Vaccine

Algeria gets green light to produce Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines

Sinovac will be the second Covid-19 vaccine to be manufactured in Algeria as the country announced earlier that Russia's Sputnik V vaccine will also be produced domestically from September.

WHO: Pandemic will have long term impact on mental health – latest updates

Novel coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 193 million people around the world, claiming at least 4.1 million lives. Here are updates for July 22:

Iran orders week-long shutdown in Tehran as cases rise – latest updates

Novel coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 191.9 million people and killed at least 4.1million around the world. Here are updates for July 20:

Mexican forgers sell fake vaccine certificates to desperate travellers

Fake vaccination certificates are being sold for $55-100 to those who are desperate to travel but have not been fully immunised, or refuse to be vaccinated.

Pacific Rim nations agree to step up Covid-19 vaccine sharing

Leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation at virtual retreat agree to step up Covid-19 vaccination sharing efforts and take action to lower costly tariffs that complicate the movement of vaccines across borders.

BioNTech shot produces 10 times more antibodies than China's Sinovac: study

A study in Hong Kong adds to growing body of evidence that vaccines using mRNA technology offer better protection against the coronavirus

Covid studies: Dirty air worsens severity, beta variant deadlier

Meanwhile a nationwide study in the US say that the mRNA vaccines most often used in country are effective against the coronavirus not just in clinical trials but in the "real world," too.

US avoided 279,000 deaths with the help of vaccination

If the US had no vaccine program, 279,000 more Americans would have died from the coronavirus, says a new report.

Covid-19 impact: Is it too early to return to full normalisation?

Experts warn that returning to pre-pandemic social and economic life can be disastrous as the coronavirus pandemic is not over yet.

Mobile clinics deployed to boost Ivory Coast's Covid vaccination drive

Ivory Coast has received about a million doses of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNtech and Sinopharm vaccines to date and is expecting delivery of 1.2 million more doses by mid-July.

England to lift virus restrictions despite soaring cases – latest updates

Novel coronavirus has infected more than 184 million people and killed more than 3.9 million. Here are the latest Covid-related developments for July 5:

Bangladesh reports record Covid-19 deaths – latest updates

Novel coronavirus has infected more than 184 million people and killed more than 3.9 million. Here are the latest Covid-related developments for July 4: