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The World Health Organization said Ivory Coast received 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine Friday, the second nation to receive vaccines through the WHO-administered cooperative COVAX vaccine program. The delivery of AstraZeneca vaccine to the west African nation’s capital, Abidjan, followed the first COVAX delivery to Ivory Coast’s neighboring country, Ghana, Wednesday. At the agency’s regular news briefing at its headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Nigeria is expecting 4 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine next week. Tedros said, “More doses will be shipped to more countries in the coming days and weeks as we move towards our target of starting vaccination in all countries within the first 100 days of the year. We now have 43 days left." The WHO chief said the program had made great strides, but that the WHO needed to accelerate the supply and distribution of vaccines. Some countries continue to approach vaccine manufacturers to cut … [Read more...] about Ivory Coast Receives 500,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

close Video DeSantis: Florida had 'firm grasp' of coronavirus data early on Florida governor joins 'Life, Liberty & Levin' to discuss his administration's response to the pandemic The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday it is allowing more flexible shipping and storage temperatures for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine . The change permits transportation and two-week storage at -25 degrees Celsius to -15 degrees Celsius, which is often found in pharmaceutical freezers and refrigerators. Pfizer previously said the vaccine has demonstrated stability when stored at these temperatures and the approval would allow greater flexibility for shipping, distribution and pharmacies' and vaccination centers' management of the shot. The vaccine was first authorized to be stored in an ultra-cold freezer at temperatures between -80 degrees Celsius and -60 degrees Celsius, and can remain stored at these temperatures for up to 6 … [Read more...] about FDA eases Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipping, storage temperatures

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - Violet light bathed the club stage as 300 people, masked and socially distanced, erupted in gentle applause. For the first time since the pandemic began, Israeli musician Aviv Geffen stepped to his electric piano and began to play for an audience seated right in front of him. “A miracle is happening here tonight,” Geffen told the crowd. Still, the reanimating experience Monday night above a shopping mall north of Tel Aviv night was not accessible to everyone. Only people displaying a “green passport” that proved they had been vaccinated or had recovered from COVID-19 could get in. The highly controlled concert offered a glimpse of a future that many are longing for after months of COVID-19 restrictions. Governments say getting vaccinated and having proper documentation will smooth the way to travel, entertainment and other social gatherings in a post-pandemic world. But it also raises the prospect of further dividing the world along the lines of wealth and … [Read more...] about Vaccination ‘Passports’ May Open Society, but Inequity Looms

Brazil marked one year since its first confirmed case of the coronavirus on Thursday — the same day it recorded a quarter of a million deaths from the disease the virus causes. The country has averaged roughly 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 daily in recent weeks — similar to the peak of the virus in the country last July, according to statistics from the country’s ministry of health. President Jair Bolsonaro, who fell ill with COVID-19 last year, has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the virus and has said he will not be vaccinated against it. Brazil has confirmed more than 10 million cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. It has the second-highest death rate in the world, following the United States. Roughly five weeks after the first shot against the virus was administered in Brazil, the country has vaccinated about 3.6% of its population, according to Our World in Data, a research … [Read more...] about On Anniversary of First Confirmed Case, Brazil Marks 250,000 COVID Deaths

A former British prime minister has prepared a blueprint for world leaders to use to manage the next pandemic. The Guardian , “Had there been global coordination a year ago, I think we could have shaved at least three months off this virus,” in a reference to the outbreak of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline. Download File 360p | 8 MB 480p | 11 MB 540p | 14 MB 720p | 24 MB 1080p | 55 MB Original | 74 MB Embed Copy Download Audio The New York Times reports that researchers at Caltech and Columbia University have identified a rapidly spreading “worrisome” coronavirus variant in New York City.  The researchers found, according to the newspaper account, that the mutation could “weaken the effectiveness of vaccines.” … [Read more...] about Former British PM Blair Readies Blueprint for Tackling Next Pandemic