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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is ready to start vaccinating children aged 5-11 against Covid-19 starting next month, the White House said Wednesday, a move that will make 28 million more Americans eligible for shots. “Our planning efforts mean that we will be ready to begin getting shots in arms in the days following a final CDC recommendation,” the White House said, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Drugmaker […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III urged workers who have not been receiving any pay from their employers because of their failure to get vaccinated, to report this to the Department of Labor and Employment. Bello said that non-payment of wages just because a worker had not yet received a vaccine is illegal. “Yung hindi pagkabakuna, hindi legal basis yun,” Bello stressed in an interview with the NET25-Radyo Agila program “Ano Sa Palagay […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Pfizer-BioNTech submitted an authorization request to Health Canada on Monday for the use of its Covid-19 vaccine in children aged 5-11, the companies and the Canadian government said. “This is the first submission Health Canada has received for the use of a Covid-19 vaccine in this younger age group,” it said in a statement. The authorization request is based on data from trials conducted on 2,268 children in this age group […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Monday that around 96% players in the league have now been vaccinated against Covid-19 despite union opposition to a league-wide mandate. Speaking to reporters on the eve of the new NBA season, which tips off on Tuesday, Silver said the number of vaccinated player had increased and was expected to go higher after the season starts. “Roughly 96% of our players are vaccinated, and […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union has exported “over one billion” doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months, the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. “Very clearly, the European Union is the largest exporter of Covid-19 vaccines,” she said, announcing the “important milestone” in a brief broadcast and statement. Von der Leyen said that 87 million of the doses had been funnelled through the WHO-led Covax scheme to mid- […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa will begin vaccinating children as young as 12 next week and also offer Covid-19 boosters against certain immune disorders, the health minister announced Friday. With a large youth population and the world’s biggest HIV caseload, the announcement affects millions of people and marks a significant scaling up of South Africa’s pandemic response. “We ready to open up vaccination for children between 12-17 years of age, and a majority […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An expert committee on Thursday recommended a booster dose of Moderna’s anti-Covid vaccine in the United States for certain at-risk groups, a month after making a similar decision for the Pfizer shot. The opinion submitted by the advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration — composed of researchers, epidemiologists and infectious disease experts — is not binding, but it is rare for the FDA not to follow it. After […]
KOROR, Palau (AFP) — The tiny Pacific nation of Palau has emerged as one of the world’s most vaccinated places with more than 99 percent of the eligible population fully protected against Covid-19, according to data released Thursday. In a population of about 18,000, almost 15,000 people have been fully vaccinated, according to the country’s ministry of health and human services. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said that meant […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed he will not get vaccinated against Covid-19, having previously said he would be the “last Brazilian” to do so. The far-right leader has generated controversy over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and for initially downplaying the seriousness of the virus, despite catching it himself. “I’ve decided not to get vaccinated. I’m looking at new studies, I already have the highest immunization, why would I […]
by Sonia Logre with Alexandria Sage ROME, Italy (AFP) — In one Rome hospital, the vast majority of Covid-19 patients in intensive care are unvaccinated — and many are urging Italian anti-vaxxers to get the jab. A 41-year-old patient at the ICC Casalpalocco Covid hospital, who gave his name as Francesco, said he was opposed to the vaccine but that if he could go back, he would get jabbed. “The vaccine doesn’t inspire confidence but […]
BENI, DR Congo (AFP) — Vaccination against the deadly Ebola disease began on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Beni, the WHO said, five days after reports of a new case. The fresh case was reported in North Kivu, the same province where the vaccination program began. “People at high risk, including contacts of the confirmed case and first responders will receive the doses as the health authorities move to curb […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s unemployment rate eased as the economy reopened, but vacancies hit another record peak before the end of the government’s furlough jobs support scheme, data showed Tuesday. The unemployment rate — or proportion of the workforce that is unemployed — dropped to 4.5 percent in the three months to August, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. That compared with 4.6 percent in the three months to the […]
