Italy achieved its target of administering half a million COVID-19 doses in a day.
Image Credit: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images On Thursday, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced that they managed to reach the target of administering 500,000 doses of vaccine in a […]
Greece reports 2,155 new COVID-19 cases.
Image Credit: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP via Getty Images On Friday, Greece reported 2,155 new cases and 66 deaths. There are currently 802 patients on ventilators in Greek hospitals. The National Organization […]
Fire kills over 80 COVID-19 patients at an Iraqi hospital.
Image Credit: Getty Images. According to two local Health officials, on Saturday night two oxygen tanks exploded causing a huge fire at the Ibn al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Health […]
Johnson & Johnson vaccine halted after several patients develop blood clots.
Image Credit: newson6.com In a joint statement the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended to halt the COVID-19 single-dose Johnson & […]
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 […]
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