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Biden details latest vaccine donations, delays June target

22-06-2021 10:46 White House announces a list of countries that would receive 55 million doses, after previously detailing the first tranche of 25 million. In total, three-quarters of the 80 million will be sent through Covax. Argentina is among the nations listed.

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US to 'supercharge' pandemic fight with 500-million-dose vaccine donation

10-06-2021 16:04 The United States will donate 500 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer nations, the White House said Thursday, to "supercharge" the pandemic fight.

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US to give 80 million vaccine doses to priority nations, 75% via Covax

03-06-2021 14:39 Biden outlines plan for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses that the US will distribute globally, with 75% of shots disbursed via the Covax programme.

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Covax delivery: 657,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Argentina

26-05-2021 13:52 Argentina received an additional 657,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Amsterdam via the World Health Organisation's Covax scheme on Wednesday, a timely arrival as deaths from Covid-19 surpassed 75,000 deaths.

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UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

17-05-2021 15:15 G7 and EU nations can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising their own objectives, UNICEF said Monday.

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City Hall to begin vaccinating residents aged 55 to 59

14-05-2021 11:50 Buenos Aires will begin vaccinating those aged 55 to 59, as well as those considered strategic personnel and at-risk individuals with pre-existing health conditions, according to City Health Minister Fernán Quirós.

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Argentina to receive four million AstraZeneca vaccine doses in May

13-05-2021 08:38 Health Minister Carla Vizzotti confirmed Tuesday that government is set to take delivery of close to four million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine throughout May.

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Second Covax delivery of 864,000 AstraZeneca doses arrives

18-04-2021 22:07 Argentina took delivery of a new shipment of Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, receiving 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca shot via the World Health Organisation's COVAX scheme.

Global pandemic

'Oil for vaccines,' offers Venezuela's Maduro as Covid bites

29-03-2021 14:07 As a second wave of coronavirus takes Venezuela by storm, president Nicolas Maduro offers to exchange "oil for vaccines."

Vaccine delivery

Argentina takes delivery of 218,000 vaccine doses via Covax scheme

28-03-2021 22:40 Argentina took delivery of 218,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 on Sunday, the country's first shipment from the World Health Organisation's Covax scheme.

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Venezuela won't accept AstraZeneca vaccine through Covax

25-03-2021 14:47 Venezuela informs the Pan American Health Organisation it will not accept the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite having ordered between 1.4 and 2.4 million doses of it through Covax.

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Covax details rollout of 238 million Covid-19 vaccine doses

02-03-2021 18:16 More than 238 million doses will be distributed around the world by the end of May through the Covax programme aimed at boosting access to coronavirus jabs in poorer nations.

Global pandemic

Colombia becomes first country in Americas to receive Covax shots

01-03-2021 22:14 Colombia becomes the first country in the Americas to receive a delivery of coronavirus vaccines through the global Covax scheme that aims to ensure poorer countries are not left behind in the global immunisation drive.

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UN urges global Covid vaccine plan, warns of dangerous inequity

17-02-2021 13:42 Secretary-General António Guterres sounds alarm that just 10 nations have administered 75% of Covid-19 vaccine doses so far – and 130 countries have had none at all.