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PAHO: Millions of people in the Americas without being vaccinated

Published on: July 8, 2021
07:04

Washington, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne on Wednesday called for increased supplies of Covid-19 vaccines for the Americas, noting that ¨Millions of people in Latin America and the Caribbean still don´t know when they will have a chance to be immunized,¨

Japan to provide Covid-19 vaccines to Pacific nations

Published on: July 3, 2021
00:30

Tokyo, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) Japan will provide three million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine as of mid-July to Pacific island nations and territories, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced.

Costa Rica receives almost 2.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: July 2, 2021
10:09

San Jose, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica has so far received 2,794,785 doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines and 2,440,385 of them have been administrated, with which 811,163 people have already completed the immunization against this disease.

Brasilia Prosecutor’s Office opens probe into Covaxin vaccines

Published on: July 1, 2021
07:12

Brasilia, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Brazil´s Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday opened a criminal investigation into alleged irregularities in purchasing Covaxin vaccine doses by the Jair Bolsonaro administration.

Mexico has already administered 43.9 million anti-Covid-19 doses

Published on: June 29, 2021
11:14

Mexico, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Mexico has already provided 43.9 million doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines since the beginning of the national plan last December, the Ministry of Health reported today in the morning update of its daily report.

WTO warns about obstacles to vaccine production and trade

Published on: June 29, 2021
07:42

Geneva, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned about continuing obstacles to undermine global efforts to increase and diversify Covid-19 vaccine production.

Irregular pressure denounced in Brazil to purchase Covaxin vaccines

Published on: June 26, 2021
08:55

Brasilia, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Brazil´s Health Ministry Official Ricardo Miranda on Friday denounced he was abnormally pressured by senior officials in March to pass a Covaxin purchase contract.

Cuba applies over 5.2 million doses of candidate vaccines

Published on: June 25, 2021
17:00

Havana, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's authorities informed on Friday that the total number of citizens with at least one dose of the two vaccine candidates against Covid-19 Abdala and Soberana 02 reached 5,229, 916 persons.

Qatari Emir Al Thani calls for fair Covid-19 vaccine distribution

Published on: June 22, 2021
06:51

Doha, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) The Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Monday urged world leaders especially those of industrialized countries to greater cooperation to fairly Covid-19 vaccine distribution.

Ecuador receives 206,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses

Published on: June 21, 2021
07:18

Quito, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador on Sunday received as many as 206,000 AstraZeneca vaccines doses, the ones are added to the 9/100 Vaccination Plan in order to vaccinate nine million inhabitants in just 100 days.

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