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COVID-19 VACCINE
The World Bank has announced plans to help developing countries acquire access to COVID-19 vaccines.
Essential workers would get daily text messages on their smartphones enquiring about the side effects.
Australian shares also rallied higher by 0.6%, while Japan's Nikkei 225 Index gained 0.7%.
After concerns on safety triggered a pause, AstraZeneca has resumed clinical trial of it's vaccine.
It is also one of the 9 vaccine candidates around the world in the final stage of human trials.
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is being developed in collaboration with University of Oxford.
The Russian envoy made the delivery during a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Health in Abuja.
COVID19 vaccine candidates led to no serious adverse events and elicit antibody response.
According to WHO, this initial batch will cover 20% of the African population.
South Africa is the only African country with several clinical studies.
Brent crude held most of it gains from the previous trading session.
Russia has named its first approved COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V for the foreign markets.