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Head of Vaccine Strategy at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Marco Cavaleri says it is "safe and effective" to issue booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines as soon as three months after the initial course, down from previous guidance of six months. SOUNDBITE
The benefits of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine outweigh the risks, World Health Organization (WHO) experts have concluded. The statement followed the European Medicines Agency (EMA) giving their green light to the vaccine on Thursday. IMAGES
Countries should continue using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for now, says WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan, after a number of nations halted its use over blood clot fears. SOUNDBITE
The EU is to donate another 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries, more than doubling its present pledge, the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen announces. SOUNDBITE
Colombo, Jun 28 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan senior citizens received on Monday the second dose of the Oxford Astrazeneca (Covishield) COVID-19 vaccine amid the third wave of the pandemic.Sri Lanka is facing a serious shortage of Astrazeneca vaccines to administer the second dose, according to health authorities.The island nation has so far recorded a total of 253,618 COVID-19 cases with 2,944 deaths while a total of 2,605,558 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 900,519 have already received the second one. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: SENIOR CITIZENS RECEIVE THE SECOND JAB OF THE OXFORD ASTRAZENECA COVID-19 VACCINE, AT A TEMPORARY VACCINATION SITE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
The European Medicines Agency approves the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab for 12- to 15-year-olds, the first vaccine to get the green light for children in the EU. SOUNDBITE
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