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Coronavirus live news: Greek health workers strike over conditions; Fauci says political divide added to US deaths | Coronavirus live news: Greek health workers strike over conditions; Fauci says political divide added to US deaths |
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Greek doctors marched in Athens over ‘suffocating’ conditions at hospitals; Fauci says large US death toll ‘should not have happened’ | Greek doctors marched in Athens over ‘suffocating’ conditions at hospitals; Fauci says large US death toll ‘should not have happened’ |
The South African health minister also said that a committee advising the government had grouped Covid-19 vaccines into three groups and those considered for “immediate use” were the Johnson & Johnson , Pfizer and Moderna shots. | |
In a second group where South Africa is interested but requires more technical information are Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and shots from China’s Sinopharm and Sinovac, Zweli Mkhize also said. | |
A third group where vaccines “may not be suitable for immediate use in South Africa” includes the AstraZeneca and Novavax vaccines, Mkhize added. | |
South Africa’s Minister of Health Sweli Mkhize has said that the government has proposed that Johson & Johnson’s vaccine is ‘preferentially deployed’ in Southern Africa so authorities can rapidly deal with a coronavirus variant becoming dominant there. | |
On twitter, Mkhize also said that the procurement of the vaccines | |
This is Ben Quinn picking up the blog now while Mattha takes a break. | |
The head of the Mexican navy, Rafael Ojeda, has said he had tested positive for Covid for the second time. | The head of the Mexican navy, Rafael Ojeda, has said he had tested positive for Covid for the second time. |
Ojeda, who said on Twitter he would be working in isolation from home, announced his first positive test in October. The news came less than a week after the head of the Mexican army, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, said he had coronavirus. | Ojeda, who said on Twitter he would be working in isolation from home, announced his first positive test in October. The news came less than a week after the head of the Mexican army, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, said he had coronavirus. |
Brazil has fully approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, health regulator Anvisa has announced, although it remains to be seen if Brasilia and Pfizer can end a dispute and agree a supply deal, Reuters reports. | Brazil has fully approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, health regulator Anvisa has announced, although it remains to be seen if Brasilia and Pfizer can end a dispute and agree a supply deal, Reuters reports. |
Ten orangutans have been airlifted back to their natural habitat on Indonesia’s Borneo island, in the first release of the apes into the wild for a year due to the dangers of coronavirus infection, AFP reports. | Ten orangutans have been airlifted back to their natural habitat on Indonesia’s Borneo island, in the first release of the apes into the wild for a year due to the dangers of coronavirus infection, AFP reports. |
The UN has warned that hunger levels are soaring across much of Central America as countries battle economic crises sparked by responses to the pandemic and extreme climate events, AFP reports. | The UN has warned that hunger levels are soaring across much of Central America as countries battle economic crises sparked by responses to the pandemic and extreme climate events, AFP reports. |
Greek hospital doctors have gone on strike today and dozens marched in Athens to protest “suffocating” conditions at hospitals during the pandemic. | Greek hospital doctors have gone on strike today and dozens marched in Athens to protest “suffocating” conditions at hospitals during the pandemic. |
Reuters reports: | Reuters reports: |
The World Bank has threatened to suspend financing for Lebanon’s Covid-19 vaccination drive in its second week after it emerged that some lawmakers would get their shots in parliament today. | The World Bank has threatened to suspend financing for Lebanon’s Covid-19 vaccination drive in its second week after it emerged that some lawmakers would get their shots in parliament today. |
Reuters reports: | Reuters reports: |
First in the EU, Hungary is to start vaccinations tomorrow with jabs purchased from Chinese company Sinopharm, the Hungarian government has said. | First in the EU, Hungary is to start vaccinations tomorrow with jabs purchased from Chinese company Sinopharm, the Hungarian government has said. |
Hungary’s right-wing government, a strong critic of sluggish EU vaccine rollout, has been the first of the 27 member states to buy and authorise Russian and Chinese vaccines not yet approved by Brussels, Reuters reports. | Hungary’s right-wing government, a strong critic of sluggish EU vaccine rollout, has been the first of the 27 member states to buy and authorise Russian and Chinese vaccines not yet approved by Brussels, Reuters reports. |
Hungary announced last month that it had reached a deal with Sinopharm to buy 5 million doses of its vaccine. | Hungary announced last month that it had reached a deal with Sinopharm to buy 5 million doses of its vaccine. |
Senegal has begun its coronavirus vaccination campaign with 200,000 doses that it purchased from China’s Sinopharm, which it received last week. | Senegal has begun its coronavirus vaccination campaign with 200,000 doses that it purchased from China’s Sinopharm, which it received last week. |
Reuters reports: | Reuters reports: |