After the United States implemented an exemption on its current sanctions, Iran found a way to purchase coronavirus vaccines. And in due time, considering their country is experiencing the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the Middle East.
The Iranian government looks to acquire 16.8 million vaccine doses from the World Health...
The Argentinian government expects to begin vaccinating its citizens on Tuesday, the government revealed on Sunday. The South American nation will do so using the Russian-manufactured Sputnik V vaccine, which was approved for emergency use by Argentinian health authorities.
Around 300,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Argentina...
The European Union launched a cross-border vaccination program on Sunday in an attempt to rid the continent of the coronavirus pandemic. This initiative is being done with the intention of safeguarding the health of European citizens while also rebuilding a fractured European economy. So far, billions of lives have...
As a result of a heavily failing economy, the Venezuelan government has decided to move to a fully digitized economy. With U.S. sanctions and collapsing oil revenues plaguing the country, hyperinflation has practically made the bolivar banknotes worthless. What’s more, the U.S. dollar is being used on an increasing...
The Russian government has announced its plans to test the latest vaccine candidates in late clinical trials to take place in Ukraine, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced on Saturday. This COVID-19 vaccine is a combination of the already-completed Russian vaccine, the Sputnik V, and...
The Serum Institute of India (SII), India’s local manufacturer of the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine, announced on Sunday that it would like to focus its efforts on providing vaccines to the Indian population over the next two months before expanding the vaccine distribution to other interested countries.
During an interview, SII...
With Europe suffering through an extreme surge of coronavirus cases, the European Union has entered into negotiations with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the companies’ vaccines, with an option to acquire an additional 200 million doses if desired.
This is on top of...
While Moderna continues to wait for the European Commission’s decision on whether or not to approve the use of its vaccine within European Union member states, the biotech firm received a monumental boost as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended that Moderna’s vaccine be authorized for use.
EMA executive director...
The government of Peru has agreed to purchase an initial batch of one million COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm for a sum of $26 million. This is the first part of a deal to buy 38 million doses from the Chinese company.
While the nation’s vaccine program has...
Biotech firm Moderna and ride-sharing company Uber have announced their intention to partner up in an effort to promote coronavirus vaccine distribution and improve ease of access.
In an announcement on Tuesday, the companies revealed that the first stage of their partnership would involve providing the public with “credible information”...