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The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced Monday that agreements to produce the anti-Covid Sputnik V vaccine have been reached “with companies from Italy, Spain, France and Germany”, pending its approval in the EU. The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which financed the development of the Sputnik …

Brussels is trying to fill in the gaps. After being annoyed by delays in delivery of doses of vaccines against Covid-19, the European Commission on Tuesday concluded an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech to accelerate the delivery of 10 million doses in the second quarter, announced the executive European cited …

As reported by BBC News, Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted their rollouts. There have been a number of cases in Europe of blood clots reported after the vaccine was administered. The UK …

After Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Iceland, Thailand, Ireland and Netherland and Germany, France also suspends Astrazeneca vaccines, but for 24 hours. Emmanuel Macron the French president announced this Monday, March 15, 2021, the suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in France. This decision was taken as a precaution while …

The German association of intensive care doctors on Monday called for an immediate return to severe restrictions to contain the third wave of Covid-19, while the authorities have just relaxed them. The association made this demand because of the spread of the British variant. Read also: At least 2 dead …

The Netherlands join the list of countries to suspend the use of Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines due to concerns about possible side effects. The Dutch government said the move, which will last until at least 29 March, was a precaution, BBC News reports. The Republic of Ireland earlier made a similar decision …

The decision to suspend astrazeneca vaccines was taken because of concerns about blood clots forming in vaccinated people. The European Medicines Agency has opened an investigation. This suspension comes “after reports of serious cases of blood clots forming in people who have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine,” said the …

The developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 on Tuesday questioned the neutrality of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) after an EMA official urged EU members to refrain from approving the Russian vaccine for now. Christa Wirthumer-Hoche, the head of EMA’s management board, told a talk show on Austrian …

European Union leaders will meet on Thursday to try to speed up the production and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in a race against the emergence of new variants that some fear could bring a third wave of the pandemic across the continent. They will also consider how to strike the …

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday he was heading to an asylum seekers centre in the city of Pau in southwestern France after media reported an immigration official has been stabbed to death. Read also: Uganda: Anthony kerali, University professor found dead He said on Twitter he would …