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Pfizer and Moderna raise prices for COVID-19 vaccines in EU

Pfizer and Moderna raise prices for COVID-19 vaccines in EU

Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have raised the prices of their COVID-19 vaccines in their latest European Union supply contracts, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The new price for the Pfizer shot was 19.50 euros …

Anti-vax conspiracies are thriving in Eastern Europe

Anti-vax conspiracies are thriving in Eastern Europe

The European Union has met its 70 per cent Covid-19 vaccination target. But the rise of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories has ensured that vaccination rates in all emerging European nations remain below the EU average

Uzbekistan receives Moderna vaccine from U.S.

Uzbekistan receives Moderna vaccine from U.S.

The United States has provided Uzbekistan with 3 million 60 doses of Moderna coronavirus vaccine as a grant, Trend reports referring to the press service of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan. The ministry reports that the …

Russia reports over 23,500 daily COVID-19 cases

Russia reports over 23,500 daily COVID-19 cases

Russia confirmed 23,564 COVID-19 cases over the past day, bringing the total case tally to 6,242,066, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday. In relative terms, the incidence grew by 0.38%. Moscow …

Cuba says Iran to start producing its COVID-19 vaccine

Cuba says Iran to start producing its COVID-19 vaccine

Iran will next week become the first country outside of Cuba to start producing one of the Communist-run island’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccines on an industrial scale, Cuban state-run media said on Wednesday. The allies are under …

Nearly 20 mln people in Russia fully vaccinated with Sputnik V

Nearly 20 mln people in Russia fully vaccinated with Sputnik V

Nearly 20 mln Russians have been fully vaccinated with Sputnik V, about 1 mln with the EpiVacCorona jab and about 300,000 with CoviVac, head of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Anna …

Israel to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against COVID-19

Israel to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against COVID-19

Israel's Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced that children aged 5 to 11, who are at high risk of developing severe COVID-19 disease, could be vaccinated against the virus. Currently, only 12-year-olds and over are eligible to …

Explosion rocks chemicals site in western Germany

Explosion rocks chemicals site in western Germany

An explosion rocked an industrial park in the western German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, causing some injuries and prompting police to close several motorways and ask residents nearby to stay in their homes. The explosion happened in …

Turkey's daily COVID-19 cases rise to 16,809

Turkey's daily COVID-19 cases rise to 16,809

Turkey's new coronavirus cases jumped to 16,809 on Monday, the highest since early May, from 14,230 a day earlier, according to health ministry data that also showed a daily death toll of 63 people. The ministry added that 5,585 …

U.S. provides 1.5 mln doses of Moderna vaccine to Tajikistan

U.S. provides 1.5 mln doses of Moderna vaccine to Tajikistan

The U.S. government provided Tajikistan with 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.  The vaccine doses represent humanitarian assistance from the United States for the people of Tajikistan and arrived on Monday, July …

Foreigners required vaccination passport to enter Azerbaijan

Foreigners required vaccination passport to enter Azerbaijan

From now on, when entering Azerbaijan, foreigners and stateless persons over 18 years old will have to present at the border a passport confirming the full course of vaccination against COVID-19. The government of the republic made such …

Israel: Pfizer vaccine 39% effective in halting Delta

Israel: Pfizer vaccine 39% effective in halting Delta

Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine provided a strong shield against hospitalization and more severe disease in cases caused by the contagious delta variant in Israel in recent weeks, even though it was just 39% effective in preventing …