Two large-population nations are going in opposite directions in their coronavirus situation. While Russian has surged to record levels in deaths and cases, India's infections are the lowest in seven months and fatalities are just 3.5% of a record high this summer.
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The Mystery of Maduro’s Vaccination Drive for Venezuela
May 27, 2021
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“From tomorrow #24May, after the arrival from China of 1,300,000 vaccines, a new phase in immunization against the Pandemic begins. We will complete the care for health workers, education [workers] and patients with diseases that increase their vulnerability.”
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On May 23, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced via Twitter that 1.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses had arrived from China. He did not say exactly when they landed.
“[A]fter the arrival of 1,300,000 vaccines from China, a new phase in immunization against the Pandemic begins. We will complete care for health workers, education [workers] and patients with diseases that increase their vulnerability,” Maduro wrote.
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Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsVenezuela s academy of medicine asks U.S. to donate COVID-19 vaccines
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A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine sticker in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Venezuela s main academy of medicine has asked the United States to add the South American nation to its international donor list for millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines, despite a political freeze between the two countries.
Enrique Lopez-Loyo, president of the politically independent National Academy of Medicine, made the request to U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela James Story at a meeting on May 2, the academy said in a statement on Monday.