vaccine

‘It would be discriminatory’: UK vaccine minister says government is NOT planning Covid vaccine passport

Asked during an interview with Sky News on Sunday whether the government is looking at the possibility of creating a…

3 years ago

Myanmar approves Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine despite post-coup crisis

The nation has become the 20th foreign state to greenlight the Russian jab, and the first in South East Asia,…

3 years ago

Petition against Covid-19 ‘vaccine passports’ hits 37,000 signatures amid reports UK govt hatching travel scheme

The latest petition demanding that the government not roll out the controversial ‘passport’ idea was heading towards 40,000 signatures on…

3 years ago

Pfizer withdraws application for Covid-19 vaccine emergency use in India after regulator requests more data

The US-based drug-maker said that the decision was taken after a meeting with an expert panel from India’s state regulator…

3 years ago

Irish deputy PM says EU’s vaccine rollout ‘not its finest hour’ & praises Russia’s Sputnik V after promising Lancet data

Varadkar criticized the EU’s immunization efforts at a Fine Gael party meeting on Wednesday, arguing the European Medicines Agency has…

3 years ago

Western media smeared Moscow’s Covid-19 vaccine efforts but new trial data now has countries queuing for Sputnik V Covid-19 jab

The formula has been at the center of a fierce information war, with a number of commentators casting aspersions on…

3 years ago

Italy ‘eagerly waiting’ for EU to register Sputnik V vaccine, head of group promoting Russian-Italian ties tells RT

“We’re eagerly waiting for [the European Medicines Agency] to register [the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus],” Fallico said on Wednesday.…

3 years ago

‘Vital to resist vaccine nationalism’: UK trade minister says EU has reassured jabs will not be stopped at border

The UK government is “pleased that the EU admitted that the Article 16 invocation” was “a mistake and they are…

3 years ago

Tunisia approves Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, plans to start immunization in coming months

The vaccine was approved for emergency use for one year, the Tunisian Health Ministry said in a statement. Tunisia became…

3 years ago

‘Hang on, wait for others’: WHO urges UK to help foreign states with Covid-19 vaccine before continuing immunisation at home

“There have been a number of very interesting analyses showing that just vaccinating your own country and then sitting there…

3 years ago