygen. Governments don't want to talk about the issue, because that could mean admitting that thousands -- or even hundreds of thousands -- of their citizens died unnecessarily. But unless health systems take steps to ensure a sufficient supply of oxygen in the future, they will be risking a repeat of the past two years.

Prime Minister of Belize John Briceño, in his capacity as Chair of CARICOM, will co-host the Second Global COVID-19 Summit.   The summit will be held virtually on May 12. Joining the prime minister as co-chair will be the United States as fi

Covid-19 has taken at least 18 million lives, and it is anyone’s guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of medical oxygen. Governments don’t want to

Just over a year ago, on May 5, 2021, the Biden administration pledged that it would support “waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines” at the World Trade...

On May 12, Indian Prime Minister  Narendra Modi participated in the Second Global COVID Virtual Summit on the invitation of the President of U.S.A., Joseph R. Biden Jr., earlier today. Prime Minister delivered his remarks in the Opening Session of the Summit on the theme ‘Preventing Pandemic Fatigue and Prioritizing Preparedness’. Prime Minister highlighted that…

Indias COVID tally remained below 3000-mark for the third consecutive day, as the country reported 2,827 new COVID-19 cases, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

PM Modi to participate in second global Covid virtual summit today - PM Modi will deliver his remarks in the opening session of the summit.