DONATIONS. The boxes containing 1,062,100 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine are loaded into a refrigerated container truck at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Sunday (Dec. 19, 2021). The jabs are donations from the German government. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - A total of 1,062,100 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine donated by the German government through the COVAX Facility arrived Sunday afternoon. Later, another 535,300 doses will be delivered at about 10:15 p.m., also via Singapore Airlines, to complete 1,597,400 donated doses while private-sector procured 663,400 doses of AstraZeneca jabs will arrive at 7:30 p.m. "We have another example today how important vaccination is and I think the Philippines is on a very good way on its vaccination program and Germany is very happy to support the Philippines for the fantastic vaccination program," German Embassy Economic Counsellor George Maue said in an interview. Department of Foreign Affairs - Of
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Mumbai city on Sunday reported 548 new COVID-19 cases, 705 recoveries, and 24 deaths. The active cases stand at 8,114. Thane city reported 100 new cases. Meanwhile, amid a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses, vaccination will not take place in Kalyan-Dombivli and TMC centres in Thane. In another development, ahead of the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said his party and former ally Shiv Sena are not enemies though there are differences of opinions on certain issues between them and added there are no ifs and buts in politics.Read Less
Dubai: “Reading books can help us learn and heal. It is like a hospital to the mind,” were the poignant words by then nine-year old Maryam Lehsen Amjoun, who had won the hearts of the Arab world when she was crowned champion of the Arab Reading Challenge, back in October 2018.
She was the youngest finalist out of millions of participants from 44 Arab countries who joined the challenge organised by the Mohammad Bin Rashid Global Initiatives (MBRGI). When her name was announced as the overall champion, the eloquent and confident girl from Morocco burst into tears. Everyone was moved. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who was onstage to bestow the award, used his own ghutra to wipe Maryam’s tears of joy, in a very emotional scene.