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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
The United States will release an additional 20 million doses of Covid vaccine to other countries, bringing the total being shipped out to 80 million. Speaking at her daily briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters "the United States will send 20 million doses authorized for use in the United States to help countries battling the pandemic by the end of June". SOUNDBITE
Kuala Lumpur, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- Malaysia began AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination program on Tuesday for people who chose to receive it after it had been removed from an ongoing roll-out due to public fears over its safety. (Camera: FAZRY ISMAIL).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WEARING MASKS WALK ON THE STREET IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.
Srinagar, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- After battling needle-phobia and ignoring many vaccination myths, a fearful Shumaila Firdous sat in a chair with Islamic devotional songs blaring on her headphones.She squeezed her eyes tight as a nurse came with a cotton swab and a 0.5 ml AD syringe at a community hall-turned-immunization center in Kashmir as India reels under a devastating second wave of the coronavirus.India on Tuesday surpassed 20 million coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, registering 357,229 new cases in the last 24 hours, while a virulent second wave has strained the country's healthcare system.The South Asian country also reported 3,449 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 222,408, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, while experts believe that the actual figures could be significantly higher. (Camera: FAROOQ KHAN).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF SRINAGAR IN INDIAN KASHMIR DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN.
Washington, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: EPA archive)The United States Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Precention on Tuesday recommended a pause in the use of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine following reports of rate blood clots. EFE/EPA ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATIONS IN THE US.
The Director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urges countries to donate 10 mn vaccine doses 'immediately' to Covax, the mechanism created to give equitable access to vaccine globally. SOUNDBITE
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