The EU-funded Solidarity for Health Initiative, implemented jointly with the World Health Organisation (WHO) since 2020, has presented its results achieved in Azerbaijan during the project period.
Covid-19
On 10 February, the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a joint ceremony to award certificates and medical supplies.
Health workers in Azerbaijan remain the most trusted source of information about COVID-19 and vaccination while the rate of those who feel the virus is media-hyped accounts for only 7% which is 5% lower than August.
Group of experts expected to arrive in Azerbaijan to carry out trials, says Health Ministry spokesman.
Vaccines donated by Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Hungary have been sent to Burkina Faso and Togo on behalf of the Organization of Turkic States to help the African nations in their fight against Covid-19.
Compared to its neighbors, anti-vaccine sentiment hasn’t really taken hold in Azerbaijan. Some are still trying, though.
Laboratories of Azerbaijan and Moldova have joined the application Travel without COVID-19. The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) reports.
Preliminary results show a combination of AstraZeneca and the first component of Sputnik V demonstrate a high immunogenicity profile in clinical study in Azerbaijan, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) claimed on Friday.
Azerbaijan reported 4,129 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the highest in 2021 so far.
40,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were airlifted from Azerbaijan to Dushanbe, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection reported.
Azerbaijan extended its quarantine restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 until Sept. 1, the government said on Thursday.
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) delivered a valuable donation of vaccines from Azerbaijan to Sarajevo Airport today.
50,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine intended for Azerbaijan through COVAX program were delivered to Tashkent with assistance of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tashkent, UNICEF Country Office in Uzbekistan said.
Azerbaijan plans to donate 40,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Kyrgyzstan as humanitarian assistance, the Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan said.
With the habitual pomp and publicity from the Cuban Government, the contingent of medical workers from the Henry Reeve Brigade that had been sent to Azerbaijan last year to help fight the Covid pandemic landed at the José Martí airport in Havana on Thursday.
The WHO office in Azerbaijan, as part of the EU-funded Solidarity for Health Initiative and COVID-19 Vaccination and Vaccine Preparedness projects, has assessed the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) situation in eight COVID-19 vaccination sites and five primary health care facilities.
The Acting Minister of Health of Azerbaijan, Teymur Musayev, thanked the work of the two Cuban medical brigades that participated in the fight with Covid-19 for a year, diplomatic sources reported.
The COVID-19 Fast-Track Facility, which is worth up to $160 billion, supports projects which “strengthen countries’ pandemic response.”
Azerbaijan is easing coronavirus restrictions from next week as it moves toward normalization, according to decisions taken by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
Right the other day, the first batch of Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Azerbaijan, Russian Foreign Minister said.
The initiative was launched in early 2021 and it sought to promote cooperation and cement ties by distributing a dozen of jabs through the Vaccine Diplomacy.
Azerbaijan's acting health minister Teymur Musayev said the CoronaVac vaccine made by China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech is fully safe.
On 3 May, most countries in the world, including Azerbaijan, celebrate World Press Freedom Day. This year, the slogan of the event is “Information as a public good”.
Azerbaijan will receive the first batch of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on May 2, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday.
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