Covax

Calls grow on US President Biden to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents

World leaders and experts say sharing vaccine know-how is the best chance to fight the pandemic. But the industry disagrees.

Pakistan blames WHO-backed COVAX for delay in its vaccination drive

The GAVI and WHO-led COVAX is facing a shortage as India’s Serum Institute has diverted supplies to meet domestic needs.

Bosnia's health system crumbles as Covid-19 cases and deaths surge

Local Bosnian authorities are pleading for more resources to help the health system as the country battles a surge in infections with no vaccination drive in sight.

UK government sets out roadmap to ease Covid curbs – latest updates

Coronavirus has killed more than 2.47 million people and infected over 111.9 million globally. Here are virus-related developments for February 22:

Pakistan to allow private firms to import Covid-19 shots with no price caps

The country of 216 million people has yet to secure substantial volumes of vaccines for mass inoculation, with only 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China thus far.

South Africa to use J&J vaccine, open to sale or swap of AstraZeneca doses

South Africa will start vaccinating health workers with Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine in the form of an “implementation study” with researchers next week.

South Africa looks to J&J vaccine as AstraZeneca disappoints

South Africa received one million AstraZeneca doses last week and had hoped to start vaccinating health workers soon but results that are yet to be peer-reviewed show minimal protection against mild or moderate infection from the B.1.351 variant.

South Africa suspends rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

South Africa’s Health Ministry says the decision is based on a trial that found the vaccine offers limited protection for the more contagious variant circulating in the country.

Palestinians left deprived as Israel signs more vaccine deals

The situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories provides a stark example of a highly unequal vaccination push all around the world.

WHO: two billion Covid-19 vaccines secured for poorer nations

World Health Organization and its partners in COVAX, the Gavi vaccine alliance and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, are “working non-stop to start vaccination early next year,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Israel prepares Covid-19 jabs rollout, leaving Palestinians out in the cold

Life in Israel could soon return to normal after its citizens get vaccinated against Covid-19 even as the virus continues to plague Palestinian towns just a few kilometres away.

Future bleak for the poorest despite Covid-19 vaccine on the horizon

Be it government-sanctioned purchases or the private market, the poorest countries will be the last to get rid of the pandemic.