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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
Kolkata (India), Aug 9 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Piyal Adhikary) After the Indian state of Bengal faced a shortage of vaccines, this Monday many people managed to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in Kolkata.FOOTAGE OF THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
New Delhi (India), Jul 13 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Rajat Gupta) .- The Indian government's vaccination centers are facing a shortage of doses of the Covishield drug in New Delhi.FOOTAGE FROM THE COVID-19 VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Manila, May 5 (EFE/EPA).- The Philippines authorized Tuesday the emergency use of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19, which allows it to be included in the immunization plan of Rodrigo Duterte’s government, which has suffered many delays."After a rigorous and comprehensive review by experts and physicians of the currently available data, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants authorization for the emergency use of the Moderna vaccine," Eric Domingo, head of the food and drug administration, said in an online Tuesday press conference. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATIONS IN METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
New Delhi/Bangalore/Kolkata/Bhopal, Apr 1 (EFE/EPA).- India began its third phase of vaccination on Thursday to immunize people over the age of 45, as it seeks to accelerate its campaign amid a second wave of Covid-19 cases in the country.In this phase, everyone born before Jan. 1, 1977 can register through the COWIN digital platform to receive the first dose of the vaccine, according to the health ministry. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA / JAGADEESH NV / PIYAL ADHIKARY / SANJEEV GUPTA). SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS VACCINATE CITIZENS AGAINST COVID-19 DURING THE THIRD PHASE OF VACCINATION IN NEW DELHI, BANGALORE, KOLKATA AND BHOPAL, INDIA.
The World Health Organization gives emergency use approval to AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines, allowing distribution to some of the world's poorest countries to begin. SOUNDBITE