Winter Worries: The Changing Virus
Winter WorriesThe Changing Virus As winter approaches, experts are concerned that more contagious variants of the coronavirus could emerge. Measure to prevent the spread of the virus, they say, will […]
German Officials Fear Increase in Pandemic-Fueled Radicalism in Wake of Murder
“Armed Resistance, Go Underground”German Officials Fear Increase in Pandemic-Fueled Radicalism in Wake of Murder A man arrested for shooting and killing a 20-year-old gas station cashier last week appears to […]
“Vaccine Apartheid”Unfair Distribution Hampers Global Vaccination Drive
Only 2 percent of the 1.3 billion people who live in Africa have been vaccinated. Yet there are plenty of surplus doses in wealthy countries. Fair distribution has been little more than an illusion so far. By Marco Evers10.09.2021, 16.16 Uhr The battle against the coronavirus is proving to be a […]
BioNTech Founders on Vaccine for Children”Things Are Looking Good and Going According to Plan”
In an interview, BioNTech founders Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci explain why booster shots are needed to combat the Delta variant of the coronavirus, and they say that a vaccine […]
Colonial-era privilege is hampering the fight against COVID-19
JOSEPH DANAJuly 02, 2021 22:22467 Short Url https://arab.news/522gf High rates of vaccination and the hot summer weather in the Northern Hemisphere have given many in the West new hope for an […]
Interfaith Leaders Encourage People to Support Covid-19 Vaccination Program
This article has been aired on TribunJogja.com with the title Diy Interfaith Figures Invite People to Support the Covid-19 Vaccination Program, https://jogja.tribunnews.com/2021/06/25/tokoh-lintas-iman-diy-ajak-masyarakat-dukung-program-vaksinasi-covid-19. Author: Hari SusmayantiEditor: Hari Susmayanti TRIBUNJOGJA.COM, YOGYA – A number of […]
Indonesians call for tighter curbs after 500% surge in COVID-19 cases
A health worker takes the body temperature reading of a woman before she receives a shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 during a mass vaccination on the outskirts of […]
Only 0.2 Percent of COVID Vaccines Have Gone to Poor Countries
BYJake Johnson, Common Dreams PUBLISHED April 12, 2021 The head of the World Health Organization estimated in a recent address that of the more than 700 million coronavirus vaccine doses that have been […]
WHO advises against mandating COVID-19 vaccine to travel
09 Mar 2021 GENEVA: A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on Monday (Mar 8) said that so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel because […]
UK government plans night-time Ramadan vaccine drive
Abida Bi receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from nurse Zenub Mahood, at Bradford Central Mosque in Bradford, Britain, February 25, 2021. (Reuters) Campaigner tells Arab News he welcomes “proactive” […]
Vaccine Nationalism and the Need for Absolute Justice
CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES • HEALTH 18th February 2021 Sinwan Basharat, Canada – Deputy Editor Science Section In early December last year, a 90-year-old British grandmother, Margret Keenan, became the […]
Vaccine-poor Germans shunning AstraZeneca jab
By AFP – Feb 19,2021 – JORDAN TIMES A shut cafe in Munich, Germany. Countries are relying on vaccines to tame the pandemic, but some Germans have shunned the AstraZeneca […]
Corona Vaccine: The West’s Greed Could Come Back To Haunt It
A global initiative was launched to ensure that poorer countries would also have fair access to vaccines for the coronavirus once they were developed. Instead, the West is panic-buying the […]
Reflections on a plague year
Feb 14,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jim O’Neill LONDON — It is probably premature to offer an assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s possible consequences, not least because there may well […]
India becomes first nation to donate COVID-19 jabs to Kabul
Health workers, security force members, teachers and government employees would receive the COVID-19 vaccine first, said a Health Ministry spokesman. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/5hemy Starting next week, Afghanistan will roll […]
When will life return to normal? In 7 years at current Covid-19 vaccination rates
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – When will the pandemic end? It’s the question hanging over just about everything since Covid-19 took over the world last year. The answer can be measured […]
Will Pakistan get Covid vaccines from India?
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Pakistan has recorded more than 530,000 Covid infections so far Next week, Pakistan plans to launch its immunisation programme against Covid, starting with health workers getting jabs of free doses of a China-made vaccine. Next door, arch-rival India began one of the world’s biggest inoculation drives […]
Israel refuses to take responsibility for West Bankers, Gazans suffering COVID infections, deaths
Jan 20,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Despite appeals from the UN and human rights organisations, Israel continues to dismiss calls to vaccinate against COVID or provide vaccines to Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel has so far inoculated 2 million Israelis, including members […]
Don’t fall for COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies, warns Muslim scholar
A protester holds up a placard at a demonstration in London in October against mandatory vaccinations. A leading Muslim scholar in Canada warned people not to believe conspiracy theories about […]
“To See People Finally Benefitting from Our Work Is Really Moving”
BioNTech Founders Türeci and Şahin on the Battle against COVID-19 In a DER SPIEGEL interview, BioNTech founders Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin discuss the development of the world’s first COVID-19 […]
