vaccination
Ukraine interested in buying Israel's COVID-19 vaccine – Zelensky
Zelensky had a phone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.
16:10, 14 August 2020
Reuters: Germany says Russian COVID-19 vaccine has not been sufficiently tested
Moscow's decision to grant approval before final trials have been completed has raised concerns among some experts.
17:50, 12 August 2020
Reuters: Russia becomes first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, says Putin
He said he hoped the country would soon start mass producing the vaccine.
14:20, 11 August 2020
Ukraine may receive about 8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine – Chief Medical Officer
This number of doses covers about 20% of the country's population.
20:55, 04 August 2020
Zelensky: Ukraine should be among first countries to buy COVID-19 vaccine
Ukraine's health minister holds relevant consultations and keeps in touch with companies and diplomats from different countries.
19:58, 25 July 2020
High risk of polio outbreak in Ukraine, health ministry warns
Over the five months of this year, only 30% of children in their first year of life requiring mandatory vaccinations received all three doses.
23:15, 03 July 2020
Ukraine to start talks to preorder COVID-19 vaccine – Stepanov
The vaccine has been developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
15:35, 17 June 2020
Zelensky elaborates on access to COVID-19 vaccine for Ukrainians
The president set a task to intensify talks on international cooperation in the purchase of a COVID-19 vaccine.
13:10, 17 June 2020
G20 contributes over US$21 bln to fight COVID-19
These pledges will be directed towards diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and research and development for the benefit of all.
20:45, 06 June 2020
German virologists oppose compulsory vaccination against coronavirus
Citizens would definitely be smart enough to know when there was a safe vaccine that would promote their health.
21:30, 16 May 2020
Italian scientists claim to have developed world's first coronavirus vaccine – media
"Human tests are expected after this summer," says chief executive of company developing treatment.
10:40, 07 May 2020
Coronavirus vaccine to be tested in UK from Thursday, government announces – media
Oxford team hopes to have vaccine available for use by the autumn.
11:21, 22 April 2020
Chinese scientists successfully conduct first animal trials of inactivated coronavirus vaccine
Collectively, the results suggest a path forward for clinical development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines for use in humans.
14:00, 21 April 2020
WHO says clinical trials of three COVID-19 vaccines underway
Work also continues to accelerate R&D to counteract the pandemic.
01:15, 16 April 2020
The Guardian: Lockdowns can't end until Covid-19 vaccine found, study says
China's restrictions have brought the first wave to an end but the danger of a second is very real.
14:32, 09 April 2020
Coronavirus vaccine: WHO announces first trial (Video)
WHO and its partners are organizing a study in many countries to compare untested treatments.
20:57, 18 March 2020
Biotech company says coronavirus vaccine ready for initial tests
Moderna is not the only drug company hoping to find a preventative treatment for the virus.
20:30, 25 February 2020
China coronavirus: Hong Kong researchers develop vaccine but need time to test it – media
It will take months to test the vaccine on animals and at least another year to conduct clinical trials on humans before it was fit for use.
11:08, 29 January 2020
