Peter Maurer, Red Cross chief,
December 8, 2020.
More than 60 million people in conflict zones and lawless regions could remain unvaccinated against Covid-19, the head of the Red Cross warned.
A global operation to vaccinate billions of people is due to begin.
But millions of the most vulnerable people may never receive a vaccine.
These include about 26 million refugees and tens of millions of internally displaced people.
One of the vaccines must be stored at minus 70°C, creating unique challenges for isolated communities.
“Producers of vaccines must be aware of the special conditions in which hundreds of millions of people are living, who are not close to any
Wednesday, 09 Dec 2020 10:44 PM MYT
A pharmacy technician from Croydon Health Services prepares a delivery of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccinations at Croydon University Hospital in Croydon, Britain December 5, 2020. Reuters pic
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LONDON, Dec 9 Britain’s medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergies do not get Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine after two people reported severe adverse reactions on the first day of rollout.
Starting with the elderly and frontline workers, Britain began mass vaccinating its population yesterday, part of a global drive that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history.