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The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines should not tempt countries to relax efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, top World Health Organization officials said on Friday, citing concern that Brazil’s epidemic could spread to other countries.
“We think we’re through this. We’re not,” Mike Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert, told an online briefing. “Countries are going to lurch back into third and fourth surges if we’re not careful.”
Ghana Receives World s First Doses Of Free Covax Vaccines From India Ghana Receives World s First Doses Of Free Covax Vaccines From India Covax Vaccine: The 600,000 doses delivered to Ghana are the Oxford/AstraZeneca formula, made under license by the world s largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India.
Updated: February 24, 2021 5:51 pm IST
Covax Vaccine: Launched last April, Covax said it planned to ship two billion doses by year s end.
Accra, Ghana:
Ghana on Wednesday became the first country to receive vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute Covid inoculations for free for poorer countries.
Launched last April, Covax said it planned to ship two billion doses by year s end.
According to an EU official who spoke anonymously, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen will make the announcement later Friday during a meeting of the leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers.
People previously infected with the novel coronavirus responded very strongly to one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, regardless of when they were infected and whether or not they had detectable antibodies against Covid-19 prior to receiving the vaccine, a new study suggests.
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