COVID-19: WHO says a further 172 candidate vaccines being developed in labs, assures poorest countries can expect vaccines within weeks
The world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine doses between the end of January and mid-February, the World Health Organization, WHO, said Thursday. Vaccination is…
Nigeria to access COVID-19 vaccines from Jan. 2021, Okonjo Iweala assures
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines as from the end of January through the first quarter…
WHO says $700 million raised so far for COVID-19 vaccines initiative for poor nations
International donors have raised $700 million – less than half the target – to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure eventual vaccines do…
Coronavirus: Africa CDC urges all nations to join WHO’s COVAX vaccine initiative
All nations should join hands in a global effort to procure and distribute potential vaccines against the coronavirus across the globe, the head of Africa’s diseases control body said on…
WHO officially names Coronavirus Disease, ‘COVID-19’
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday announced that “COVID-19” will be the official name of the deadly virus from China, saying the disease represented a “very grave threat” for the…
CEPI, Britain Scientists Invest $8.4m to Develop Vaccines to Fight Disease Epidemics
A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to…