Former U.S. Presidents including Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are to star alongside former First Ladies in two new public service advert for the promotion coronavirus vaccine.
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ITALY: EU Blocks AstraZeneca Vaccine Shipment To Australia
The Italian government with the backing of Brussels has blocked 250,000 doses shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia.
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TANZANIA: COVID-Denying President Finally Admit Surging Cases After WHO Pressure
After earlier calling on citizens to embark on a three days of prayer to defeat what he termed ‘unnamed respiratory diseases’, Covid denying Tanzania’s president is finally acknowledging that his country has a coronavirus problem.
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UK: Justice Secretary Says ‘No jab, no job’ Policies May Be Legal For New Employees
Justice secretary, Robert Buckland has said it may be legal for companies to make Covid vaccine a condition of employment at least for new employees but unlikely employers make it compulsory for existing workers under their current contracts.
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SOUTH AFRICA: President Ramaphosa Receives First Covid Vaccine Jab In The Continent
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has received a coronavirus vaccine as the country begins the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson jabs.
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UGANDA: Outcry Over Higher Price Of Oxford Vaccine Procurement
Concerns have been raised over the high cost Uganda government reported cost of procuring 18 million doses of the Oxford vaccine, a price higher than what South Africa paid and more than three times what the European Union is paying for the same vaccine.
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NIGERIA: WHO Denies Disqualifying Nation From Vaccine Supply
Contrary to earlier reports, the World Health Organisation country representative in Nigeria, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulomboo said the organisation had not disqualified any African country from accessing COVID – 19 vaccines through the COVAX facility.
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TANZANIA: No Plans For Mass COVID-19 Vaccination
Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place for COVID-19 vaccination in a country of 60 million people.
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UK: Journalist Trolled After Minister Tweets Her Standard Vaccine Inquiry
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch is under fire for a controversy of her own making after going on Twitter to accuse a journalist of “creepy and bizarre” behaviour, sharing private e-mails request for comment on a story – though this is standard, good journalistic practice.
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BELGIUM: EU Raids AstraZeneca Factory Amid Covid Vaccine Row With UK
Following the vaccines row between UK and the EU, Belgian medicines regulators have raided AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine production site near Brussels.
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