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Government Executive Get the latest workforce news delivered to your inbox. email Coronavirus Roundup: Diplomats are Asking Foreign Governments for Vaccines; Democrats ask IRS to Delay Tax Season Deadline Theres a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed. On Friday, President Biden will give remarks at the virtual G7 about protecting vulnerable populations worldwide from the pandemic. “Using money appropriated by a bip...

G7 leaders commit US$ 4.3 billion to finance global equitable access to tests, treatments and vaccines in 2021 Format The ACT Accelerator partnership welcomes over US$ 4.3 billion of new investments from the USA, Germany, the European Commission, Japan, and Canada to fund the development and equitable rollout of the tests, treatments and vaccines needed to end the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s commitments bring the amount committed to date to US$ 10.3 billion, leaving a fund...

Secretary-General Calls Vaccine Equity Biggest Moral Test for Global Community, as Security Council Considers Equitable Availability of Doses Format SC/14438 Addressing the equitable distribution of vaccines against the coronavirus in the Security Council today, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres proposed the creation of an emergency task force by the G20 countries to prepare and help implement a global immunization plan. “The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is generating hope,�...

February 19, 2021 Lyna Mohamad Ambassador of Japan to Brunei Darussalam Eiji Yamamoto recently lauded Brunei’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak as “extremely effective”. During a reception hosted by the Embassy of Japan in Brunei Darussalam on Wednesday at the The Rizqun International Hotel, in conjunction with the Emperor of Japan’s 61 st birthday, Yamamoto said, “Under the strong leadership of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Ha...

Secretary-General calls vaccine equity biggest moral test for global community, as Security Council considers equitable availability of doses.

17 February 2021 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will today call for local ceasefires across the globe so vulnerable people living in conflict zones can be vaccinated against COVID-19. He will chair a meeting of the UN Security Council today and urge members to unite and agree a resolution for negotiated vaccine ceasefires, and to support equitable access to vaccines so that the most vulnerable people can be protected from the virus. The Foreign Secretary will say allowing the virus to spread in...

Cameroon: COVID 19 Emergency Situation Report No. 14 - January 2021 Format HIGHLIGHTS • COVID-19 pandemic persists in Cameroon with 3,340 new cases and 14 deaths recorded by the Ministry of Health from 1 to 31 January. Cameroon is the sixteenth African country in relation to the number of infections. • Eight of the ten United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) deployed by OCHA for the COVID-19 response already completed their six months contracts. The other two will end in the next couple of months....

The international community has a 'moral duty to act' to vaccinate the vulnerable, the Foreign Secretary said

17 February 2021 - The British Embassy Manila has launched the UK-Philippines Vaccine Clinic in partnership with the University of the Philippines -...

The government estimates 160 million people in places such as Yemen could miss out on vaccines.