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The bill, which says the government will cover all vaccine costs for Japan's 126 million residents, was approved by the upper house of parliament, having cleared the powerful lower house.

Apollo Hospitals is gearing up to give one million vaccines a day once it is available across India through its hospitals, clinics, health centres, pharmacies and Apollo 24/7.

Earlier this year, YouTube started adding "information panels" to videos and searches about COVID-19, directing viewers to authoritative sources in an attempt to combat misinformation about the disease.

External Affairs Minister said India has responded well to handle Covid crisis. India had no preparedness for such an enormous crisis but the way it responded will give us all confidence in our future

The vaccine candidate includes an antigen in-licensed from BCM Ventures, Baylor College of Medicine’s integrated commercialisation team, along with Dynavax’s advanced adjuvant CpG 1018.

The researchers would use the results to study how vaccines might work and to explore potential treatments.

China said it joined the global initiative to make its vaccines a global good and make them available to developing countries on a priority.

The deal gives China, the country where the virus first emerged, a prominent role in the global effort to share vaccines with less-developed countries.

"China is going to pay a big price for what they did to this country, and what they have done to this world."