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Bottles of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Janssen Covid-19 vaccine await transfer into syringes for administering at a vaccine rollout targetting immingrants and the undocumented in Los Angeles, California on March 25, 2021. - The US is calling for a pause on April 13, 2021 on administering the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine due to blood clotting concerns. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

UNICEF, partners to supply 220m COVID-19 vaccines for AU countries

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is to partner Janssen Pharmaceutical NV to supply 220 million doses of the J&J single-dose COVID-19 vaccines to 55-member African Union (AU) countries by the end of
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[FILES] People walk past a signpost of the Government Science College where gunmen kidnapped dozens of students and staffs, in Kagara, Rafi Local Government Niger State, Nigeria on February 18, 2021 (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

950 pupils abducted in Nigeria since Dec 2020, says UN

Armed men have abducted, at least, 950 Nigerian pupils from their schools since December 2020, the United Nations (UN) has said.
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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on the COVID-19 outbreak (the novel coronavirus) at the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

WHO, UNICEF urge wealthy countries to share vaccines with poor nations

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have asked wealthy countries to share COVID-19 vaccines with poorer nations once they inoculate their health workers and other vulnerable groups.
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