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Abu Dhabi makes vaccination must for renewal or new licence for health professionals

11 Jan 2022

Emad El Din Khalil, Staff Reporter The Abu Dhabi Health Department has made anti-Covid vaccination mandatory for licencing and renewal of licences for health professionals of...

Biden eyes July 4 as ‘Independence Day’ from coronavirus

12 Mar 2021

Gulf Today Report One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden said on Thursday pledged in his first prime-time address that he...

Thai PM, cabinet cancel Friday’s scheduled AstraZeneca vaccinations

12 Mar 2021

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and members of his cabinet on Friday cancelled plans to receive AstraZeneca vaccine shots after the country delayed use of the vaccines over reports of...

UN chief urges vaccinations for all — not just the rich

16 Jan 2021

Gulf Today Report The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a video message that governments have a responsibility to protect their people, “but `vaccinationalism’ is self-defeating and will delay...

VIDEO: UAE begins phase III clinical trials of Russian vaccine

10 Jan 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The UAE has started the clinical trials of the Russian adenovirus-based vaccine on Sunday. The first volunteers began to participate in the trials. The...

Biden vows 100m COVID-19 vaccinations in first 100 days

09 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on January 20, 2021, pledged that his administration would carry out at least 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days...

UNICEF to stockpile over half billion syringes to prepare for eventual coronavirus vaccinations

20 Oct 2020

As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery of the eventual vaccine by purchasing and pre-positioning...

IPL, finally

18 Sep 2020

The usual glamour associated with the Indian Premier League, one the world’s biggest and richest cricket tournament, may have taken a beating due to the pandemic. But it’s a big...

Books are best company in times of crisis

22 Apr 2020

At a time when the deadly COVID-19 pandemic has confined billions of people inside their homes across the globe, nothing offers better company than books. Mention the word...

Samoa law embeds compulsory measles shots

19 Dec 2019

Samoa has passed a law to make childhood vaccinations compulsory as the Pacific nation continues efforts to contain a devastating measles outbreak that by Thursday had killed 77 people, most...

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