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New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s richest economies to take a central role in ending the COVID-19 pandemic by stepping up support for vaccines for all people, everywhere. more
WHO chief hails ‘monumental moment’ in COVID fight, as US throws support behind vaccine patent waiver

New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the commitment announced by the United States administration to lift vaccine patent protections to help boost g ...

COVID-19 lays bare social inequality says UN chief, as COVAX doses top 36 million

New York: The COVID crisis "has revealed how unequal our societies are” said the UN chief in his message for World Health Day released on Monday.

International equitable vaccine effort ships 32 million shots to 61 countries

New York: "COVAX works” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, informing journalists that the UN-backed vaccine initiative has distributed more than 32 ...

Iran to start mass inoculation of its population with homegrown COVID vaccine in May

Iran/Sputnik: Iran will launch the mass inoculation of its citizens against the Coronavirus using domestically-developed Coviran vaccine in May, the Tasnim News Agency reported on Tuesday ...

Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners

New York: The equitable coronavirus vaccine delivery initiative COVAX that has delivered its first doses to West Africa and Latin America in the past few days, is a credit to internationa ...

Ghana becomes first country to get free coronavirus vaccines through COVAX scheme

Geneva/Sputnik: Ghana became the first country on Wednesday to receive a batch of free anti-coronavirus vaccine doses through the COVAX initiative, a shot-sharing scheme behind the inocul ...

Prioritize vaccine contracts with UN-led COVAX initiative, urges health chief Tedros

New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on manufacturers to prioritize contracts with the UN-led equitable vaccines initiative, COVAX, declaring that it&rsquo ...