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Article by Social Share Geneva – The Antigua and Barbuda government appealed on Monday for the World Health Assembly (WHA) to commit to an urgent and binding implementation plan in order to “arrest the tragedies” of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed millions of people and infected several more millions worldwide since 2019. In a recorded address to the 74th WHA, taking place virtually, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said the organisation must also agree to comprehensive and decisive action in dealing with the pandemic that has killed 42 people and infected 1,257 in his homeland. Browne told the WHA that if action is not taken, “our one world will be injured irreparably with profound repercussions for all”. ....
Russian jab rollout on hold as country waits for WHO approval Rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is to be delayed while government waits for the World Health Organization (WHO) to give the jab the official stamp of approval. The delay is a U-turn on previous plans to get the shot in circulation quickly to bolster the national vaccination programme by offering residents an alternative to AstraZeneca. Information Minister Melford Nicholas told media yesterday that government was keen to avoid public concern that it had been “reckless” in dishing out the shot. Another reason for the postponement might be that there are still as many as 28,500 unused AstraZeneca doses in the country – some of them due to expire at the end of June – amid lingering hesitancy among many residents towards getting inoculated. ....
CMO weighs in on mandatory vaccine debate antiguaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from antiguaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CMO weighs in on vaccination expiration concerns Spread the love Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Rhonda Sealey-Thomas spoke to the issue exclusively with Observer media. “The vaccines we have do have an expiry date the end of June and of course if persons do not take the vaccines, we may have some of them on our hands that may expire. Certainly, we would not want them to go to waste, there are countries right here in our region who would probably benefit from those vaccines because their citizens want the vaccines,” Dr Sealey-Thomas said. Despite this, the CMO revealed there are contingencies that government can put in place to deal with the vaccines before they expire. ....
Chief Medical Officer Dr Rhonda Sealey Thomas was among senior officials who received second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine today. It marks the official roll- ....