all 50 states. the surge coincides with the biden administration program to get 50,000 extra doses to lgbtq events. that effort kicked off at the charlotte pride festival over the weekend. diane gallagher is live in charlotte. so, diane, how did that vaccine drive go this weekend? reporter: look, bianna, this was an excellent advancement for mecklenburg county public health in their quest to essentially stop monkeypox here in this area. the charlotte area has the highest number of cases in the state of north carolina, nearly 40% of the state s cases. i do want to be clear about one thing, monkeypox isn t a sexually transmitted infection. anyone can get it from close contact with a person who has monkeypox. but men who have sex with men and transgender people are the majority of cases of monkeypox right now and that s the idea behind the biden administration s pilot program that launched here in charlotte, to essentially meet people where
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Saturday appreciated India's vaccination drive in a meeting with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland's Davos.
he broke covid rules to hug a bereaved woman at a vaccine clinic. dr prit buttar s twitter thread has generated hundreds of responses and thousands of likes and retweets. he said he had been prompted to post by the political row surrounding gatherings at 10 downing street. and i m pleased to say we can speak to that dr prit buttar now. he s a retired gp living in scotland. first of all, just talk us through exactly why you decided you had to break the rules at the time. this was about break the rules at the time. this was about nine break the rules at the time. this was about nine or break the rules at the time. ti 3 was about nine or ten months ago. we were in the middle of the first big vaccine drive. and the receptionist came in during the afternoon to say that somebody had arrived, was meant to have come three or four days before hand had missed her appointment and would it be ok for them to fit her in with matt which