Tag: Vaccination

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  UK in Covid-19 rare success: it has vaccinated 15% of the population (10 million)

  

  The UK reached the milestone of vaccinating 10 million people, about 15% of the population, according to the latest official reports. “We are on a downward slope of cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said at a televised press conference. “This peak, at least, we are past.”

• Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands announces Covid-19 vaccination program beginning 8 February and for everybody over 50

  

  As the first batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines have arrived in the Falkland Islands, the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) announced it will start the Covid-19 vaccination programme on 8 February. “We plan to administer the first dose for eligible people in a mass vaccination program at the FIDF Hall, with visits out to West Falkland and the Outer Islands. If you live in Camp on East Falkland it would be very helpful if you could travel into Stanley as we will happily vaccinate you whenever you arrive and when the vaccination centre is open,” FIG said on Wednesday in a Press Release.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Falkland Islands' vaccination rollout begins 8 February on a priority list

  

  The Falkland Islands' Executive Council on Monday afternoon approved plans for the Falkland Islands Covid-19 vaccination rollout. The two-phased approach has been developed by KEMH and largely follows the approach recommended by the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and immunization (JCVI), with minor adjustments to suit local circumstances.

• Friday, January 22nd 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Biden pledges to vaccinate 100 million Americans in the next 100 days

  

  Total deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States “will likely top 500,000 next month,” President Joe Biden warned on Thursday, as he explained his government's plan to curb the toll the disease has been taking on Americans.  

• Friday, January 15th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Delays in launching an inoculation program in Brazil, threatens the economic recovery

  

  The risks to an expected economy recovery in Brazil during 2021 are increasing as delays in rolling out a vaccine program against coronavirus continues to be delayed, according to Moody's rating agency.

• Monday, January 11th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Rich Argentines fly to Miami to get the Covid vaccinations: Florida residents complain

  

  Residents of foreign countries have obtained COVID vaccinations in Florida, taking advantage of the state’s loose rules on who can get a shot. The list includes a prominent Argentine lawyer, business leaders, and Canadians whose home countries restrict vaccines to first-responders, medical personnel, and a few other groups.

• Saturday, January 9th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands has established a Vaccination Plan Group; Gibraltar first OT to receive the Pfizer vaccine

  

  The Falkland Islands government, FIG, has established a vaccination planning group, although there is not a delivery date for the Covid 19 doses to be sent from the United Kingdom.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  New York county state of emergency because of measles outbreak; dispute with parents of unvaccinated children

  

  A county in New York state has declared a state of emergency following a severe outbreak of measles. Rockland County, on the Hudson River north of New York City, has barred unvaccinated children from public spaces after 153 cases were confirmed.