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1of17FILE - In this Friday, April 23, 2021 file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement during an official visit to the Pfizer pharmaceutical company in Puurs, Belgium. The European Union has cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that her office “has just approved a contract for a guaranteed 900 million doses (+900 million options).” (John Thys, Pool via AP, File)John Thys/APShow MoreShow Less
Philippines Won t Disclose COVID Shot Brand Until Appointment, to Overcome Preferences
On 5/20/21 at 12:25 PM EDT
Philippine officials will not disclose the brands of COVID-19 vaccine being administered at vaccination sites until the person s appointment in order to overcome preferences for Western vaccines.
The decision to withhold brand information came after large crowds arrived this week at immunization sites offering newly received doses of the Western Pfizer vaccine in the cities of Parañaque and Manila, the country s capital. Officials said that less than half of the more than 8 million vaccine doses received in February have been administered so far. The best vaccine is the one that is available. In order to overcome brand preference, local government units should not announce the brand of vaccine to be used in vaccination centers, said the Philippine Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. He added that if a citizen refuses a vaccine dose based on the brand, that person
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People wearing face masks walk across the famed Shibuya crossing in Tokyo on Thursday, May 20, 2021.
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Visitors pass an artwork titled Martyr, 2019 created by British artist Damien Hirst at Art Basel in Hong Kong Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Art Basel, one of the world s most prestigious modern and contemporary art exhibitions, is returning to Hong Kong in its ninth edition. The prestige art fair is hosting 104 galleries from 23 countries and territories.
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A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a woman to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, May 20, 2021. India has the second-highest coronavirus caseload after the U.S. with more than 25 million confirmed infections.
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BRUSSELS â The head of the World Trade Organization says itâs paramount to diversify vaccine manufacturing and develop production in Africa and Latin America to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
On the eve of a global health summit in Rome, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told European Union legislators on Thursday that normal market forces for exports and imports canât apply when it comes to the life-or-death issue of COVID-19 vaccines. Many of the worldâs wealthiest nations were hoarding the shots for their own population.
She says the world has the capacity to manufacture 5 billion vaccine doses overall but as the virus has spread âwe require twice and three times that. So the capacity was not there.â
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