Hong Kong s government on Monday morning ended an unprecedented lockdown after testing thousands of residents living in an area that had reported an increasing number of coronavirus cases, authorities said.
Mexico, Russia leaders to discuss vaccine supply
MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday about obtaining doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, his foreign affairs secretary said Sunday.
Marcelo Ebrard said via Twitter the two leaders would speak Monday morning about the bilateral relationship and supplying doses of the vaccine.
The vaccine has not been approved for use in Mexico, but the government is desperate to fill supply gaps left by shortages of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Mexico has given more than 618,000 vaccine doses.
A week ago, Lopez Obrador said that his government had agreed with a U.N. proposal to delay shipments of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to countries like Mexico that had existing purchase agreements, in order to get more doses to poorer countries quicker.
Xi, Putin exchange New Year greetings over phone Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/28 21:40:01 Last Updated: 2020/12/28 21:56:22 Chinese President Xi Jinping had a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday night. They sent New Year greetings to each other and to people on both sides.
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