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On the occasion of the virtual Summit, on June 2 2021, between H.E. Ms. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and H.E. Mr. Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain.
New Zealand and the Kingdom of Spain:
Welcoming the existing strong links between the two countries;
Asserting their firm commitment to the defence of a more democratic rules-based, multilateral order and international institutions, and rules-based trade;
Reiterating their shared commitment to a values-oriented foreign policy that pursues democracy, sustainability, gender equality and women’s empowerment, rule of law, human rights, with special emphasis on indigenous peoples and vulnerable groups;
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Countries relying on the COVAX scheme to vaccinate their citizens against the COVID-19 pandemic will have to make alternative arrangements after the Serum Institute of India (SII), the largest single supplier to the scheme said shipments would only resume at the end of this year.
The scheme was set up last year to try to ensure fair access to vaccines among rich and poor nations but the SII has made none of its planned shipments since exports were suspended in March as a result of India s COVID-19 health crisis.
More than 49 million vaccine doses have been delivered through COVAX so far but there were no shipments for March, April or May after a deadly second wave of infections in India.
WHO asks rich countries to delay child vax, donate jabs
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WHO asks rich countries to delay child vax, donate jabs. Image Source: IANS News
London, May 16 : Rich nations must delay their plans to vaccinate their children and teenagers against Covid-19 and instead donate the jabs to low-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. In a handful of rich countries, which bought up the majority of the vaccine supply, lower risk groups are now being vaccinated, WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual conference in Geneva on Friday. I understand why some countries want to vaccinate their children and adolescents, but right now I urge them to reconsider and to instead donate vaccines to Covax, Ghebreyesus said.
Rich nations must delay their plans to vaccinate their children and teenagers against Covid-19 and instead donate the jabs to low-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. In a handful of rich countries, which bought up the majority of the vaccine supply, lower risk groups are now being vaccinated, WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual conference in Geneva on Friday. I understand why some countries want to vaccinate their children and adolescents, but right now I urge them to reconsider and to instead donate vaccines to Covax, Ghebreyesus said. The statement comes as, last week, the US, Canada and Switzerland laid out plans to begin coronavirus vaccine shots for adolescents.