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The Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries, has urged COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to redouble their efforts in scaling up production of vaccines, specifically for these countries.
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UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening malnutrition in the next 12 months, a tenfold jump over average annual levels.
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The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) say in the next four months, conflict, COVID-19 and the climate crisis are likely to increase hunger in 23 countries.
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A financial report by drug maker AstraZeneca said its revenue increased by 23 per cent mainly from the sale of their COVID-19 vaccines.
Read More Israel was expected to start vaccinating its elder citizens with a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a statement by the country’s Ministry of Health on Thursday.
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A court in Moscow on Thursday fined Google for failing to store the data of users who are based in Russia in that country.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said the global number of Coronavirus deaths during the previous week climbed by 21 per cent.
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World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections rose by eight per cent last week to more than 3.8 million.
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Facebook Inc (FB.O) says it will stop allowing advertisers to target people under 18 years of age on its platforms based on their interests or their activity on other sites.
Read More Google said on Tuesday that it was taking legal action over an expanded version of Germany’s hate-speech law that recently took effect, saying its provisions violated the right to privacy of its users.
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