Dubai: DP World and UNICEF have announced a partnership to support the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and related immunisation supplies in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
The new multi-million-dollar partnership is the largest established to date to support UNICEF’s leading role in procuring and supplying two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines and auxiliary vaccination supplies on behalf of the COVAX Facility, the global pooled procurement mechanism aimed at ensuring fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. DP World and UNICEF will also collaborate on other global programmes in support of education, health, women’s empowerment and water and sanitation.
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Polish minister wants to forbid social media from banning users. Poland’s justice ministry is preparing a “groundbreaking” bill that would forbid the administrators of social media websites from deleting posts and banning users in what appears to be a reaction to the latest decision by prominent social networks – including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram – to suspend the private accounts of outgoing US President Donald Trump. Read more.
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Söder starts debate over mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers. Bavarian leader Markus Söder (CSU) kicked off a debate on Tuesday, after suggesting that Germany’s healthcare workers, particularly those in nursing homes, should be required to get immunised against the virus, the German daily