Those critical of India’s and South Africa’s proposal argue that suspension of patents would not address the production and shortage issues.

'Vaccine patent suspension will help more nations': Piyush Goyal

The Coronavirus vaccine will not be mandatory for the athletes participating in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2020 says IOC Vice-President.

'Vaccine encouraged but not compulsory for athletes': IOC VP

European Union leaders will meet on Thursday to work on vaccination certificates for EU residents who have received vaccines. Southern EU countries are highly dependent on tourism, and looking for ways to salvage this year’s summer holiday season.

European Union mulls 'vaccination passports' to bring back tourists

Patents are slowing the vaccinations down. Since last year, India and South Africa have been pushing for a ban on vaccine patents. Only to be stonewalled by the rich countries.

The fight for Covid-19 vaccine patents rages on

Are you ready to live with the coronavirus for another five years? Answer is surely no. The entire world is desperate for the pandemic to end, but for it, we need herd immunity.

What role can India play in coronavirus vaccine inoculation?

South Africa’s official unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2020 further jumped to 32.5 per cent - the highest since the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) in 2008.

Unemployment in South Africa marks highest jump since 2008

Air New Zealand will trial a digital travel pass to give airlines and border authorities access to passenger health information, including their Covid-19 vaccination status, the carrier said Monday.

Air New Zealand to trial digital Covid 'vaccination passport'

All adults in Britain will be offered a first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday ahead of a planned announcement on the cautious reopening of the economy from lockdown.

Britain to offer all adults a COVID-19 vaccine by end of July

President Joe Biden on Friday (February 19) said he is confident the United States will exceed his goal of delivering 100 million vaccine doses in the first 100 days of his term in office.

Biden confident US will deliver more than 100 million vaccine shots in 100 days

Russia on Saturday (February 20) approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale clinical trials of the shot, labeled CoviVac and produced by the Chumakov Centre, have yet to begin.

Russia approves its third COVID-19 vaccine

Millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses are going to get wasted in large as Japan struggles to secure special syringes. Production has been impacted at a large scale while manufacturers are looking for ways to ramp up production of the syringes. The country signed a contract with Pfizer of 144 million doses for 72 million people.

Japan faces shortage of special syringes

Among governments and those in the travel industry, a new term has entered the vocabulary: vaccine passport. One of President Joe Biden’s executive orders aimed at curbing the pandemic asks government agencies to “assess the feasibility” of linking coronavirus vaccine certificates with other vaccination documents, and producing digital versions of them.

Coming soon: The ‘Vaccine Passport’

The first vaccines against COVID-19 have gone mostly to wealthier countries and now several middle-income countries are getting their shots. Many come from Chinese and Russian drug makers however, critics know that developers are not forthcoming with data on their vaccine safety and efficacy.

COVID-19 Vaccine developers are not forthcoming with data on their vaccine safety

COVID-19 has disrupted the world economy. With the rollout of vaccines, things are slowly limping back to normal. Not everyone gets vaccinated at the same time. How can nations ease‌ the COVID-19 travel restrictions, some say a vaccine passport could be the answer. WION brings you more details.

Does a vaccine passport is a practical solution, will it allow traveling freely?

Vaccine Manufacturer Pfizer on Friday withdraws its application from India. Pfizer vaccine was the first to get the emergency use authorization in India. This decision has come after reportedly failing to meet the drug regulator demand for local safety and immunogenicity study. So this decision means vaccines will not be available for sale in the world's second-most populous nation.

Pfizer drops India Vaccine Application, fail to meet drug regulators demand

Johnson & Johnson submitted an application for emergency authorization for its much anticipated one-dose coronavirus vaccine.

Johnson & Johnson requests emergency authorisation for COVID-19 vaccine

Even as India's covid vaccine supplies reached South Africa, Indian Prime Minister Modi has assured South African President Cyril Ramaphosa that India has the capacity to fulfill the needs of the African continent.

India would serve Covid vaccine needs of Africa, PM Modi tells South African President Ramaphosa

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has said that 97 per cent people who have received COVID-19 vaccine are satisfied and the results are based on the feedback registered by vaccinated people through IT Ministry's feedback platform.

Govt says 97% of those who took Covid-19 shots are satisfied with experience

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday (February 1) defended her government against criticism that Germany's vaccine roll-out was too slow, saying that there had been a good reason for Europe's modest pace compared to other regions.

Merkel vows to offer all Germans COVID-19 vaccine by end-summer

South Africa welcomed its first batch of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday. President Cyril Ramaphosa, Deputy Vice President David Mabuza, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, Indian High Commissioner to South Africa, Jaideep Sarkar received the first consignment of one million jabs of the vaccine.

South Africa welcomes its first batch of coronavirus vaccine from India

They get the jab inside the bus from medical firefighters who helm the initiative.

Vacci-bus initiative to ensure no one is left behind for Covid vaccine jabs

Britain expects the European Union to facilitate all deliveries of vaccines, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, repeating the government wanted the doses to make sure the most vulnerable were vaccinated.

UK PM Boris Johnson takes a jibe at EU vaccination

The European Union has so far approved vaccines from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech as well as from US company Moderna.

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine supplies to EU nations lower than expected

The European Union failed to make a breakthrough in crisis talks with AstraZeneca on Wednesday and demanded the drugmaker spell out how it would supply the bloc with reserved doses of COVID-19 vaccine from plants in Europe and Britain.

European Union demands AstraZeneca plan to break vaccine deadlock

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