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By Danny Ramos and Allison Martell LA PAZ/TORONTO (Reuters) - Bolivia's government said on Tuesday it had signed a deal for a potential 15 million Joh...
Coronavirus digest: Germans face choice to get 'vaccinated or infected' dw.com 1 hr ago dw.com German Health Minister Jens Spahn has urged individuals to get vaccinated as soon as they can rather than risk suffering from COVID. Meanwhile, the death toll in India has risen above 250,000. Follow DW for the latest. © Kay Nietfeld/Getty Images Germany's vaccination campaign has picked up pace recently The German health minister has said that, despite falling daily cases of the COVID-19 in Germany, there is still a need for caution. "Everyone will experience this virus," Spahn...
New COVID-19 variant drives infections in India Worldwide The WHO said on Wednesday that the so-called Indian variant of coronavirus has now been detected in 44 countries in all six WHO regions. The UN health agency based its findings on 4,500 samples uploaded on an open-access database. The variant, which is known as B.1.617, is believed to be one of several factors behind the massive outbreak in infections across India. Outside of India, the UK has reported the highest number of COVID cases caused by the Indian variant. World leaders, and the World Health Organization, could have done mo...
Bolivia signs J&J vaccine deal with a twist: someone else would make it Reuters 3 days ago By Danny Ramos and Allison Martell LA PAZ/TORONTO, May 11 (Reuters) - Bolivia's government said on Tuesday it had signed a deal for a potential 15 million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines but with a twist: another manufacture would make the shots and the country would need the World Trade Organization to waive the drug's patent. The South American country, scrabbling for vaccines like many in the region, said it had applied to the WTO to green-light a vaccine waiver so Canadian company Biolyse Phar...
UPDATE 1-Bolivia signs J&J vaccine deal with a twist - it needs WTO patent waiver Reuters 3 days ago (Updates headline, adds vaccination tracker GRAPHIC) By Danny Ramos and Allison Martell LA PAZ/TORONTO, May 11 (Reuters) - Bolivia's government said on Tuesday it had signed a deal for a potential 15 million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines but with a twist: another manufacture would make the shots and Bolivia would need the World Trade Organization to waive the drug's patent. The South American country, scrabbling for vaccines like many in the region, said it had applied to the WTO to gr...