Over one hundred economies receive Covid vaccine from Covax

More than one hundred economies have received life-saving Covid-19 vaccines from COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines

Nigeria: new bird flu outbreak increases health risk

An outbreak of avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has been reported on 30 farms across seven states in Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Covid-19 vaccine deliveries from India to be delayed in April

Deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) to lower-income economies participating in the COVAX Facility will face delays during April as the Government of India...

UK debates making Covid passports mandatory for international travel

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also suggested that a Covid passport scheme could be used domestically ‘within the UK’, and has received a wall of backlash

IATA to launch its travel pass in mid-April

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that its digital Travel Pass will launch on the Apple platform from mid-April

Latest digital platform to verify Covid-19 test results

EVA Air is joining Singapore Changi Airport in a pilot programme that uses a digital platform to verify passengers’ PCR test results for its Singapore-Taipei flights