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Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA |  The European Commission is engaged in negotiations with third countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, on the mutual recognition of vaccine certificates, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said here on Monday. At a press conference following a meeting for the …

There is a global shortage of AstraZeneca caused by a ban on the importation of the vaccine from India Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health is uncertain when it will receive the next batch of COVID-19 vaccines to enable the ongoing vaccination exercise to continue, the permanent secretary …

  London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT |  Britain remains in “a vulnerable position” in fighting coronavirus despite the progress of the country’s vaccination program, a scientist advising the British government said Tuesday. Professor Adam Finn from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises the government on vaccine priority, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Vice Chancellor of Kyambogo University has appealed to the Government to reopen the COVID-19 management facility at Mandela National stadium Namboole for isolation and management of  students who test positive. Addressing the media about the COVID-19 situation in Kyambogo University on Monday, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is expected to outline new measures to contain what is said to be a second COVID-19 wave that has hit the country. His address come days after the Ministry of Health sent out an alert warning of increasing admissions, deaths and …

Uganda looking at J&J, Sinopharm vaccines to fill AstraZeneca Shortfalls Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is considering using the single dose Johnson & Johnson and Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to address the existing global AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shortage that will affect vaccine stocks in the country. According to officials …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is considering retrieving vaccines from districts that have failed to utilize them. According to the data from the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNEPI), they are considering picking 91,000 vaccine doses from 36 districts across the country. Some of the districts …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | The German government has rejected the U.S. proposal to waive patent rights on COVID-19 vaccines, Minister of Health Jens Spahn told journalists on Friday. Spahn said that as an innovation hub, Germany had an interest in protecting intellectual property rights. The United States has proposed that pharmaceutical …

U.S. on Wednesday agreed to support waiving intellectual property (IP) restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines, a breakthrough in the global fight against the pandemic Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Thursday welcomed the United States position to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines in a bid to increase global supplies …

IOC welcomes Pfizer and BioNTech’s donation of vaccines to teams heading for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | A massive plan to ensure all participants to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 are vaccinated in the next two months has started. As …