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The Biden government has stopped a Baltimore producer from making AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine, days after the factory destroyed 15 million doses of shots developed by Johnson & Johnson, the New York Times. reported, citing two senior federal health officials who have not been identified.
It comes as weekly infections in the US reach their highest point since late February, even with vaccinations at record levels. The UK confirmed that seven people had it dies of blood clots after receiving AstraZeneca vaccine. More than 18 million doses have been administered in the country, and regulators maintain that the shot is safe.
The first phase of the introduction of the coronavirus vaccine in Australia was apparently two months behind schedule, the Age reported, citing federal health department tenders. The recorded virus from Canada was above the million mark, while a third wave of infections swept across the country.
Important developments:
- Global Tracker: business exceeds 130.6 million; deaths exceed 2.8 million
- Vaccine Detection: More than 652 million shots are given worldwide
- USA stops vaccination production at a destroyed plant, says NYT
- CDC says vaccinated people can travel, must wear masks
- How vaccine nationalism runs the risk prolong the pandemic
- How pandemics change the course of history: Stephen Mihm
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Virus virus in Canada succeeds 1 million (09:19 HK)
Recorded Covid-19 cases in Canada violate the 1 million market as a third wave across the country.
There have been 1,001,650 cases recorded since the start of the pandemic from Saturday afternoon, according to the Canadian Press. Canada, like other countries, is struggling with the proliferation of new variants that send more people to hospital and result in stricter closure measures.
Yunnan business on the rise (09:10 AM)
According to the National Health Commission, the number of local cases of coronavirus in the southwestern province of Yunnan has climbed, with ten local confirmed cases and one local asymptomatic case. All the cases were in Ruili, a city bordering Myanmar, and the recent Yunnan group started on March 30 when the first local case was reported. The provincial government had 36 cases from Yunnan as of Saturday, 33 of which were local.
Japan Mulls Injection Expansion System (09:07 HP)
The Japanese government will consider allowing a wider range of medical professionals, such as dentists, to inject Covid-19 vaccines, as it wants to increase the shots in the coming weeks, the Nikkei newspaper reported without says where he obtained the information.
Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, in an appearance at the national public broadcaster NHK, asked people to refrain from traveling to the Osaka region. The government has placed new virus restrictions on the region in recent days to fight a new boom.
US stops Astra vaccine at plant (08:02 HK)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday stopped a Baltimore producer from making AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, days after the factory destroyed 15 million doses of shots developed by Johnson & Johnson, the New York Times . reported, citing two senior federal health officials who have not been identified.
The move came after biotech firm Emergent BioSolutions Inc. in Maryland accidentally mixed the ingredients of the two vaccines, forcing regulators to delay production of the plant, the newspaper said.
Johnson & Johnson later in a declaration that it assumes full responsibility for the manufacture of a medicinal product for its Covid-19 vaccine at Emergent BioSolutions’ Bayview plant.
Australia introduces vaccination delay (07:04 am)
The first phase of the introduction of the coronavirus vaccine in Australia could finally end months behind the scheme Age reported, citing federal health department tenders.
According to the report, the tenders in which private companies are asked to submit vaccinations for the Phase 1a group have a time frame.
French Lockdown to Slow Rebound (06:21 HK)
France’s economy will recovery less than expected earlier this year due to the latest nationwide four-week exclusion aimed at halting an increase in coronavirus cases.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire lowered the country’s 2021 GDP growth expectation to 5% from 6%, after a contraction of 8.1% last year. According to a Bloomberg survey in March, economists expected the economy to expand 5.7%.
UK issues digital Covid pass: Sun (06:05 HK)
The UK government will on Monday announce plans for a new app that will confirm whether the container has had a vaccine, a recent negative test or Covid-19 in the past six months, enabling the person to attend mass gatherings such as festivities , attend theaters or sports. events, reports the newspaper Sun.
Bars and restaurants will be excluded from the certification, which is actually a victory for dozens of lawmakers in the conservative party of Boris Johnson, who has struggled against a ‘divisive and discriminatory’ measure.
Argentine president tests positive (3:33 am HK)
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, who received two doses of Russian Sputnik V vaccine earlier this year, tested positive for Covid-19, his doctor said.
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez (L) puts on a mask after delivering a speech alongside the president of the human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, Estela Carlotto, during the ceremony to honor members of Abuelas and Madres de Plaza de Mayo with the Juana Azurduy Award. at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires on March 23, 2021, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the military coup. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP) (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP via Getty Images)
Fernandez had earlier said he was isolating himself after receiving a positive result from an antibody test. A polymerase chain reaction test, which is more definitive, confirmed the result, according to a statement signed by Federico Saavedra, Fernandez’s longtime personal physician and now a member of his medical staff. Fernandez is ‘stable, asymptomatic and with indicators within normal ranges’, Saavedra added.
US reaches 4 million doses for second day (15:03 NY)
The U.S. recorded a second consecutive vaccination day at about 4 million, as the weekly average reached 3.1 million doses per day, according to data released by the Bloomberg vaccine detection. At this rate, it will take another three months to cover 75% of the population. A total of 162 million doses were administered in the US. The global score is 632 million.
UK says Astra shot safe despite blood deaths (9:17 am NY)
The UK has confirmed seven people died of rare blood clots after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. UK medicine and Health care Products Regulatory Agency said on Saturday that out of thirty cases of blood clots and low blood platelets identified in people in the UK who received the shot by March 24, seven died. More than 18 million doses have been administered in the country and the regulator maintains that the shot is safe.
Australia is also investigating a case of solidification. The country said on Saturday it was working with regulators in the UK and the European Union after identifying a case of blood clotting in someone who received the AstraZeneca shot on April 2.
US adds nearly 68,000 new cases (08:00 NY)
The U.S. added nearly 68,000 new cases on Friday as weekly infections reached their highest point since late February, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. The upward trend continues even as the US vaccinates at record levels, with 4 million shots fired on Friday, according to Bloomberg Inenting Tracker show.
Manila Lockdown Extended (07:52 NY)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a proposal to extended the exclusion in the capital Manila and nearby provinces by at least a week, as the country’s active cases of coronavirus reached the highest in Southeast Asia.
The national capital region and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal will remain under the improved quarantine of the community from April 5 to 11, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Saturday. The country’s strictest movement restriction was originally intended to last only a week until April 4.
UK pubs in Kenya (6 hours NY)
The UK has announced that visitors who have been in or left Kenya for the past ten days are not allowed to enter the country from 9am. British and Irish nationals and third-country nationals staying in the UK arriving in the UK from Kenya will have to be quarantined in a hotel, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said in a statement. statement on its website. The agency said different rules apply to arrivals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Vaccinated Britons face fewer curbs (17:27 HK)
Vaccinated Britons will experience fewer Covid tests and can avoid quarantine measures under the UK Government’s plans to ease restrictions abroad summer vacation, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will draw up a plan for the opening of travel on Monday and is expected to unveil a traffic light system under which countries are rated red, yellow or green according to their risk based on vaccination levels, Covid rates and the appearance of new variants. the newspaper said. All travelers returning to the UK will need Covid tests before departure regardless of their vaccination status.
British Official Slams Astra ‘Bickering’ (16:47 HK)
“Dispute” and disputes over vaccine supply and possible side effects of the AstraZeneca Plc vaccine “must stop” because it “limits uncertainty in people’s minds”, said Kate Bingham, head of the British Vaccine Taskforce Financial Times interview.
Bingham said it AstraZeneca, whose vaccine safety has been questioned in a number of countries, are ‘heroes’ in picking up an experimental vaccine invented at the University of Oxford and how it can be tested, manufactured and distributed at low cost around the world. word. The company has entered into more transactions to provide low-income countries than any other competitive medicine, and is ‘caught up in geopolitics’, Bingham told the FT.
– With the help of Jon Herskovitz, Eduard Gismatullin, Greg Chang, Ian Fisher, Shelly Hagan, Masumi Suga and Lin Zhu