Austria’s health minister resigns.
Image Credit: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Andy Wenzel On Tuesday, Austrian health minister Rudolf Anschober, 60, has resigned, after he said that he cannot continue his job helping the country in combating […]
Bhutan close to vaccinating its entire population after just 16 days of starting.
Image Credit: AFP Bhutan, a small country located in the Himalayas between China and India managed to vaccinate 93% of its adult population in 16 days. Overall, 62% of Bhutan’s […]
Brazil’s first COVID-19 vaccine ready for human trials.
Image Credit: REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto On Friday, Brazil’s Butantan biomedical institute started human trials on a potential COVID-19 vaccine.The ButanVac vaccine, as it is being called, will be the first vaccine […]
China administered 65 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine so far.
Image Credit: Reuters/ Carlos Garcia Rawlins As of Sunday, China has administered more than 65 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. In Beijing alone, 10 million doses were administered. China […]
European Union secures 4 million doses of Pfizer/BioNtech.
Image Credit: Olivier Matthys/AFP via Getty Images. On Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that they managed to secure four million doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, which […]
Israel to reopen border with certain conditions.
Image Credit: AP Photo/Oded Balilty Israeli media reported on Monday that they will reopen their borders and allow foreigners to enter the country with certain conditions. Israel will evaluate the […]
Five million Israelis have been vaccinated.
Image Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90 The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that 5 million people have been vaccinated, out of a population of 9.3 million, and the entire over-16 […]
‘We need to get back to the basics’- WHO European director Dr. Hans Kluge in response to a 9% increase in cases over the past week in Europe.
Image Credit: Ida Guldbaek Arentsen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the number of new cases of coronavirus increased by 9% over […]
Mexico starts administering Russian vaccine Sputnik V.
Image Credit: Sputnik V Mexican authorities announced that they administered their first shots of the Russian vaccine on Wednesday. On Monday, Mexico received its first shipment of around 200,000 doses […]
