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March 4 - 2021 KHARTOUM Cartoon by Omar Dafallah (RD) The first batch of 828,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Khartoum airport on Wednesday. Sudan’s Health Minister, Dr Omar El Najeeb, confirmed at a press conference that the vaccine will be distributed free of charge, giving priority to medical staff, police, the elderly, and those over 45 years of age with chronic conditions. Sudan is the first country in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to receive vaccines via COVAX Facility, a coalition co-led by the World Health Organization...

705 The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says adequate safety and quality assurance has been done in authorising the two COVID-19 vaccines to be administered in the country. It said no safety and efficacy standards were bypassed or compromised, except that the emergency use authorisation pathway allowed for expedited review for the public good. Assurance Giving the assurance in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the FDA, Mrs Delese Mimi Darko, said the two vaccines were Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaccine, manufactured by Serum Institute of ...

Copyright © 2021 Enab Baladi. Enab Baladi is a nonprofit charitable 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID. 46-3313735 Only 20% of population to get COVID-19 vaccines—across three Syrian control territories Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine jab (Edited by Enab Baladi) Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine jab (Edited by Enab Baladi) Zeinab Masri| Saleh Malas| Nour al-Deen Ramadan Weeks have passed since countries worldwide started COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, administrating to the public one type or the other of the vaccine varieties developed so far. In Syria, vaccination efforts have been l...

WORLD / CROSS-BORDERS By Hu Yuwei and Leng Shumei Published: Jan 28, 2021 01:37 AM Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: VCG Given concerns that wealthy states are fueling a gap in COVID-19 vaccine access around the world, rich states, which are jostling for early jabs, are urged to share, not hoard, at the virtual Davos Agenda 2021 summit of global leaders on Tuesday.  Leaders of many countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urged against a vaccine race between richer countries. Brussels and London tossed threats and accusations against each other over vaccine scarcity afte...

CHINA / SOCIETY Rich states accused of ‘modern piracy’ after looting life-saving vaccines By Hu Yuwei and Leng Shumei Published: Jan 28, 2021 10:52 PM Photo taken on May 18, 2020 shows a logo in front of AstraZeneca's building in Luton, Britain. AstraZeneca, which is developing a possible vaccine against COVID-19 in partnership with the University of Oxford, on Wednesday put on hold the phase-3 trial of its vaccine following an unexplained illness in one trial participant in Britain. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)   Rich countries have been accused of “modern piracy” after report...