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Formins to discuss COVID-19, equitable access to vaccines at UN Security Council 2021-02-16 BNS/TBT Staff TALLINN - A high-level meeting is to be held at the UN Security Council on the initiative of the United Kingdom on Wednesday to discuss COVID-19 and vaccines. The virtual meeting is chaired by Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab, spokespeople for the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets attends her first UN Security Council meeting. The meeting focuses on fighting the pandemic and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in...

South Africa is looking to roll out the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in a “stepped manner” to assess its ability to prevent severe illness, according to a key adviser to the country’s government. On Sunday, almost a week after receiving its first one-million doses, the continent’s hardest-hit country said it would put on hold its use of the vaccine after research showed it was only minimally effective in preventing mild-to-moderate illness against a variant of the coronavirus now dominant in South Africa.

South Africa said on Sunday it would put on hold its use of the AstraZeneca shot after research showing it was only minimally effective in preventing mild-to-moderate illness against a variant in the country

GENEVA: The Covax programme to ensure equitable worldwide access to Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday published its first distribution list, with enough doses for countries to immunise more than three per cent of their populations by mid-2021. Pakistan is among the top three recipients, the other two being India and Nigeria. The distribution plan comes with lower-income countries falling behind in the vaccination race — a problem Covax was set up to address. It broke down how the programme’s initial 337.2 million doses will be distributed, with first deliveries expected in late February. Som...

Pakistan to get 17.2m doses from Covax programme Countries will receive doses in proportion to population size, with most going to India (97.2m) followed by Pakistan AFP February 04, 2021 Medical attendants prepare to vaccinate health workers with Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Karachi on February 3. PHOTO: AFP GENEVA: The Covax programme to ensure equitable worldwide access to Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday published its first distribution list, with enough doses for countries to immunise more than three percent of their populations by mid-2021. The dist...