England has just extended its vaccination program to people aged 70 and over, while the South Korean president says he believes the country will have “herd protection” Covid-19 before November.
Among the questions are countries reviewing their distribution plans. Singapore’s Health Minister said officials would review the Sinovac vaccine before it was rolled out to citizens. There is growing concern in Australia – which has received 54 million doses of Oxford / AstraZeneca extracts – that reliance on a single vaccine with a lower level of efficacy may not raise the essential herd immunity in the population. Its 26-million-strong. Some scientists want to delay major inoculations.
New Zealand, named a global model for how they handled the behavior, has yet to approve a vaccine, although it has approached a number of vaccine developers to gain access to the candidates. once local regulators provide the green light. Experts say their wait-and-see approach will increase public confidence in vaccines. But it could be a risky bet – especially as new changes, which may be more mobile, risk further breakdowns.
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Q: What type of Covid-19 test is considered appropriate for travelers entering the US?
This means that passengers going to the US on international flights will need to go viral. PCR and antigen tests are both deserving.
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Vaccine rates highlight major differences between Israelis and Palestinians
An expert report from the UN states that Israel is the power of possession in and over Gaza and the West Bank, and has been in existence since 1967, so it is ultimately up to it. for the health care of those living under occupation. But as the Israeli vaccination campaign reaches beyond 20% of their population (including East Jerusalem residents), the Israeli government has heeded the Oslo treaties, signed in the middle of the 1990s by the Palestine Liberation Organization, which led to the creation of the Palestinian Authority (PA). The first of these agreements contains a clause giving the PA responsibility for the health of all Palestinians under its civilian administration.
Experts acknowledge that trying to navigate between the obligations assigned by Oslo, which were not final status agreements, and the obligations defined under the Geneva Treaties is not a simple task.
The UK leads the European vaccination race as it closes travel corridors
England is expanding to the next stage of its vaccination campaign, offering doses to people aged 70 and over and those deemed vulnerable to the virus, the government announced Sunday. To date, more than 3.5 million people have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in the UK, surpassing the number who have tested positive for the virus, according to government data.
Although the UK was the first in the world to launch a major vaccine, and has vaccinated more people than some of the largest countries in the European Union, the country suffered the death toll from Covid-19 highest in western Europe, of more than 89,000 deaths. , according to Johns Hopkins University figures. Fears of new Covid-19 changes have also led to the closure of all travel corridors today, meaning that all passengers entering the UK must have a negative Covid-19 test and must quarantine for 10 days upon arrival.
Norway assesses deaths in frail elderly patients after vaccination
Norway is looking into the deaths of 23 patients who received the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine. Thirteen of the deaths have been assessed so far by Norwegian authorities and the evaluations suggest that common side effects of mRNA vaccines, such as fever and nausea, may have contributed to a fatal outcome in some cases. weak patients, said Sigurd Hortemo, chief physician at the Medicines Agency of Norway.
As the country is vaccinating the elderly and people in nursing homes with very serious diseases it should be expected that deaths will be imminent. [of the] vaccination can occur. In Norway, an average of 400 people die each week in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, “the country’s Institute of Public Health said in a statement. Pfizer said in a statement to CNN that it is working with authorities Norway to gather all the relevant information, adding that the “number of incidents so far is not alarming, and as expected. All reported deaths will be assessed in detail. [by the Norwegian Medicines Agency] to find out if these events are related to the vaccine. “
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- Preparations for the Australian Open hit a major hurdle when 47 tennis players were told they could not train after some passengers on charter planes arriving in Melbourne returned Covid-19 positive test results.
- Thousands of New Delhi teachers are being sent to Covid headquarters. They are expected to supplement their normal duties with new positions, and some complain that there is no training, PPE or even pay.
- China’s economy grew more than expected last year even as the world was plagued by the pandemic.
- Brazil, which has the third highest Covid case in the world, has approved two vaccines. Minutes later, Monica Calazans, a Black nurse from São Paulo, became the first Brazilian to receive the vaccine.
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