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More than 7.5 million Covid-19 vaccines on order for Ireland

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has also confirmed the vaccine will be available free of charge for everyone in the country to ensure equal access to the j...

FDA backs safety of Pfizer vaccine as first Britons get the 'jab'

Care home worker Craig Atkins , 48, became one of the first people in Wales to receive the vaccine , a day after Wales reported 2,000 COVID-19 cases in a si...

California to launch Apple-Google exposure notification app on December 10

Starting Thursday, December 10, Californians can enable CA Notify in their iPhone settings or on Android phones by downloading the CA notify app from the Goo...

Grande Prairie adds 18 new COVID-19 cases

Retail stores, and malls, can remain open but at 15 per cent capacity, and curbside pickup and delivery services will be allowed. Outdoor recreation is permit...

After UK, Bahrain approves PfizerBioNTech coronavirus vaccine

Shortly after Britain announced its authorisation for the vaccine, top US virus expert Anthony Fauci cast doubts on the MHRA's (Medicines and Healthcare product...

COVID-19 strikes mink farm in British Columbia

Minks kept on fur farms across several countries have caught the virus from infected employees. Fraser Health says the B.C. Health Act has placed the mink far...

Serum Institute of India applies for emergency use authorisation for Covid19 vaccine

The announcement came as the country began using the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine Tuesday morning. Ireland has an advance purchase agreement to buy 3.3 million of ...

30 crore Indians to be vaccinated first in Covid immunisation drive

If, at that point, evidence demonstrates the vaccine or vaccines prevent transmission, those aged 18-34 should be prioritised due to their increased level of so...

Studies suggest AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe, 70 per cent effective

It has yet to be submitted for regulatory approval. Poonawalla said last month the doses would be sold to the Indian government at around 250 rupees (US$3.00)...

Britain will airlift Covid-19 vaccine if Brexit snarls ports, says minister

The virus has claimed 61,434 lives in the UK. Footage shows the moment Matt Hancock became visibly emotional while speaking about coronavirus vaccines on li...

90-Year-Old Woman Is UK's First Coronavirus Vaccine Recipient : Coronavirus Updates

The upcoming New Year's is bringing good news, as people of Bangladesh are likely going to get Covid-19 vaccine, "Covidshield", from India in January. "NHS staf...

Corona vaccine to be ready in next few weeks: PM Modi

The investment deal comes as Sinovac expands supply deals and trials of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac with more countries following positive resul...

Sussex confirmed as Covid-19 vaccination hub | News - Greatest Hits Radio

Psizer told The Times in a statement that 'any additional doses beyond the 100 million are subject to a separate and mutually acceptable agreement'. He declin...

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise as cases increase in Jackson County

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 14,88,14,055 samples have been tested up to December 7, with 10,26,399 samples being tested on Monda...

Trump administration turned down additional doses of Pfizer vaccine

The Trump administration opted last summer not to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of one of the leading coronavirus vaccine contenders, a...

Three more Ontario regions under tougher COVID restrictions

The Ontario Ministry of Health noted the numbers are expected to be higher as more weekend numbers roll in. On Monday, Justin Trudeau and the federal governme...

Cuomo warns of indoor dining restrictions if hospitalization rates continue to rise

During a news briefing with top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci , Cuomo announced hospitals are being ordered to increase capacity by 25% and d...

Trump Admin Passed On Millions Of Pfizer Vaccine Doses

The summit comes just days before the Food and Drug Administration is set to examine Pfizer's vaccine data, and a week before it will look at Moderna's. The g...

Jenks to follow new CDC quarantine guidelines for staff, students

In responding to the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called upon all African countries to adopt bes...

Pfizer to deliver first vaccine doses to Canada this month - PM Trudeau

The announcement came after Prime Minister Trudeau announced earlier that day that several hundred thousand doses would begin being distributed as early as the ...

Vulnerable populations will be first in line for COVID-19 vaccines

According to provincial figures, 22 more people in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit have tested positive for COVID-19. "We are planning and hope to be on the gro...

Indonesia receives first Covid-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac

Penny Lukito, head of the Food and Drug Control Agency, estimated that the Sinovac vaccine would obtain emergency use authorization from the agency by the third...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth may go public after having COVID vaccine

About 800,000 doses of the vaccine are expected to be available initially. Transport between Britain and mainland Europe is likely to be severely disrupted if...

Arizona Legislature Closes After Giuliani's Positive COVID-19 Test

Like Giuliani, numerous lawmakers present ignored social distancing guidelines and spoke to subjects without masks. Chatfield said he and Hall wore masks and st...

COVID vaccine could be airlifted to UK if Brexit snarls ports - minister

Dr Wernick said there is still "plenty of wrangling" with NHS England over how Global Positioning System will deliver the vaccine, with the former pushing for a...

India biggest buyer of COVID vaccine at 1.6 bn doses

In contrast, Bharat Biotech is conducting a phase-3 clinical trial to determine the efficacy of its vaccine, which will involve 26,000 participants across mor...

Ontario reports 1,924 new COVID cases today, yet another record

The province is reporting 26 new deaths as a result of the virus. New infections outpaced the 1,412 recoveries today, pushing the number of active cases in On...

When does a Brexit deal need to be done by?

The extra time came after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen held an emergency phone call on Saturday. The E...

Weeks After First Vaccine Dose, Haryana Minister Anil Vij Gets COVID-19

After he tested positive last week, Bharat Biotech released a statement highlighting details about the trial, but didn't mention Vij. "The phase 3 trials ar...

Trumbull County reports 261 new cases, 3 deaths

The number of confirmed and suspect COVID-19 deaths held steady at 112 on Thursday. "We are providing you notice that a Meigs Local employee and Meigs Middle ...

OH adds OH to COVID-19 travel advisory map

OH was added to the map after health officials registered a rise in the state's infection rate, to above 15 percent, since the start of the pandemic. "The sta...

United Kingdom becomes first country to approve Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said hospitals were ready to receive the shots and vaccination centres would be set up across the country but he admitted distrib...

Ontario reporting new record high of 1924 COVID-19 cases today

The province says 204 of those patients are in intensive care. "The safe, secure, and successful delivery of COVID-19 vaccines is a huge undertaking", Hillier...

With over 36,000 new COVID-19 cases, India's tally crosses 9.6 million

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 96.08 lakh with 36,652 new cases in a day, while 90,58,822 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the nationa...

United Kingdom to start coronavirus vaccinations on Tuesday

The first vaccinations were being shipped to 50 locations around the United Kingdom this weekend ahead of the first inoculation in all four countries of the Uni...