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2021-01-27 03:05:53 GMT2021-01-27 11:05:53(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) The Blue Hall at the Stockholm City Hall, venue for the Nobel Banquet, is set to become a vaccination center in the battle against COVID-19, Swedish TT News Agency reported on Tuesday.
From the end of this week, the Blue Hall will be used as a vaccination center for employees of nursing homes for the elderly, as local authorities have been scrambling for suitable premises to prioritize vaccination for around 58,000 employees of the municipal health and care system. The vaccination process is very demanding. Sports halls and large premises such as the Blue Hall are suitable for effective and infection-proof vaccinations. For me and the city of Stockholm, it is obvious we have to assist with the vital vaccination program during the spring, Municipal Commissioner for Finance of Stockholm Anna Konig Jerlmyr told local newspaper Mitti.
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2021-01-27 13:35:36 GMT2021-01-27 21:35:36(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NICOSIA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) Cypriot Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced Wednesday government strategy for ending the coronavirus lockdown imposed more than two weeks ago, starting with easing restrictions on Monday.
Ioannou told a televised press conference that starting Monday, Feb. 1, barber shops and hair and beauty salons will reopen, but shopping malls, department stores and retail shops will remain closed for one more week before resuming operation on Feb. 8.
However, a ban on the movement of general public will remain in force until further notice, with people allowed to go out twice a day, after sending an SMS and receiving a permit from authorities.
Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, stated on Monday that AstraZeneca s new schedule in which the company s supply of COVID-19 vaccine would fall short of expectation was unacceptable to the European Union (EU)