Japan only started vaccinating its sizable elderly population this month and health experts say it may take till the winter (December-February) or longer for most of the general populace to get access to the shots. Reuters | | Posted by Harshit Sabarwal, Tokyo PUBLISHED ON APR 25, 2021 11:15 AM IST The Japanese government is planning to open large vaccination centers in Tokyo and Osaka in the coming weeks to administer shots in a bid to speed up its inoculation drive, local media reported on Sunday.Japan only started vaccinating its sizable elderly population this month and health experts say it…
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Europe’s medicines regulator said Tuesday that blood clots should be listed as a “very rare” side effect of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine, but that the benefits of the shot still outweighed the risks.The United States is expected to announce its decision on the single-shot J&J vaccine by Friday, as nations around the world urgently try to accelerate inoculation campaigns and revive their pandemic-ravaged economies.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) assessment came as an EU official promised to have enough doses available to vaccinate 70 percent of European adults by the summer — a boon for the continent’s sluggish rollout.Europe’s Johnson…
“Our hearts go out to the Indian people in the midst of the horrific COVID-19 outbreak. We are working closely with our partners in the Indian government, and we will rapidly deploy additional support to the people of India and India’s health care heroes,” Blinken said in a tweet. Reuters | PUBLISHED ON APR 25, 2021 09:22 AM IST The United States is deeply concerned by a massive surge in coronavirus cases in India and plans to quickly deploy additional support to the Indian government and health care workers, a White House spokeswoman said on Saturday.”We are in active conversations…
President Joe Biden has hit some big targets in 100 days, starting with an epic effort to pull the United States from its Covid-19 nightmare, but headaches lie ahead.Here are three big achievements and three areas where much remains to be done.Done or getting it done1. Covid vaccinations: the raging pandemic was the gravest single threat facing Biden’s administration when he took over on January 20. The solution was mass vaccinations.On this, Biden is delivering. Last week he celebrated the 200th million vaccine shot administered and Covid deaths have fallen dramatically.2. Economic stimulus: Biden pushed through a nearly $2 trillion…
“We are currently sitting on close to 40 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the US stockpile, a stockpile which we’re not using and which we’ve already opened to combat Covid19 in Mexico and Canada,” Krishnamoorthi said in a statement. ANI | PUBLISHED ON APR 25, 2021 06:52 AM IST Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Saturday (local time) called on US President Joe Biden’s administration to release doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to countries currently experiencing massive and deadly surges in the spread of Covid-19, including India.”We are currently sitting on close to 40 million doses of the AstraZeneca…
Armenian Americans celebrated the news Saturday that President Joe Biden formally declared the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of their ancestors by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 1900s to be “genocide,” saying the recognition was long overdue.His action came after decades of activism, most of which was centered in California, home of the largest Armenian community in the nation.“He’s the first American president to have the guts to talk about it. I never understood why the U.S. waited this long when they knew the truth about what happened. It’s amazing and I’m very happy he did…
“In order not to jeopardise our Covid-19 vaccination campaign, we need to significantly limit our passenger traffic with India,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn, as quoted by Sputnik. ANI | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, Berlin UPDATED ON APR 25, 2021 06:07 AM IST Germany has announced temporary limitations on the passenger traffic with India as the country is witnessing a record rise in coronavirus infections amid the second wave.”In order not to jeopardise our vaccination campaign, we need to significantly limit our passenger traffic with India,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn, as quoted by Sputnik.Only German citizens will be…
The Zimbabwe Air Force helicopter came down on a house in Arcturus, a farming area some 30 km east of the capital Harare. Reuters | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, Harare PUBLISHED ON APR 25, 2021 05:47 AM IST An Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopter crashed on Friday, killing three crew members and a child on the ground as it came down on a house, the Air Force said in a statement.The helicopter was on a training mission, with two pilots and a technician when it disappeared on the radar.It came down on a house in Arcturus, a farming area…
Government sources told the Sunday Times that they hope to roughly double the UK’s original order of 40 million jabs. Reuters | PUBLISHED ON APR 25, 2021 05:43 AM IST UK officials are close to finalising a deal to purchase tens of millions more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in time for a third booster dose to be given to the elderly this autumn, the Sunday Times reported.Government sources told the newspaper that they hope to roughly double the UK’s original order of 40 million jabs.If talks succeed, the extra stock may also be used for those in their…
The human and psychological toll of the coronavirus pandemic hit home for Mexico City clothing designer Irma de la Parra in January, with the death of a longtime friend from Covid-19.Mexican hospitals usually don’t let family members visit their dying relatives, because of tightly packed hospital wards, a shortage of personal protective equipment and fear of spreading the infection.After her experience, she learned of many families who had never been able to say one last word, or give one last hug, to friends and relatives. So she decided to make a way for them to give endless hugs.“We were overwhelmed…