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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