COVID-19 vaccine made mandatory for troops: US President Joe Biden supports Pentagon
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Monday said he strongly supported the effort by the Department of Defence (DOD) to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for members of the U.S. military by Sept. 15.
By Sept every Canadian can be vaccinated: Justin Trudeau
Canada/IBNS: Canada's federal government has delivered almost 500,000 doses to provinces and territories and is on track to deliver more than one million doses from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna by the end of January, said Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in today's news conference.
Misinformation and growing distrust on vaccines, ‘dangerous as a disease’ says UNICEF chief
New York, June 29 (IBNS): Vaccines save millions of lives, and yet misinformation, limited availability and inadequate access to services have left large numbers of children in jeopardy, prompting the United Nations Children’s Fund to convene a high-level UN event on Friday to “tackle the issue”.
New York, Apr 25 (IBNS): At the start of World Immunization Week , the United Nations on Tuesday said that while vaccines are protecting more children than ever, more countries need to make immunization a priority, because more than one million children still die every year from vaccine-preventable diseases.