India opened up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive on Monday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a muted International Yoga Day hailing the practice’s “protective” properties against the virus. The country’s vaccination drive has significantly slowed in recent months due to a shortage of jabs and […]
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Australia further restricts AstraZeneca vaccine over clotting concerns
Australia recommended that AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 jab should not be given to people under 60 on Thursday, a fresh blow to the country’s glacial vaccine rollout. Health Minister Greg Hunt said concerns over possible links to blood clots meant Pfizer was now “the preferred vaccine” for everyone under 60 years old. Australian authorities had already restricted […]
Japan to issue vaccine passport for travel abroad
Japan said on Thursday it will make a vaccine passport available from next month for Japanese travellers, as governments around the world experiment with ways to relaunch tourism and business trips. “We are preparing to issue a certificate of vaccination for those who need one… when they visit foreign countries,” top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato […]
G7 pandemic pledges not nearly enough: global health leaders
The G7’s vow to share a billion Covid vaccine doses with poorer nations is too little too late, according to the WHO and global health leaders, as experts warned Monday more than 11 billion shots are needed. Faced with outrage over disparities in access to jabs, the Group of Seven industrialised powers pledged during a […]
World’s richest nations agree to deliver COVID vaccines, take on climate change
CARBIS BAY: Head of states from G7 leaders on Sunday vowed to deliver one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines and to step up on climate change, in a US-led summit that also discussed China and Russia. In a final communique issued at their first physical summit in nearly two years, the leaders of the elite […]
Govt announces multiple relief measures for livestock, poultry and agricultural
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin has said that agriculture, livestock and poultry are a major source of GDP, and both livestock and poultry are less organized and informal sectors formed an essential component of food supply. In his budget speech, he said that the government was striving to strengthen these sectors. He also said […]
WHA delegates emphasise on China’s crucial role in handling COVID-19 pandemic
Geneva: Delegates highlighted China’s assistance to the world in the fight against COVID-19 at the ongoing virtual World Health Assembly on Tuesday, the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organization. Representatives from countries such as Egypt, Mexico, Niger and Gabon were present at the ongoing session. Egypt participated in clinical trials to test China’s […]
Vaccines are shots of hope: World Immunization Week April 24-30)
Life or death for a child too often depends on whether he is born in a country where vaccines are available or not, said Nelson Mandela. Thanks to the UNICEF, the Rotary and some other international organizations vaccines are now available for every single child around the globe. To grasp the importance of vaccines, let […]
Drones to deliver vaccines, blood and drugs across Ghana
Hundreds of drones will begin delivering life-saving vaccines, blood and medicines to patients in Ghana this week in the largest scheme of its kind, the global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday. Medics will place orders by text message when supplies run dry, said GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley. Drones will then fly in from […]
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged in Yemen
In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen. Amid the country’s ruinous war, the disease was spiraling out of control, with thousands […]