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Quebec will begin offering the Imvamune vaccine after 25 cases of monkeypox were confirmed in the province.
2022-05-26

The U.S. CDC says that American health officials are releasing Jynneos vaccines to combat monkeypox.
2022-05-23

A compromise is reached regarding a COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property waiver for developing countries. According to the compromise, developing countries which have exported less than 10% of the world's COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2021 do not need to seek consent from the owner of the patent before authorising the vaccine. The patent waiver does not apply to other COVID-19-related pharmaceutical products.
2022-03-16

India reopens its border to fully vaccinated foreign travellers on regular commercial flights after being closed for 18 months since March 2020 due to a decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases. All travellers must follow COVID-19 protocols and show a negative test result from the previous 72 hours, except those from countries with mutual vaccine recognition.
2021-11-15

The number of people over the age of 16 years old in Australia who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine surpasses 90%.
2021-11-11

A study conducted by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology shows that Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is effective against all variants of SARS-CoV-2, including the Delta variant.
2021-07-12

Solomon Islands receives 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine from China.
2021-04-12

Sudan receives over 800,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative, becoming the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to receive it.
2021-03-3

Russia gives a preliminary approval for its Sputnik V vaccine to be manufactured in Serbia.
2021-02-12

Turkmenistan registers the Sputnik V vaccine despite having no confirmed cases in the country, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund. It becomes the first country in Central Asia to approve a Russian-made vaccine.
2021-01-18