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Rural people's knowledge about Covid and vaccines
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Rural people's knowledge about Covid and vaccines

A shipment of vaccines provided for Sudan by COVAX is received by local officials at Khartoum International Airport late on Aug. 5. EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
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Rich countries are ignoring the global vaccine system

Bimla Thakur, 56, a health worker, treks through mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Doctors scale rockslides, invoke gods to vaccinate Himalayan villages

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Global leaders commit support for equitable access to Covid vaccines

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: PMO
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Declare Covid vaccines as 'global public good': Hasina

A healthcare worker prepares to administer a dose of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine, marketed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) as COVISHIELD, against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Santiago, Dominican Republic February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas/File Photo
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UK recognises Covishield jab after India outcry

A medical worker displays a vial with a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Tehran, Iran Sept 20, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/REUTERS
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India's Serum Institute to invest $68 million in UK vaccine maker Oxford Biomedica

99% people with second dose vaccine have antibodies: Study
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99% people with second dose vaccine have antibodies: Study

3D-printed toy figurines, a syringe and a vial labelled "coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine" are seen in front of India flag in this illustration taken May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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India to resume Covid vaccine exports from October

A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, US, August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
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US looks to Covid-19 boosters to curb virus spread

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the crisis in Afghanistan during a speech in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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US and India in talks over timeline for restarting Covid-19 vaccine exports

Women wait to receive a dose of COVISHIELD vaccine, a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, outside a vaccination centre in Kolkata, India, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
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India worried about complacency over second dose of Covid-19 vaccine

A health worker displays a vial of the Covaxin vaccine at a health centre in New Delhi. Photo: AFP via Hindustan Times
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India says one vaccine dose prevents 96.6% Covid-19 deaths