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Covid-19 vaccine success to hinge on global immunisation programme
Most of the world’s people need to be inoculated to achieve ‘herd immunity’ to significantly slow or stop transmission, experts say. ‘Worst case scenario is vaccine nationalism, where countries take a me first or me only attitude,’ healt...
UK to become WHO's largest state donor with 30% funding increase
Boris Johnson to call for more powers for health body in coronavirus fight as Trump pulls out
EU grants Caribbean countries 3 million euros to secure COVID vaccine
The BVI is one of 24 Caribbean countries that will benefit from the European Union’s (EU) grant of 3 million euros given to the region for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines (COVAX) or treatments when they become available.
Why the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is no cure for all coronavirus ills
Amid the excitement over a vaccine said to be 90 per cent effective, questions remain over virus mutations, people refusing to take it and the problem of storing it at -80 degrees.
How Unicef is preparing for challenge of distributing Covid-19 vaccines
Richer nations have already acted to secure supplies, but less developed countries are relying on the Covax Facility to ensure fair access.
"Moral Obligation": UN Chief Says He Will Take COVID-19 Vaccine Publicly
Of course, I intend to receive the vaccine when it becomes available for me in whatever the situation that will be justified for that. And, obviously, I will have no doubt in doing it publicly, Guterres said on Wednesday.
‘I want to be first in line’ for COVID-19 vaccine
Local Clergyman and host of the 'Honestly Speaking' radio programme, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline says he wants to be one of the first persons in the Virgin Islands (VI) to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available in the terr...
COVID-19 Vaccines in Central America
A country by country guide to COVID-19 vaccines in Central America. Which countries in Central America are receiving which vaccines and when?
Talks With Pfizer, Moderna On For Covid Vaccine For Poor Countries: WHO
The WHO-backed Covax facility, created to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines around the world as they become available, is aiming to provide some two billion doses by the end of next year.
Gov’t focusing on AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for VI
Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) said the Virgin Islands (VI) will be administering its COVID-19 vaccination policy with a focus on the AstraZeneca vaccine.
If Covid-19 vaccines cause side-effects, who pays: makers or governments?
Some countries have enacted laws to clarify who is liable when vaccines cause adverse effects, but the pandemic poses a greater challenge.
Ukraine To Buy 2 Million Doses Of China's CoronaVac Vaccine
Sinovac Biotech, one of China's leading vaccine producers, developed CoronaVac which underwent trials in Brazil, China, Turkey and Indonesia.
Too Much Misinformation Out There
Former legislator and Attorney-at-Law Myron Walwyn, has called on the Hon. Andrew Fahie administration to do more to educate residents of the British Virgin Islands on the much talked about COVID-19 vaccine.
WHO warns against ‘Me-First Approach’ to COVID-19 Vaccine
A “me-first approach” to COVID-19 vaccines on the part of some countries and manufacturers is putting equitable access to these lifesaving treatments at risk, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.
COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns Divide Nations At Davos
With more than 100 million people now infected, rich countries that funded vaccine research are now raising their voices to ensure they get doses as tensions mounted over delayed deliveries.
Covax: How will Covid vaccines be shared with poorer countries?
The fast-track development of Covid vaccines was an extraordinary feat of scientific progress.
The EU is blaming everyone but itself for its vaccine debacle
Something has gone badly wrong with the EU's rollout of the Covid vaccine. Yet in its response to this debacle, Brussels seems determined to double down, engaging in behaviour of the pettiest kind as it blames everyone but itself for wha...
Coronavirus: WHO criticises EU over vaccine export controls
The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticised the EU's announcement of export controls on vaccines produced within the bloc, saying such measures risked prolonging the pandemic.
Moscow gains new leverage with coronavirus vaccine breakthrough
Europe risks being caught short once again in its vaccine strategy.
India to give Barbados 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines
Minister Mia Mottley on Tuesday announced that her Indian counterpart has agreed to give Barbados 100,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
Joe Biden’s ‘America First’ Vaccine Strategy
Although the new administration has reversed many of the isolationist policies of its predecessor, the United States’ commitment to its own vaccine procurement remains unchanged.
Gov’t aiming to vaccinate entire population
The British Virgin Islands government will now be aiming to vaccinate the entire population with the assistance of the United Kingdom government, who will continue to procure COVID-19 vaccines for the territory.
Vaccinations Begin Thursday, Governor, Health Minister To Take First Doses
In a move to ease public fear of the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine in the British Virgin Islands, Governor John Rankin will join Minister for Health and Social Development Hon. Carvin Malone in being the first two persons to be vaccinated...
WHO ‘concerned’ COVID vaccines will not work on new variants
The European head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said he is “concerned” over whether COVID-19 vaccines will prove effective against new virus variants.
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