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Africa's top public health body says the continent is set to receive its first batch of monkey pox vaccines as a donation from South Korea. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said, the 50,000 doses will be used first…

Biopharmaceutical company, Pfizer, has committed 23 of its current innovative medicines and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis to 45 lower income countries. Pfizer’s CEO and Chairman, Albert Bourla, made the announcement on Wednesday…

Scotland will offer COVID-19 vaccines to all 5-11 year olds, as a result of the advice received from British vaccine advisers, the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation…

Ugandan authorities are seeking to legally mandate vaccines in draft legislation aimed at boosting the East African country's drive to inoculate more people against COVID-19. The proposed bill, which is subject to changes as it faces…

Uganda is set to destroy 400,000 doses of Covid 19 vaccines which were meant to be utilized in a mass vaccination exercise in Acholi sub-region. The government had secured over 500,000 doses of Moderna vaccines to be used in November…

China has provided two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 120 countries and international organizations. READ ALSO: COVID-19: UK pledges £105M to help Nigeria, others tackle Omicron The Chinese President, Xi Jinping…

The absence of access to vaccines in Africa is “unacceptable”, World Bank number two Axel van Trotsenburg said on Wednesday ahead of a meeting in Abidjan on the institution’s financial support for the world’s poorest continent.…

Taiwan, one of the world's COVID-19 mitigation success stories, scramble for vaccines as its stock of 300,000 doses starts running out with only about 1% of its 23 million people vaccinated. Taipei's de facto ambassador in the United…

A slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and a lack of funding to bridge the gap between poor and rich countries could set Africa back two to five years, says the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA). Dr.…

The European Commission has started legal action against British-Swedish company AstraZeneca due to breaches of its COVID-19 vaccine supply contract. The commission spokesperson, Stefan De Keersmaecker said the company has not been in a…