Tag: Vaccination

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  British Government backtracks on mandatory vaccination passes

  

  The British Government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has decided Sunday not to enforce the use of a “vaccination pass.” Health Minister Sajid Javid said it “would be useless, [because the] vaccination rate is high.”

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Biden tells unvaccinated US citizens to do the right thing because “the time for waiting is over”

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday warned all unvaccinated Americans that “the time for waiting is over,” as he launched a six-part strategy to combat the SARS-Cov-2 Delta variant.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  First batch of Pfizer vaccines reach Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities Tuesday announced the arrival into the country of around 100,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, which will be used as the second shots of Sputnik V.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Peru to produce Sputnik V vaccine locally starting in 2023

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo has announced a plant to manufacture the Russian-developed Sputnik V COVID-19 locally will be set up in the country, for which the government has allocated US $ 705 million worth of funding.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile approves Coronavac for children aged six and older

  

  Chilean health authorities have approved the emergency use of the Sinovac Biotech (CoronaVac) coronavirus vaccine on children aged six years or older, it was announced Monday.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 19:40 UTC

  PAHO: 75% of Latin American and Caribbean population still not fully vaccinated

  

  Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne warned that 75% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean has yet to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and reported that PAHO is accelerating its drive to expand vaccine access throughout the region.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  High income countries called on to share Covid-19 vaccines quickly

  

  The former Co-Chairs of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, have expressed their deep concern at the slow pace of redistribution of COVID-19 vaccines from high income to low-income countries.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro says STF waiting for the moment to arrest him

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday upped the ante in his feud with the country's Federal Supreme Court (STF) saying the body was “preparing the ground” to arrest him, under charges of being a threat to democracy.

• Monday, August 30th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Israel redefining immunization as third dose of vaccine becomes widely available

  

  A high ranking Israeli health official has admitted the country is having second thoughts about what it means to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as cases mount nationwide and the third dose of vaccine is being made available for whoever wants to take it.

• Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Brazil: Rio de Janeiro City Hall to require vaccine passports for public spaces starting next month

  

  The City Hall of Rio de Janeiro Friday announced that effective September 1, a COVID-19 vaccination passport will be required for customers to be allowed to enter cinemas, theatres, museums, stadiums, amusement parks and gyms.