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EU demands that vaccine makers honor their commitments
The European Union on Tuesday warned pharmaceutical giants that have developed coronavirus vaccines with EU aid that it must get its shots ...Moderna says Covid vaccine effective against UK, S.Africa variants
US biotech firm Moderna said Monday its vaccine should remain protective against key coronavirus variants while the unrelenting pandemic led to tightened ...Russia to send Sputnik V doses to Hungary, welcomes UAE approval
Russia said it could supply Hungary with its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine from next month, after Budapest gave initial approval to the ...Delay in Pfizer vaccine shipments frustrate Europe, Canada
Frustration is mounting from Europe to North America over reduced shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine while the U.S. pharmaceutical company increases production ...Russia’s second vaccine ‘100% effective’, watchdog tells media
A candidate COVID-19 vaccine known as EpiVacCorona, Russia’s second to be registered, proved “100% effective” in early-stage trials, Russian consumer health watchdog ...West tells Russia to free Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Moscow pushes back
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s arrest as he arrived in Moscow after recovering from his poisoning with a nerve agent drew criticism ...EU looks at vaccine certificates to help summer tourism
The European Union is looking at a common vaccine certificate to help get travelers to their vacation destinations and prevent tourism from ...Europe’s rights court accepts Ukraine case against Russia
Europe’s top human rights court agreed Thursday to look into Ukraine’s complaint against alleged human rights violations in the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula. ...Airlines face more turbulence before vaccine relief
For a year expected to mark a turning point for pandemic-stricken European airlines, 2021 is off to a rough start. A resurgence ...Vaccination drive could see EU lifting economically-relevant COVID-19 restrictions by May
Members of the European Union could see economically-relevant COVID-19 restrictions lifted by May or June, according to an estimate from Capital Economics. ...














