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South African variant can ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine
The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can “break through” Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel ...Indian states seek widening of vaccinations as second surge overtakes first wave
Many Indian state leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country’s hundreds of millions ...UK says 5 million get second shot as COVID daily deaths fall to 10
Britain reported 10 deaths from COVID-19 within 28 days of a positive test on Saturday, the lowest daily figure since early September, ...Fully vaccinated people can travel in U.S. without tests or quarantines
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said fully vaccinated people can safely travel at “low risk” after the ...Europe vaccine rollout ‘unacceptably slow’, case surge ‘worrying’: WHO
Europe’s rollout of vaccinations against COVID-19 is “unacceptably slow,” the World Health Organization’s European head said on Thursday, raising concern that delays ...EU to get 107 million COVID doses by end of March, 30 million from AstraZeneca
European Union states are expected to receive 107 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of March, an EU Commission spokeswoman ...Johnson & Johnson agrees to supply African Union with up to 400 million COVID shots
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to supply up to 400 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the African Union (AU) from ...No more vaccine exports until you fulfill your contracts, EU tells AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca cannot export any more COVID-19 vaccines from Europe until is makes good on its contracts with the European Union, EU Commission ...India temporarily halts Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine exports
India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot made by the Serum Institute of India ...Britain hits milestone as half of all adults get first vaccine dose
Half of all adults in Britain have now had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, making the country the world’s first major ...