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Namibia to suspend first doses as COVID-19 vaccine supplies run low – memo

Namibia to suspend first doses as COVID-19 vaccine supplies run low – memo

NAMIBIA will from Tuesday temporarily suspend administering first doses of COVID-19 vaccines as supplies run low, a health ministry memo seen by Reuters showed. The southern African nation, in the midst of a deadly "third wave" of infections, recorded more than 2,500 new cases on Thursday, the highest daily tally since the virus was first detected in the country in March last year. The memo seen by Reuters said vaccine stocks had almost been depleted due to delays in the delivery of procured doses. It said remaining doses of the AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines should be reserved for people getting…
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WHO says vaccine hoarding ‘keeps pandemic burning’

WHO says vaccine hoarding ‘keeps pandemic burning’

RICH countries squabbling over COVID-19 vaccine supplies must consider the situation in poorer parts of the world, the World Health Organization has said, warning that hoarding of shots "keeps the pandemic burning". WHO officials were speaking after the European Commission said it had agreed a plan to control exports of vaccines from the European Union, including to Britain, arguing it needed to do so to ensure its own supplies. The EU, whose member states are far behind Israel, Britain and the United States in rolling out vaccines, is scrambling to get supplies just as the West's biggest drugmakers slow deliveries…
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