[ad_1] United Airlines began operating charter flights on Friday to move shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine ahead of a mass inoculation program expected to begin in late December, according to a report. The flights are the first step in a global supply and distribution network, which is preparing to spring …
Read More »Diego Maradona transcended soccer, says Ossie Ardiles | Football news
[ad_1] Diego Maradona’s friend and former teammate Ossie Ardiles has spoken about the legend’s career in an extended interview with Sky Sports News. Ardiles and Maradona played together in the 1982 World Cup, but Ardiles had retired from international service prior to Maradona’s inspiring performance at the 1986 tournament in …
Read More »COVID-19: Twelve Key Milestones in a Year Like No Other
[ad_1] A third-year medical student from the University of St. Andrews, in full personal protective equipment, completes a partner’s lateral flow COVID-19 test at a mass testing facility set up in the University sports hall. in St. Andrews, eastern Scotland, in November. February 27, 2020, to determine if students can …
Read More »4 minutes that changed the world of football
[ad_1] 4 minutes that changed the world of football Four minutes that changed the world of football Almost everything has been said about Diego Maradona in thousands of tributes to the Argentine player who died this Wednesday. Many believe that he was the best footballer in history and there is …
Read More »Seth Berkley: Vaccine Manufacturers Need to Improve Affordability
[ad_1] Illustration by Luke Brooks. Text size The beginning of the end of this global crisis is in sight. Candidates for the Covid-19 vaccine are getting closer to distribution and use. To have reached this point so quickly is remarkable; Developing a vaccine and being able to produce large-scale doses …
Read More »China has reached an important milestone in eradicating absolute poverty. But the Communist Party is not celebrating yet
[ad_1] The rush to the cities has left rural communities with dwindling populations and fewer job opportunities. Faced with this decline, Xi’s poverty alleviation policies have focused on the countryside. On Monday, the state-run Xinhua news agency announced that the last nine counties had been removed from the list, all …
Read More »Trump says he will leave if college accommodates Biden
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, even as he insisted that decision would be a “mistake,” as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing unsubstantiated claims of that “massive fraud” and corrupt …
Read More »The vaccine deal is seen as offering a confidence boost to PH’s economy
[ad_1] After weeks of negotiations, around 30 companies and business groups that came together to assist in the country’s response to COVID-19 were able to secure 2.6 million doses of a promising vaccine from British-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca, achieving a agreement before the government. as the private sector grows “desperate …
Read More »More information needed on different AstraZeneca vaccine dosing regimens, WHO officials say
[ad_1] (CNN) – More information and research is needed to understand the difference in the efficacy of AstraZeneca vaccine dose schedules and whether a new trial is needed to verify the efficacy of the lower dose, World Health Organization officials said during a press conference in Geneva on Friday. “The …
Read More »RCEP led by Asean, not led by China – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The Department of Commerce and Industry (DTI) responded on Friday to criticism that the recently signed Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP) was not and will not be dictated by China. In a virtual briefing on Friday, Allan Gepty, undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Policy and Trade Negotiations, assured …
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