The Long Read: Why world’s first malaria shot won’t reach millions of children who need it
JENNIFER RIGBY, NATALIE GROVER and MAGGIE FICK, of Reuters, report on how efforts to roll-out the world’s first malaria vaccine are being thwarted…
Vaccine maker Serum waives AstraZeneca shot indemnity for refugee program
Reuters The Serum Institute of India has waived its protection from legal liabilities for any AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 shots it supplies to a global program for refugees, a spokesperson for the GAVI vaccine alliance told Reuters on Wednesday. The news comes days after Reuters reported that tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines […]
COVID fight could return ‘to square one’: experts sound vaccines alarm
London, UKReuters India’s export ban on COVID-19 shots risks dragging the battle against the pandemic “back to square one” unless wealthy nations step in to plug a gaping hole in the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme, health specialists said on Thursday. COVAX, which is critical for poorer countries, relies on AstraZeneca shots made by the Serum […]
India’s halt to vaccine exports “very problematic” for Africa
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters An extended halt to exports of COVID-19 vaccines from India, where authorities are battling a wave of domestic infections, risks derailing vaccination efforts already underway in Africa, one of the continent’s top health officials said on Tuesday. India stopped vaccine exports a month ago and, according to a Reuters report earlier on […]