Experts say Australia could complete vaccination program by December
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Australia has a chance of vaccinating the entire adult population this year, as experts say a new deal for 25 million doses of Modernaâs mRNA vaccine makes a national December target reachable.
The Moderna vaccine will be used as a back-up option and as a booster for future COVID-19 variants. Ten million doses are to arrive this year and another 15 million next year.
Australia has ordered 25 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to support the national vaccination program.
Imani Elizabeth Jackson is a poet from Chicago. Her writings appear in Triple Canopy, Apogee, The Arkansas International, BOMB, and elsewhere. She's authored the chapbook saltsitting (rereleased by g l o s s, 2020), Consider the Tongue (with S an D. Henry-Smith, 2019), and her first book, Flag, is forthcoming from Futurepoem. Imani is also a member of the Poetry Project’s
Many of us will be looking forward to a well-earned day of rest and recuperation next week as May Day approaches. May Day is, of course, a public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May or the first Monday of May. So what better time than now to take a look through over archives and take a meander down memory lane to mark the weird and wonderful ways the first day of the month of May has been marked by Cumbrians over the years! We see a wide range of different events in today’s gallery. From charity events, heroic selfless individuals to thrill seekers and more, it is clear that many over the years have felt compelled to try something new or make a difference on this day.
April 18, 2021
Jose Alfaro says he was perfect prey for a sex trafficker because of the color of his skin.
The Mexican American youth was 16 years old and homeless when he reached out for help on the internet more than a decade ago.
He joined a gay chat room and met an older man named Jason Gandy who offered him empathy and a place to stay.
“It seemed like a dream, and at the time, not having anywhere to go,” Alfaro says now.
But the dream quickly became a grim reality. Gandy told Alfaro he would have to work in the older man’s “massage” business, which was a euphemism for prostitution. Alfaro provided sexual massages to Gandy’s clients in his Texas home in transactions that escalated to sexual assault.
17 April, 2021 01:01
PETER Jackson always had a strong sense of social justice.
He never judged anyone on their beliefs or political outlook but held steadfast to his own.
And he never sought recognition for a lifetime tackling social inequalities through community and voluntary service.
Peter once attended a meeting of his local residents committee in Newry about getting a community hall and came home as the chairman.
Over the years he also served as chair of the Confederation of Community Groups, the Shamrocks Athletic Club and Whitegates Community Business Ltd, as president of Newry Credit Union and honorary president of St John Bosco GFC, and on the boards of Clanrye Abbey Developments and St Bosco Youth Club.