Expert group now in place to decide which vaccine A&B receives
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by Gemma Handy
Efforts to inform and update the nation about Covid-19 vaccines are being stepped up – but government warns their arrival into Antigua and Barbuda is still “several months” away.
A body of local medical experts who will be tasked with choosing which vaccine the nation receives – and who should be prioritised to receive it – has now been assembled.
The national technical working group was formally launched this week in line with requirements from regional agencies leading the vaccines’ distribution.
Health Minister Molwyn Joseph said the group – chaired by pathologist Dr Lester Simon – comprised some of the country’s “brightest minds”.
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That’s more than 20 times the number of pregnant women and children vaccinated as part of India’s universal immunisation program.
2021-01-06 13:06:26 GMT2021-01-06 21:06:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MANILA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) At least 15,000 Filipinos are expected to participate in the World Health Organization-led coronavirus vaccine trial that will likely kick off this month, a Philippine government official said on Wednesday. The Philippines and Colombia will be the first two countries to take part in the WHO solidarity vaccine trial, Carlito Galvez, the National Task Force against COVID-19 chief implementer, said in an online briefing.
He said that the 15,000 participants will come from Metro Manila, the capital region and the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines.
Galvez said the trial aims to determine the safety and efficacy of the candidate vaccine.
Israel is celebrating an impressive, record-setting vaccination drive, having given initial jabs of coronavirus shots to more than a 10th of the population. But Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza can only watch and wait. As the world ramps up what is already on track to become a highly unequal vaccination push – with people in richer nations first to be inoculated – the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories.