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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 COVAX Facility via the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Dr Duong Thi Hong, Deputy Director of the Nati...

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. Also, out of 249,444 tests conducted on international travellers who arrived in the country, 1,657 pers...

• 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 in the country will remain closed till May 23, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has...

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 support the government's "ongoing historic drive to bring the pandemic to an end". "Further alloca...

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 importance of vaccinating children, and data from the national coverage survey McCarthy also busts some maj...