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Europes COVID vaccine fiasco continues Melissa Rossi © Provided by Yahoo! News BARCELONA — Just when it appeared as if Europe’s much-criticized COVID vaccination rollout might finally be getting on track, new cases of the virus have skyrocketed, curfews and lockdowns have been reinstated and questions about the safety of some vaccines have led to an atmosphere of restive uncertainty across the continent. Andrew Hussey, a history professor in Paris — where schools are clo...

Jan Blatny was replaced by Petr Arenberger, the director of Prague’s University Hospital Vinohrady, who was sworn in by President Milos Zeman. The move opens the way for the possible use of Russian and Chinese vaccines, which have not been approved by the European Union’s drug regulator. Babiš repeatedly criticized Blatny over his handling of the pandemic, including imposing strict conditions for the use of experimental drugs to treat COVID-19 patients. Blatny was also under fire from Zema...

Russia Accuses Slovakia of COVID Vaccine Sabotage, Demands Return of Shots On 4/8/21 at 1:58 PM EDT Russia asked Slovakia on Thursday to return its Sputnik V vaccine supply "due to multiple contract violations." The vaccines official Twitter page said Slovakias drug regulator is "in violation of existing contract and in an act of sabotage" tested Sputnik V "in a laboratory which is not part of the EUs Official Medicines Control Laboratory network." Unfortunately, in violation of existing contra...

Hungary: Government uses vaccine campaign to lash out at political opponents As Hungary struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus and forges ahead with its vaccination campaign, the governments opponents are being scapegoated. Viktor Orban has been in office since 2010 It began with a fake quote. In early January, government-friendly media outlets in Hungary accused renowned political scientist Peter Kreko, executive director of the think tank Political Capital Institute, of urging the...

PHILIPPINE SEA — The U.S. 7th Fleet that operates throughout the Indo-Pacific says more than 14,000 of its service members have received their full doses of the coronavirus vaccine, which it began administering on January 5. “We are in a pandemic and our principle weapon for ending this and saving lives is the vaccine,” vaccine coordinator Capt. Joseph F. Penta was quoted as saying in a news release. “We owe it to ourselves, our family and country to make every effort to sto...

Russias Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) demanded Slovakia should return the supplied batch of Sputnik V vaccine due to a breach of contract, a message posted on the official Twitter account of the Russian vaccine said.  The laboratory, where the Russian vaccine was tested, is not part of the network of EUs official drug control agencies. RDIF sent a request to the Slovak government to test the supplied vaccine in a certified laboratory. In addition, on April 6, 2021, the department sent a letter...

Hungary: Government uses vaccine campaign to lash out at political opponents dw.com 2 days ago © Provided by dw.com Viktor Orban has been in office since 2010 It began with a fake quote. In early January, government-friendly media outlets in Hungary accused renowned political scientist Peter Kreko, executive director of the think tank Political Capital Institute, of urging the opposition to encourage people not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 so that as many people as possible would die....

/ ListenUpYall.com Apr 8, 2021 12:16 PM TOKYO — Tokyo’s governor has asked Japan’s central government for permission to implement emergency measures to curb a coronavirus variant ahead of the Olympics. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he plans to place Tokyo under emergency virus measures after consulting with experts on Friday. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike says she asked the government to allow her to issue binding orders under a new virus prevention law enacted in February, It include...

Slovakia was told to return its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines "due to multiple contract violations". It came after Slovakia’s State Institute for Drug Control claimed the vaccines delivered to the country were different to elsewhere. The institute said it had also not received enough information about Sputnik V to be able to assess its benefits and risks. The official Twitter account of the Sputnik V vaccine accused Slovakia’s drug regulator of an "act of sabotage" and said it had "launche...

Russia wants Slovakia to return its Sputnik V vaccines by Karel Janicek, The Associated Press Posted Apr 8, 2021 12:49 pm EDT Last Updated Apr 8, 2021 at 12:58 pm EDT PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Russia asked Slovakia on Thursday to return its Sputnik V vaccines it has received “due to multiple contract violations.” The official Twitter account of the Sputnik V vaccine said Slovakia’s drug regulator “in violation of existing contract and in an act of sabotage” tested Sputnik V “in a l...