The Philippines has lifted a suspension on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people under 60, an official said Monday, arguing "the benefits outweigh the risk" as the country battles record infections.

Philippines lifts suspension on AstraZeneca vaccine for under 60s

On Gravitas Plus | The virus is becoming more dangerous, but politics is impeding our response. Vaccines are being locked by patents. Rich countries are hoarding them as low-income nations lie unprotected. Palki Sharma says it's time to put people before profit.

Gravitas Plus: Vaccine hyper nationalism is helping no one

A group of UK church leaders have come together to urge the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, not to adopt the policy of vaccine passports. More than 1,250 clergies from different Christian groups signed an open letter to Johnson claiming the "introduction of vaccine passports would constitute an unethical form of coercion and violation of the principle of informed consent.

Breach of privacy: UK church leaders protest against vaccine passport

Hong Kong authorities said on Thursday that the city’s vaccine scheme would be widened to include those aged between 16 to 29 years old for the first time, as they aim to boost lackluster demand for inoculations in the Asian financial hub.

Hong Kong widens COVID-19 vaccine scheme to above 16

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced plans on Wednesday for a major contract extension for Covid-19 vaccines with Pfizer stretching to 2023. In a sign of confidence in a company that has been a mainstay of Europe's vaccination drive so far, von der Leyen said the EU will start negotiating to buy 1.

EU looks to buy 1.8 billion doses of Pfizer vaccine through 2023 

Delhi has approved Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use. It is the third jab in India's arsenal after Covishield and Covaxin but could this have been done earlier?

India looks to tackle second wave successfully as Sputnik V jab gets nod

Bhutan has become the first country in the world to administer the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to almost all its eligible population. Bhutan's swift vaccination campaign is nearly finished — just 16 days after it began.

Bhutan vaccinates 85% of the population in record time

Sputnik V, the COVID-19 vaccine from Russia, has been given 'Emergency Use Authorisation' in India by a panel of experts. It is the third vaccine Indian authorities have given approval to after Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine.

Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine gets emergency nod from expert panel in India

India has become the world's fastest nation to vaccinate nearly 100 million people against COVID-19. The country has achieved this milestone in just 85 days.

India: Fastest nation to administer 100 vaccine jabs

Johnson & Johnson is in talks with India’s government to begin a clinical trial of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in the country.

J&J's single-dose vaccine trial in India?

India has become the fastest country to administer 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses as per numbers with India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. To administer 100 million COVID vaccine doses, India took just 85 days.

India fastest to administer 100 million COVID vaccine doses

Coronavirus numbers in India and the world aren't looking good. More than 126 thousand infections have been recorded in India in last 24 hours. Worldover, more than 500 thousand people have tested positive every day in the last seven days.

Countries buy China's unproven vaccines by millions

The conversation around the Wuhan virus keeps evolving from masks to lockdowns to vaccines. The big debate now is about side effects. How serious are they? Do the benefits still outweigh the risks?

How serious are side effects of COVID vaccines?

Who should be given vaccines first? Prioritising the elderly and health workers may not have helped. Younger people with co-morbidities are still at risk, and now children are being hit by the second wave.

Gravitas: Time to rethink vaccination models?

Pakistan approved the emergency use of the third Chinese vaccine, despite its low efficacy rate, on Thursday.Citing officials, Geo News reported that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to another Chinese vaccine, CoronaVac.

Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID vaccine, despite its low efficacy rate

More than 20 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine made by the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca are sitting idly in America. The British-Swedish company has yet to request Food and Drug Administration authorization for the two-dose vaccine, and the company faces safety questions abroad and scrutiny from U.

US is sitting on 20 million of vaccine doses the world needs

On Easter, Pope urges nations to quicken Covid vaccines' distribution

India has reported more than 90,000 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. The country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a high-level meeting to review COVID-19 related issues and discuss vaccination updates.

India: 93,249 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours

The world is struggling with another shortage - that of vaccines. Many countries still don't have the shots they need. Some of those who have it don't want to use them.

Europe's fight against pandemic set to get tougher

The Central government on Thursday said that vaccination against coronavirus will be offered on all days in the month of April at both public and private sector vaccination centres.

At all public and private sector centres: Covid vaccination throughout April, including gazetted holidays

Russia has registered the world's first vaccine for animals against Covid-19, its agricultural regulator said on Wednesday, after tests showed it generated antibodies against the virus in dogs, cats, foxes and mink.

In a first, Russia registers Covid-19 vaccine for animals 

Putting a lot of concerns to rest, scientists have assured people that coronavirus vaccines are effective even in pregnancies. Experts at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have published research in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Coronavirus vaccines effective for pregnant women and newborns: Study

Britain is close to striking a vaccine deal with the European Union as soon as this weekend that will remove the threat of the bloc cutting off supplies, The Times reported on Saturday.

Britain nearing vaccine deal with European Union: Report 

France's Health Minister Olivier Veran on Thursday announced ban on outdoor gatherings of more than six people. He said that 45,000 new coronavirus cases were detected in previous 24 hours.

France bans outdoor gatherings of more than six people as COVID-19 cases rise

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