COVID-19 update 5th September 2021

Rundown: The Philippines receives nearly a million more doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. For more ANC Interviews, click the link below: For more COVID-19 videos, click the link below: For more Rundown videos, click the link below: Subscribe to the ANC YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/ANCalerts Visit our website at https://news.abs-cbn.com/anc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ancalerts Twitter: https://twitter.com/ancalerts #ANCNews #ANCHighlights […]

Industrialized nations have already donated tens of millions of vaccine doses via the UN’s COVAX vaccine program. But it’s a slow process. Meanwhile, many countries are hoarding millions of doses that will expire soon, saying they’re not easily able to pass them on to poorer nations. By one UN estimate, almost half a million donated […]

There is a glaring global inequity in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. As of Aug 12, 2021, only 9.6% of Indonesia’s population and 10.8% of the Philippines’ population were vaccinated as compared to rates of 50% in the US and 53% in Europe, according to the Bloomberg vaccine tracker. This stems from wealthier countries like […]

Canada is still number one in the world for COVID-19 vaccinations, with over 67 percent of its population now fully vaccinated. But as the country’s vaccination rates begin to plateau, there are concerns about excess doses being wasted as millions more come into the country. Meanwhile, developing countries like the Philippines, Kenya, Iran and Egypt […]

Rundown: The WHO’s COVAX program plans to buy up to 550 million doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines by the first half of 2022. For more ANC Interviews, click the link below: For more COVID-19 videos, click the link below: For more Rundown videos, click the link below: Subscribe to the ANC YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/ANCalerts Visit […]

Rundown: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine can lead to an increased risk of a rare neurological condition. For more ANC Interviews, click the link below: For more COVID-19 videos, click the link below: For more Rundown videos, click the link below: Subscribe to the ANC YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/ANCalerts […]

For more: https://www.cgtn.com/video GAVI, the global vaccine alliance, on Monday said it had signed agreements with China’s Sinopharm and Sinovac to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the COVAX program. Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://goo.gl/lP12gA Download our APP on Apple Store (iOS): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cctvnews-app/id922456579?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 Download our APP on Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imib.cctv

The Biden administration plans to donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19, vaccine to countries that need it most over the 12 months, with the first 200 million doses going out this year. Infectious disease expert Dr. Amesh Adalja joined CBSN to explain why helping other nations’ vaccine efforts is important in global fight […]

As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments should not be viewed as “some kind of nationalistic footrace”, with some countries winning and others losing, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists ———————— COVAX, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines […]

The global pandemic has already caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and disrupted the lives of billions more. As well as reducing the tragic loss of life and helping to get the pandemic under control, introduction of a vaccine will prevent the loss of US$ 375 billion to the global economy every […]

Biden Admin: Booster shots coming the week of September 20, 2021.

The race to immunise the global population against covid-19 is under way. With the distribution of safe and effective vaccines posing an unprecedented challenge, what are the key obstacles to overcome? Keep up to date with The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus: https://econ.st/2Y5BxxW Track covid-19 vaccine rollouts around the world: https://econ.st/3o3t74w Sign up to The […]

More than 150 nations, representing nearly two-thirds of the world’s population, have committed to receiving COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX. The initiative, set up by the World Health Organization, aims to ensure two billion doses of safe, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines by 2021. Nora Kronig Romero, Vice-Director General and Ambassador for Global Health at the […]

More than 30 biotech and pharmaceutical companies around the world are racing to develop a safe Covid-19 vaccine. The process is moving quickly with several vaccine candidates entering late-stage trials in a matter of months. Two of the companies developing a vaccine — Pfizer and Moderna — are utilizing a promising new technology called messenger […]

All vaccines could cause some degree of reaction, and the same is true for COVID-19 vaccines. Post-vaccine symptoms are typically mild and resolve quickly without the need to use any medication. Common COVID-19 vaccine side effects include: Redness or soreness at injection site. Muscle aches. Fatigue. Headache. Fever or chills. For some people, the second […]

The successful development of COVID-19 vaccines is a scientific feat that promises to end the global pandemic and enable recovery from its health, economic, and social impacts. The sigh of relief is not felt worldwide, however. Historically, vulnerable populations, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries, have not fully or immediately benefitted from life-saving […]

#COVAX has delivered over 20M #COVID19 vaccine doses to 20 countries. In the next week, it will deliver 14.4M doses to a further 31 countries. This is encouraging progress, but the volume of doses being distributed through COVAX is still relatively small. To deliver on #VaccinEquity, we need to urgently ramp up production through: -connecting […]

A program called Covax wants to distribute Covid-19 vaccines fairly. Is it working? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the world’s richest countries poured money into the race for a vaccine. Billions of dollars, from programs like the US’s Operation Warp Speed, funded development that brought us multiple Covid-19 […]

For more: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-06-02/Sinopharm-rolls-out-first-batch-of-vaccine-under-COVAX-10L6HaDtbEs/index.html China’s Sinopharm has just rolled out the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX program. The Chinese foreign ministry said this is proof of China’s efforts to provide products for global health. The packaging is able to monitor outside temperature to ensure the vaccine doesn’t go bad. Sinopharm’s COVID vaccine received […]

A program called Covax wants to distribute Covid-19 vaccines fairly. Is it working? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the world’s richest countries poured money into the race for a vaccine. Billions of dollars, from programs like the US’s Operation Warp Speed, funded development that brought us multiple Covid-19 […]

Chinese Covid-19 vaccines offer relatively low levels of protection compared with some of their foreign rivals. Here is why China is joining other countries in considering mixing and matching vaccines as a key to overcoming multiple vaccination challenges at once. Illustration: Ksenia Shaikhutdinova More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ […]

아스트라제네카 백신도 2월부터 공급…고령층 우선접종 가능할까 In a matter of weeks, South Korea is expected to mark a milestone chapter in its year-long battle against COVID-19. Some 6 million initial doses of the vaccines are due to arrive in the country,… with the first roll out possibly starting before the Lunar New Year holiday. Lee […]

Avideo in which a man and a woman are seen posing for vaccination pictures is circulating on social media with the claim that officials in Karnataka’s Tumkur are faking it for the cameras while pretending to take Covid-19 vaccines. The 43-second video also shows a nurse posing as if she’s administering injection to the duo. […]

More than 12,400 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Israel after getting inoculated by the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, including 69 people who had taken their second jab. #Israel #COVID19 #PfizerVaccine About Channel: WION -The World is One News, examines global issues with in-depth analysis. We provide much more than the news of the day. Our […]

Singapore has ordered the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Sinovac vaccines as the first three of its portfolio in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. ALSO WATCH: Is the vaccine safe? Your questions answered https://youtu.be/QhKiopuZbtg Both the Pfizer-BioNTech (also in use in Britain and the US) and Moderna (used in the US) vaccines use messenger RNA (mRNA) […]

BBC Africa speaks to two health experts to find answers to key questions about Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, such as why a vaccine is needed, how we know if it’s safe and when Africans will be able to get it. Video edited by Anne Okumu #covid19 #africacoronavirus #africanews Video producers: Hugo Williams, Penny Dale and […]

As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments should not be viewed as “some kind of nationalistic footrace”, with some countries winning and others losing, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists ———————— COVAX, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines […]

The Covid-19 Global Vaccine Access Facility (Covax Facility) is being developed to invite global participation to pool demand and resources to support procurement of Covid-19 vaccines. The Covax Facility will involve public and private donors, vaccines manufacturers and researchers and aims to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine to all countries involved. The goal of raising $2B […]

Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers a video message at the high-level side event “Accelerating the end of the COVID-19 pandemic”. This event hosted by The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Kingdom, South Africa, and the UN Secretary-General aims to build stronger political consensus for a coordinated global response […]

The race to immunise the global population against covid-19 is under way. With the distribution of safe and effective vaccines posing an unprecedented challenge, what are the key obstacles to overcome? Keep up to date with The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus: https://econ.st/2Y5BxxW Track covid-19 vaccine rollouts around the world: https://econ.st/3o3t74w Sign up to The […]

The Canadian government says its contribution to the COVAX vaccine program has “always been intended” to secure additional coronavirus vaccine access for Canada, on top of supporting vaccination rollouts in lower-income countries. The comment comes on the heels of criticism directed at the government over the news that Canada is the only G7 country to […]

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Countries around the world are ramping up efforts to vaccinate their populations in a race to achieve herd immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As of March 2021, there are about nine leading vaccines used across various countries and regions, each relying on different forms of technology […]

“Bilateral deals, export bans, vaccine nationalism and vaccine diplomacy have caused distortions in the market, with gross inequities in supply and demand,” the WHO chief, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Friday and asked those “countries with doses of vaccines that have WHO Emergency Use Listing to donate as many doses as they can to help […]

This week on “Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren” for March 24, 2021: COVAX & Global Vaccines. On this episode of Plugged In, we examine the COVAX program and its effort to provide access to COVID-19 treatments and vaccines worldwide. To explain the program and current progress, Greta is joined by UNICEF USA President & […]

The FT explains how the vaccine market works – including the cost of a vaccine and the vaccine development process – and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This short documentary features global experts including Bill Gates, the CEOs of Moderna and Gavi, and the lead scientist behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Read more at https://on.ft.com/3bub5oZ […]

Coronavirus Vaccine: Pakistan will soon get ‘made-in-India’ coronavirus vaccines under the United Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization or GAVI, a public-private global health partnership to increase access to immunisation in poor countries. “Pakistan is one of the 92 lower-income economies eligible for support under the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (Gavi COVAX AMC),” GAVI […]

The Indian government has announced the price for the Astra Zeneca vaccine little more than $3 per dose. How much the other countries are paying for the same vaccine? #Covid19 #VaccinePrices #Worldwide About Channel: WION -The World is One News, examines global issues with in-depth analysis. We provide much more than the news of the […]

The virtual press conference will include special guests joining to discuss COVID-19 vaccine research, development and rollout, in conjunction with the COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Strategy and Implementation Virtual Global Health Symposium, running from 22-26 February. Special guests: Professor Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University Dr Tony Fauci, Director, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases […]

Right now everyone is talking about mRNA vaccines, such as the Biontech-Pfizer or the Moderna vaccine – but what about DNA-vaccines? Will this be a vaccine type of the future? Vaccines have saved millions of lives in the past century and for now, they’re the best way out of this crisis. There are exciting new […]