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Delta surging in areas of low COVID-19 vaccine coverage - WHO

REUTERS Circulation of the Delta variant in areas of low vaccination is driving transmission of COVID-19 around the world, World Health Organization officials said on Wednesday. "Many of the places around the world where Delta is surging -..
U.S. to begin offering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots in September

REUTERS COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will be made widely available to Americans starting on Sept. 20, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday, citing data showing diminishing protection from the initial vaccinations as infections rise from the D..
Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines require COVID-19 vaccines for crew

REUTERS Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIAL.SI) and Malaysia Airlines said they had mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for pilots and cabin crew, joining a growing number of airlines around the worl...
Pope Francis urges everyone to get COVID-19 vaccines for the good of all

VATICAN CITY, Aug 18 - Pope Francis issued an appeal on Wednesday urging people to get inoculated against COVID-19, saying the vaccines could bring an end to the pandemic, but needed to be taken by everyone. "Thanks to God's grace and to ..
Higher risk of Bell's Palsy after Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine - study

REUTERS Risk of Bell's Palsy, a type of facial paralysis, is higher after the first dose of Sinovac Biotech Ltd's (SVA.O) COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac, according to a study published ...
Australia secures 1 million more Pfizer vaccine doses from Poland

REUTERS Australia has secured about 1 million additional doses of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccine that will start arriving on Sunday night, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said....
All 16-, 17-year-olds in England to be offered first COVID vaccine dose by Aug. 23

REUTERS All 16- and 17-year-olds in England will be offered their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by Aug. 23, according to a target set by British Health Secretary Sajid Javid. Javid said on Sunday that offering young people the vaccine by that dat..
CDC says authorization of COVID-19 vaccine boosters not applicable to J&J shot

REUTERS The authorization of an extra COVID-19 vaccine dose for those with a compromised immune system does not apply to the Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) vaccine at this time, the U.S. Cen...
Peru study finds Sinopharm COVID vaccine 50.4% effective against infections

REUTERS A two-dose COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinopharm was 50.4% effective in preventing infections in health workers in Peru when it was seeing a surge in cases fuelled by virus variants, and booster shots can be considered, a study found..

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