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The Indonesian Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry explored cooperation opportunities in bolstering the capacity of cooperatives and micro, ...

WHO: Risks from Covid-19 much higher than AstraZeneca vaccine related risks From CNN’s Naomi Thomas World Health Organization The World Health Organization continues to believe that the benefits of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine outweigh the risk of rare side effects, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news briefing in Geneva on Friday.  “Even as we work to expand access to vaccines, we’re continuing to keep a close eye on vaccine safety,” Tedros said.  A...

4 min ago More than half of rural Americans have received a Covid-19 vaccine or plan to, but hesitancy remains high, analysis finds  From CNN Health’s Lauren Mascarenhas More than half of rural residents in the United States have received a Covid-19 vaccine or plan to, but one in five still say they will definitely not get vaccinated, according to analysis released by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Friday. KFF researchers surveyed 1,001 adults living in rural America and found that 54% s...

Indonesia urges D-8 to boost inter-regional trade, vaccine production 17 hours ago 7 hours ago A screenshot of President Joko Widodo (top row, center) at the virtual D-8 Summit, which he joined from Jakarta on Thursday (April 8, 2021). (ANTARA/Aria Cindyara) This means that the world must be able to multiply the (vaccine) production capacity. There must not be restrictions on vaccine production and distribution. Here, D-8 countries can play a role by offering their production capacity. ...