 | | | | Egypt's drug authority said on Monday it had granted approval to China's Sinovac (SVA.O) coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. | | | | | | India will receive a first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 on May 1, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, said in an interview with CNN, Interfax new agency reported on Monday. | | | | | | A cooperation between the United States and three of its closest Indo-Pacific partners to supply up to a billion coronavirus vaccine doses across Asia by the end of 2022 was 'still on track', senior administration officials said on Monday, despite a surge of the virus in India, one of the countries involved. | | | | | | France will supply India with "substantial medical aid" to help the country tackle a huge wave of new coronavirus infections that are overwhelming its hospitals, the Elysee presidential palace said on Monday. | | | | | | The United States will start to share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's (AZN.L) coronavirus vaccine with other countries as soon as the next few weeks, the White House said on Monday. | | | | | | India ordered its armed forces on Monday to help tackle surging new coronavirus infections, as nations including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged urgent medical aid to try to contain an emergency overwhelming the country's hospitals. | | | | | | The United States has administered 230,768,454 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. | | | | | | The Irish state body charged with advising on the use of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to recommend that Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccine be used for anyone over the age of 50, state broadcaster RTE reported on Monday. | | | | | | Turks will be required to stay mostly at home under a nationwide "full lockdown" starting on Thursday and lasting until May 17 to curb a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths, President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday. | | | | | | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday discussed the evolving coronavirus situation with U.S. President Joe Biden, the government said in a tweet. | | | | | |
