Topic: Corona vaccine
Pfizer Covid vaccine more than 90 percent effective in kids: Study
Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s vaccine appear safe and nearly 91 percent effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the US considers opening vaccinations to that age group.
World without COVID-19 will not be possible until everyone gets equal access to vaccines
Health leaders agree that a world without COVID-19 will not be possible until everyone has equal access to vaccines.
Vaccine, PCR test needed to enter Expo Dubai
The six-month world fair, featuring exhibitions by 192 countries, is expected to attract more than 20 million international visitors when it opens on October 1 after a year's delay.
Only 2% of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Africa
More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday.
Covid vaccines needed for teachers, children to keep schools open: WHO, UNICEF
As the school year begins for millions of children in Europe and Central Asia, UN health and child experts on Monday issued a series of COVID-19 risk reduction measures to ensure that in-person lessons can go ahead, despite rising infection rates.
Unable to send vaccines as India needs time to review its legal provisions, says US
The United States on Tuesday said that it is ready to ship its COVID-19 vaccines expeditiously when it has the green light from the Indian government which has told the Americans that it needs further time to review legal provisions related to accepting vaccine donations.
