🇧🇷 Brazil records more than 90,000 new COVID cases in a single day aje.io/nwupx
🇵🇰 Pakistan receives second batch of 500,000 vaccines from China aje.io/2gxan

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WHO says keep using AstraZeneca vaccine as the benefits outweigh the risks aje.io/y98ay Image
The European Medicines Agency says the benefits of AstraZeneca outweigh the risks after several countries pause roll-outs amid fears over blood clots.

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Existing vaccines may protect against the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus, says Oxford study aje.io/j8ks8 Image
The White House said it will send four million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada and Mexico aje.io/xtejf Image
Iran officials worry Iranian New Year gatherings could create a fourth massive wave of COVID-19 infections aje.io/gx39j Image
“This vaccine is safe and effective.”

The European Medicines Agency says there is no increase in the overall risk of blood clots with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine.

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