[ad_1] A 90 year old woman in the UK is now the first person in the world to receive a government-approved Covid-19 vaccine backed by robust clinical trials, marking the start of the country’s nationwide mass vaccination campaign. Margaret Keenan, a grandmother who will turn 91 next week, received the …
Read More »Will airlines require vaccine passports in 2021?
[ad_1] Share on PinterestInternational travel may require a vaccination passport next year. Viorel Kurnosov / EyeEm / Getty Images The International Air Transport Association is in the final stages of developing a digital COVID-19 vaccine passport for travelers. Most airlines have yet to announce whether they will require passengers to …
Read More »William Shakespeare receives the Covid vaccine
[ad_1] So Mr. Shakespeare’s vaccination brought heartwarming news to the people of Britain and to his family. Within hours of Tuesday, he and Keenan had become the face of the country’s resistance against a virus that has killed more people in Britain than anywhere else in Europe. “He’s sick of …
Read More »Duterte observes free tests with Covid swab
[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte directed the Health Department to find ways to implement free swab tests, saying that coronavirus testing is crucial to responding to the pandemic. In a televised meeting with members of his cabinet on Monday, Duterte asked Health Secretary Fransisco Duque 3rd if the government could bear …
Read More »“It has given people hope”: NHS patients and staff on the first day of Covid vaccination | World News
[ad_1] IIt was 6.31am when Margaret Keenan, an early riser, rolled up her sleeves while sitting in a chair at her local hospital in Coventry, with the world press watching, and became the first person in the world to receive the vaccine. Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19. . The 90-year-old made …
Read More »World Bank sees worse contraction for PH economy due to viruses and typhoons
[ad_1] Commercial establishments along the banks of the Marikina River continue to clean up on November 20, 2020, as the local government provides dump trucks, excavators and haulers to clear the main roads. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The World Bank further downgraded its 2020 economic outlook for the …
Read More »ASEAN Football Federation reschedules Suzuki Cup for the second time
[ad_1] The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has rescheduled the Suzuki Cup for the second time due to the coronavirus pandemic. Originally scheduled to take place this year, the event was delayed from April 11 to May 8, 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The tournament is now scheduled …
Read More »WHO says vaccine immune barrier ‘is still far away’
[ad_1] Margaret Keenan, 90, is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first person in Britain to receive the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital, at the start of the largest immunization program in British history, in Coventry, Great Britain December 8, 2020. …
Read More »In COVID-19 milestone for the West, Britain begins mass vaccination
[ad_1] LONDON – A 90-year-old grandmother became the world’s first person to receive a fully tested COVID-19 injection on Tuesday, as Britain began mass vaccinating its people in a global push that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in the history of peacetime. Health workers began to inoculate the …
Read More »DFA: 3 More Filipinos Abroad Contract COVID-19
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported three new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among Filipinos abroad on Tuesday. According to the DFA, the latest recorded infections increased the total number of COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 11,695. Of this number, DFA said …
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