Health care workers received the first shots in Taiwan's Covid-19 vaccination drive, beginning a campaign that won't use supplies from China amid uneven distribution of the vaccines globally
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed the sale of one million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine received from the Serum Institute of India last month has been concluded
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said he would be inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus
Finland on Friday suspended the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines after two cases of blood clots were reported in people after receiving the dose
"We urge countries to continue using this important Covid-19 vaccine," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva.
Countries across the European Union, including Germany, France and Spain, are resuming using AstraZeneca Plc's vaccine after temporarily suspending it to investigate a possible blood-clot issue
Johnson, 56, received his vaccine at the same hospital where almost a year ago he was put in an intensive care unit and given oxygen via a tube in his nose after he contracted the virus
Senior officials in New Delhi confirmed that there was no ban on exports from India, and no plans to do so either.
Oxford University is partnered with AstraZeneca on the vaccine
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced getting inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday
Spain, Cyprus, Italy and France will resume administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was 'safe and effective'
Britain will have to slow its vaccine rollout next month due to a supply crunch caused by a delay in a shipment of AstraZeneca shots from India and the need to test the stability of 1.7 million doses
Caccine is 'safe and effective' and benefits outweigh any risks, says EMA
Several large European economies have had to reimpose lockdowns as caseloads rise, while vaccination programs are slowing due to concerns about side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine
Germany, France and others had said they wanted to wait for the European Medicines Agency's determination before deciding whether to resume using the vaccine
Britain is using vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca, with 10 million doses of the 100 million ordered from AstraZeneca coming from the Serum Institute.
The world is awaiting a decision from Europe's top medical regulator
Top WHO official calls blood clots in AstraZeneca jab 'very rare'
Several European countries have paused the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine due to worries over possible side effects
The European Union's chief executive criticised Anglo-Swedish vaccine-maker AstraZeneca on Wednesday