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Oxford team behind Covid jab develops landmark malaria vaccine
Early trials show 77 per cent efficacy against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of children in Africa every year
23 April 2021 • 7:00am
A mother with her daughter, who has malaria, waiting for treatment at a clinic in South Sudan
Credit: Simon Townsley
The end of malaria is one step closer as the team behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has developed the first jab against the mosquito-borne disease to show more than 75 per cent efficacy.
Scientists at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute have published preliminary results from a phase two trial in 450 children in Burkina Faso that show the vaccine - called R21 - is 77 per cent effective against malaria.
Vaccine availability concerns take center stage at Ibero-American Summit 2 minutes read
By Macarena Soto
Soldeu, Andorra, Apr 21 (EFE).- The issue of Covid-19 vaccine availability took center stage at the latest Ibero-American Summit on Wednesday, with heads of state and government and other representatives of the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of Europe and the Americas speaking as one voice for equitable and universal access to the shots.
Venezuela was the other main focal point of the one-day gathering, which took place Wednesday in the landlocked Iberian microstate of Andorra in a semi-attendance format.
The summit was due to take place in November of last year but was postponed due to the pandemic.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 20) - A total of 1,279,233 Filipinos have so far received their COVID-19 vaccines since the government started to rollout the vaccination program in March, said vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. on Monday.
During President Rodrigo Duterte s public address last night, Galvez reported that 965,960 healthcare workers were inoculated with the first dose of vaccine. Meanwhile, 132,948 senior citizens and 180,315 people with comorbidities were also vaccinated against COVID-19.
He added that at least 198,534 healthcare workers have received their second vaccine dose. This brings the total number of vaccine doses administered since March to 1,477,757.
Galvez also said that the Philippines is currently ranked third among Southeast Asian nations in terms of vaccine rollout.
SINGAPORE - Covid-19 has given the world a common cause to band together, and underscored the importance of multilateral cooperation, said President Halimah Yacob at the Boao Forum for Asia on Tuesday (April 20).
She added that over the past year, countries have worked together in innovative ways through mechanisms such as the World Health Organisation-led vaccine initiative, suggesting that multilateral institutions, including the WHO, can also set standards and provide a science-based framework as countries work on reopening their borders. International cooperation is crucial in surmounting this crisis, she said.
She was speaking in a video message at the opening plenary of the annual conference, with a focus on strengthening global governance amid a world in flux.