Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses will be backloaded, with more doses coming later, Fauci says
From CNN s Naomi Thomas
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center investigational pharmacy technician Sara Berech holds a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine before it is administered in a clinical trial on December 15, 2020, in Aurora, Colorado. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota Tuesday that if Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate is granted emergency use authorization the number of doses will likely be relatively few at first, but will ramp up to meet contractual agreements.
How pots and pans became tools of protests, from Chile to Myanmar Ruby Mellen
Replay Video It was the clamor heard ’round the world. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, the banging of pots filled the air in Myanmar’s largest city. Residents of Yangon, the country’s former capital, unleashed a volley of pan rattling, drum beating and horn honking, a dissonant moment of dissent a day after the military seized power in a coup. The banging of pots and pans is often associated with celebration: Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, people across the globe took to clanging their kitchenware at 7 p.m. to hail essential health workers beginning overnight shifts.
U.S. Travel Rules Spark Testing Rush in Resort Getaway Spots Bloomberg 1/28/2021 Andrea Navarro and Patrick Clark
(Bloomberg) Hotels, airports and airlines across Mexico and the Caribbean are rushing to set up Covid-19 testing sites to meet new U.S. entry rules and salvage demand for the pandemic-hit travel industry.
In Mexico, tourist magnets like Cancun have set up multiple testing sites inside airports to accommodate travelers to the U.S., which on Tuesday started requiring proof of negative Covid results before allowing visitors to fly in from other nations. Hyatt Hotels Corp. is offering complimentary testing at its 19 Latin America resorts, while Marriott International Inc. is providing a mix of on-site testing and assistance coordinating with local facilities.
(Photo : Hector Vivas/Getty Images) President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the Ayotzinapa case report at Palacio Nacional on September 26, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexico s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discussed reversing immigration policies, a phone call readout from the White House stated Saturday.
Biden talked about plans to reverse the Trump administration s draconian immigration policies while working to address the causes of migration from other countries like Mexico, reported Reuters.
The new president said immigration policies under the Biden administration had a goal of reducing migration by focusing on addressing its root causes.
Joe Biden Tells Mexican President He Will Reverse Trump Administration s Draconian Immigration Policies
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Fox News, the White House told the press that Biden and Lopez Obrador held the discussion in order to review bilateral cooperation on a range of bilateral and regional issues, particularly regional migration.
Unlike his predecessor Donald Trump, the White House said, Biden will try to reduce the influx of illegal immigrants from Latin America by addressing the underlying causes of migration and reforming asylum application procedures. The president outlined his plan to reduce migration by addressing its root causes, increasing resettlement capacity and lawful alternative immigration pathways, improving processing at the border to adjudicate requests for asylum, and reversing the previous administration s draconian immigration policies. During the 2020 campaign, Biden repeatedly said that he would seek to undo and reverse Trump s immigration policies.