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by Christophe VOGT GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising their own goals, UNICEF said Monday. The world’s seven richest states and the EU could help close the world’s vaccine gap by sharing just 20 percent of their June, July and August stocks with the Covax jab scheme for poorer nations, a study by […]
Citing still high COVID positivity rate, Dr. Leachon says surge in COVID cases like what happened in March could occur again https://youtu.be/SbTzKGOqXTQ (Eagle News) — It is still too early to shift to a General Community Quarantine protocol even if “with heightened restrictions” for Metro Manila and the surrounding provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal, according to the former special adviser of the National Task Force against COVID-19, Dr. Tony Leachon. Even if […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Sunday passed the milestone of vaccinating 20 million adults with two doses of the coronavirus jab, just a day before a raft of restrictions are lifted across most of the country. According to government statistics, 20,103,658 million have now received their full two vaccine doses — 38.2 precent of the adult population. Still more have received a first dose — 36,573,354, or 69.4 percent of the adult population […]
by Louis GENOT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Four months into a Covid-19 vaccination campaign marred by shortages and delays, hard-hit Brazil is still struggling to find enough doses, as political and diplomatic blunders prolong its pandemic nightmare. Around 33 million people — 15 percent of the population — have received at least one vaccine dose in Brazil, a proportion still too small to have a substantial impact on the virus’ spread. Targeted by […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The WHO urged wealthy countries Friday to stop vaccinating children against Covid-19 and instead donate doses to poorer nations, while warning that the pandemic’s second year looked set to be more deadly. World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced outrage that a number of rich countries were now vaccinating children and teenagers, while poorer states had barely begun vaccinating health workers and the most vulnerable groups. Instead of offering […]
President Duterte to hold accountable LGU officials for any violation of quarantine protocols in their area as new community quarantine classifications are announced (Eagle News) – The so-called NCR plus areas of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal will shift to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) starting May 15 until May 31, Malacanang said Thursday night, May 13. The announcement was made by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque at the start of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Talk […]
KOROR, Palau(AFP) — The tiny Pacific nation of Nauru has congratulated itself for a “world record” Covid-19 vaccination drive which resulted in all its adult population receiving their first jab. The remote island nation, one of the few places in the world to remain virus-free, said the four-week vaccination campaign had exceeded expectations. It said 7,392 people received the first dose, or 108 percent of the estimated adult population, with foreigners included in the figure. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan plans to vaccinate its Olympic athletes before the Tokyo Games, domestic media reported Wednesday, a move that would place them ahead of the general population as the government faces pressure over a slow rollout. There was no immediate comment from Olympic organisers or Japan’s Olympic Committee on the reports in the Nikkei and Yomiuri Shimbun dailies, which did not name their sources. The newspapers said around 2,500 people including athletes […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil will begin vaccinating Olympic athletes and other members of its Tokyo-bound delegation against Covid-19 this week, officials said Tuesday. The hard-hit South American country is struggling to secure enough vaccines for its 212 million people, but will be able to immunize its Olympians thanks to donated doses from pharmaceutical companies, health officials said. Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga told a news conference that 1,814 members of the delegation would be […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that almost half the world’s leaders have contacted him, asking for US help in obtaining Covid-19 vaccines. “Every country in the world is now looking at us to provide for their lack of capacity to produce and/or have vaccines,” Biden said in a virtual meeting with US state governors. “I literally have, virtually 40 percent of the world leaders calling and asking, can we help […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s most populous province of Ontario on Tuesday suspended use of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as a first dose, citing new data showing increased risks of blood clotting. The move followed the province of Alberta’s announcement to also stop administering the vaccine over possible supply shortages. The two provinces combined represent half the population of Canada. “Effective today, Ontario will be pausing the rollout and administration of first doses of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government is confident that the vaccination for the general population can start by end of June or July once vaccine doses that have been delivered to the country reached 25 million. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said that by June, the vaccine deliveries would have reached 20.5 million doses as more doses from Pfizer, Sinovac, Sputnik, AstraZeneca would have arrived by then, including the first batch of the […]
