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Dhaka, May 12 (EFE/EPA).- Bangladesh on Wednesday received half a million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, donated from China. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM).SHOT LIST: CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BANGLADESH LI JIMING HANDS OVER THE SINOPHARM COVID-19 VACCINE TO BANGLADESH'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR AK ABDUL MOMEN AND HEALTH MINISTER ZAHID MALEQUE AT THE STATE GUEST HOUSE PADMA IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the WHO has approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the first Chinese jab to receive the WHO's green light. The UN health agency has signed off on the two-dose vaccine, which is already being deployed in dozens of countries around the world. The WHO has already given emergency use listing to the vaccines being made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson, and the AstraZeneca jab being produced at separate sites in India and in South Korea. SOUNDBITE
Colombo, Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka received Tuesday a shipment of 1.6 million doses of vaccines from the Sinopharm laboratory donated by China.To date, Sri Lanka has recorded 298,181 Covid-19 infections and 4,147 deaths from the disease. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: SINOPHARM VACCINE SHIPMENT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Various Southeast Asain Cities, Jul 13 (EFE/EPA).- The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) on Tuesday urged the acceleration of Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to countries in Southeast Asia, hit hard by a fierce new wave of the pandemic linked in part to the Delta variant.Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are some of the countries most affected, having consistently registered record numbers of deaths and daily cases recently, and as vaccinations are carried out slowly and hospitals are full or overwhelmed."Millions of people in Asia are living on the cruel and sharp edge of a global vaccine divide between richer countries that have a steady supply and most nations in Asia that are struggling to access sufficient doses to keep their populations safe," said Alexander Matheou, IFRC Asia-Pacific director, in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS AUTHORITIES DISTRIBUTE FINANCIAL AIDS TO CORONAVIRUS-HIT FAMILIES IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES; CORONAVIRUS CHECKPOINTS IN BALI, INDONESIA; VACCINATION DRIVE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; EMPTY STREETS AND SUPERMARKETS IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM; AND MASS GRAVE FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS AT CEMETERY IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Manila, Mar 1 (EFE/EPA).- The Philippines began Monday its immunization campaign against covid-19 by vaccinating several health authorities, after receiving its first 600,000 doses of the Chinese Sinovac jab the day before, donated by China’s government, authorities said in a statement.Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, director of the General Hospital of the Philippines, one of the largest in the country, was the first to be vaccinated, followed by other authorities, such as the head of vaccine management, Carlito Galvez, government officials and hospital health personnel. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO). SHOT LIST: FIRST DAY OF COVID-19 VACCINE ROLL OUT IN PHILIPPINES.
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