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New data published on Monday by UN agencies shows that immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, leaving around 2.7 million lacking the protection they need compared to the pre-COVID-19 levels of 2019. more
Nigeria aiming to vaccinate more than 7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer

Nigeria introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system on Tuesday, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls in the largest single round of HPV vaccination ...

Study shows vaccination reduces risk of long COVID-19

Being vaccinated against Covid halves people’s risk of developing long Covid, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Health experts worry COVID will spread amid booster hesitancy in South Asia

When a vaccination team came to her home in Pakistan’s central Karachi district, Noor Jehan gently told the health workers she wouldn’t get a COVID-19 booster and wasn’t ...

Australia hits 90 pc Covid-19 vaccine first dose rate

Canberra/UNI/Xinhua: Australia has hit a new milestone in Covid-19 vaccination, with 90 percent of adults having received the one dose.

Up to 70 percent of world population can be vaccinated against COVID-19 by 2023, says World Bank President

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Up to 70% of the world population can be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2022 if the delivery of vaccine doses can be accelerated by donor nations to the ...

Antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination effective against Delta variant: Study

Washington: Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not par ...

Vaccination offers higher protection than previous COVID-19 infection: Study

Washington: A study of COVID-19 infections in Kentucky among people who were previously infected with SAR-CoV-2 shows that unvaccinated individuals are more than twice as likely to be rei ...

50 percent of US population fully vaccinated against COVID-19: White House

Washington: The White House on Friday announced half of the US population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Act now to provide COVID-19 vaccines for all: ECOSOC President

New York: Ensuring COVID-19 vaccines for all will be critical if the world is to defeat the pandemic, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Munir Akram, said on Frida ...