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Jan 23, 2021
Geneva (Switzerland), January 23: COVAX, the global initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, said on Friday that it will purchase up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Cost of rapid COVID-19 testing to be halved in low- and middle-income countries: Unitaid
NATO welcomes U.S. intention to extend New START with Russia
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