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World Bank working with countries to resolve vaccine legal hurdles

The World Bank is working closely with over 100 countries to pave the way for them to receive low-interest loans and funding to purchase and distribute COVID-19 vaccines, World Bank Group President ... Read More

Minnesota shuns federal COVID-19 vaccine guidance to align with national medical groups

In what it called a "departure from prior years," the Minnesota Department of Health endorsed COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from three national medical associations rather than the federal ... Read More

Exclusive: World Bank seeks board approval for $12 bln coronavirus vaccine financing plan

World Bank President David Malpass said on Tuesday he is seeking board approval for a $12 billion coronavirus vaccine financing plan to help poor and developing countries secure a sufficient share of ... Read More

U.N. chief: time for national plans to help fund global COVID-19 vaccine effort

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday it is time for countries to start using money from their national COVID-19 response to help fund a global vaccine plan as the World Bank warned that ... Read More

Under pressure, WHO plans COVID-19 vaccine insurance scheme for poor nations

A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to allay fears ... Read More

UNICEF says drugmakers can produce unprecedented vaccine quantities for COVID-19

Unprecedented quantities of vaccines could be produced by 28 manufacturers in 10 countries over the next two years to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday, ... Read More

COVID-19 vaccine could help fundamentally change pandemic's arc - WHO

A COVID-19 vaccine may be rolled out by March 2021 to the most vulnerable, which along with other advances could fundamentally change the course of the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization ... Read More

Sinovac secures $515 mln funding to boost COVID-19 vaccine production

China's Sinovac Biotech has secured $515 million in funding from a local firm to double production capacity of its coronavirus vaccine, the companies said on Monday, as it expects efficacy data of its ... Read More