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Mastercard Foundation to spend $1.3B for COVID vaccinations for Africa \

Wed, 2021-06-09 00:34 — mike kraft

Foundation to spend $1.3B to vaccinate Africans for COVID One of the world's largest foundations will spend $1.3 billion over the next three years to acquire and deliver COVID-19 vaccines for more than 50 million people in Africa. It’s a first-of-its-kind effort for a Western nonprofit to bolster Africa’s lagging vaccination campaign amid widespread fears of a third wave of infections on the continent. AP NEWS

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Canada recommends mixing and matching various COVID-19 vaccines. US begins testing them for booster shots

Thu, 2021-06-03 21:26 — mike kraft

Canada recommends mixing and matching AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines | CBC News Canada is changing its guidelines on mixing and matching second doses of COVID-19 vaccines and is now advising Canadians to combine either the AstraZeneca-Oxford, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shots interchangeably in certain situations. CBC

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Biiden announces the US will quickly share more vaccines with other countries

Thu, 2021-06-03 20:47 — mike kraft

US to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing, Biden announces WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will swiftly donate a first tranche of 25 million doses of surplus vaccine overseas through the U.N.-backed COVAX program, promising infusions for South and Central America, Asia, Africa and others at a time of glaring shortages abroad and more than ample supplies at home. AP NEWS

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Biden asks intelligence community to redouble efforts to determine definitive origin of the coronavirus

Wed, 2021-05-26 17:41 — mike kraft

Biden asks US intel officials to investigate COVID-19 origin WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the unlikely possibility that the origins of the virus trace to Chinese lab. AP NEWS

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Europe, Canada and Australia, as a precaution, Hold Back Millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine produced by Emergent BioSolutions in Baltimore

Thu, 2021-05-06 21:44 — mike kraft

Millions of Johnson & Johnson doses sit unused across three continents. New York officials announced a new program on Thursday that would employ artists and performers to create public works throughout the city, in an effort to support artists whose incomes plummeted during the pandemic. The New York Times

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US to share millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses with other countries

Mon, 2021-04-26 19:49 — mike kraft

US to share AstraZeneca shots with world after safety check WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews, the White House said Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected to be available for export in the coming months. The move greatly expands on the Biden administration's action last month to share about 4 million doses of the vaccine with Mexico and Canada. The AstraZeneca vaccine is widely in use around the world but has not yet been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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AstraZeneca Vaccines Made at Troubled Baltimore Plant Were Shipped to Canada and Mexico

Sat, 2021-04-24 14:52 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday that it did not know that a Baltimore factory had discarded millions of possibly contaminated doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine when President Biden last month released the company to ship vaccines manufactured there to Mexico and Canada.

Canadian and Mexican officials said on Friday that they had assurances from AstraZeneca that the millions of doses they received were safe. Some of the doses have been distributed to the public in both countries, the officials said.

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Canada Bans Flights From Covid-Hit India, Pakistan for 30 Days

Thu, 2021-04-22 22:03 — mike kraft

Canada Bans Flights From Covid-Hit India, Pakistan for 30 Days Canada is banning direct flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days to help control the spread of new variants of Covid-19. Kait Bolongaro,Sandrine Rastello Bloomberg

Canada is banning direct flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days to help control the spread of new variants of Covid-19.

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In Depth: Possible explanations for the rare blood clots after Johnson & Johnson vaccination

Tue, 2021-04-20 15:24 — mike kraft

The race to untangle the secrets of rare, severe blood clots after Johnson & Johnson vaccination Making sense of rare, possibly related adverse events after vaccination can be notoriously tricky, but in this case, U.S. health officials have a blueprint. Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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Toronto struggles with surging COVID-19, PM Trudeau pledges help

Fri, 2021-04-16 16:25 — mike kraft

Canada gov't will help Toronto as it struggles with COVID-19, says PM Trudeau The Canadian government will help Toronto as the country's largest city struggles to cope with a rapidly worsening wave of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Reuters,David Ljunggren Reuters

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