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70% of Malta’s adult population vaccinated

Xinhua News Agency VALLETTA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Malta's Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Monday (May 24) that 70% of the country's adult population have received at least one dose of...

Australia urged to offer cash incentives to boost COVID vaccination rates

By Phil Mercer/VOA News SYDNEY - The Australian government is being urged to offer citizens cash and lottery tickets as incentives to boost slow rates of COVID-19 vaccinations. Public health and advertising...

South Sudan returning 72,000 COVID vaccine doses

JUBA - South Sudan’s National Task Force on COVID-19 is sending back 72,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to the COVAX facility for use in other countries before the doses expire.    

RDIF, Panacea Biotec launch Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine production in India

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced on Monday that it is launching production of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 in India jointly with Indian pharmaceutical producer Panacea Biotec, with full-scale production due to start this summer.

Study: Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines ‘highly effective’ against Indian variant

Studies show that Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are two of the most effective vaccines against the B.1.617 strains or the Indian variant after the second dose.

UK records another 2,235 coronavirus cases, 5 deaths

LONDON, May 23  -- Another 2,235 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,462,538, according to official figures released Sunday (May 23).

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