Latest on corona crisis: Trump denies preferential treatment for corona vaccines – News

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  The OECD denounces the selfishness of rich countries in the vaccine race

  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) denounces that rich industrialized countries are too selfish in the race for corona vaccines. “Some countries have too many vaccines, others have nothing,” said General Secretary Angel Gurría of the German daily “Die Welt”. “Why don’t we think of the five billion people in the poorest countries?” Asked the 69-year-old former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance of Mexico.

• 5:56

  Trump denies preferential treatment for corona vaccination

  US President Donald Trump has objected to media reports about preferential treatment for him personally when vaccinating against the coronavirus. He is not scheduled for vaccination, but he is looking forward to doing it at a “right time,” Trump tweeted Sunday night (local time). The Bloomberg business agency had previously reported that Trump and other members of the White House should receive the vaccine starting Monday.

• 5:53

  Travel facilitation between Australia and New Zealand

  According to the New Zealand government, travel between Australia and New Zealand should be made easier. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the cabinet had agreed in principle to allow travel between the two countries without quarantine (“travel bubble”) in the first quarter of 2021. There are virtually no new cases of Covid-19 transmitted locally in New Zealand. and Australia.

• 5:50

  The most important thing in the afternoon and at night.

  • After the UK, Canada can now start immunization against Covid-19 as well. The country is expected to begin immunizing high-risk groups on Monday. Canada is one of several countries that have approved the vaccine from the two pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech.
  • In Lithuania, all stores, except stores for daily necessities, will close from Wednesday and school operations will switch to distance education. The government decided on Sunday in Vilnius. The regulation will apply until January 31, 2021. The freedom of movement of the roughly three million inhabitants of the EU Baltic country is also restricted.

  • Health Minister Alain Berset has responded to requests for help from five university hospitals for faster containment of the coronavirus pandemic. “I think this should be taken very, very seriously,” the Federal Council said of RTS television in western Switzerland. The Federal Council of the SP stated in the program “7:30 pm” that the state government would announce new measures on Friday if the pandemic, which has been rampant for around ten days, does not weaken.

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