Spanish Congress of Deputies approves bill to legalise euthanasia IANS
Madrid: The Spanish Congress of Deputies or the lower chamber of Parliament approved a bill to legalise euthanasia.
The bill, allowing euthanasia in “a context of a chronic and disabling condition or serious illness or incurable, causing intolerable suffering”, passed on Thursday with 198 votes in favour, 138 against and two abstentions, Xinhua news agency reported.
According to the bill, in order to be able to request euthanasia, a person needs “Spanish nationality or legal residence in Spain or registration certificate that proves a time of stay in Spanish territory more than 12 months, be of legal age and be capable and aware” of what they are doing.
Spain To Start Coronavirus Vaccinations On December 27: Minister Spain To Start Coronavirus Vaccinations On December 27: Minister The announcement comes a day after European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU would start Covid-19 jabs between December 27 and 29.
Spain plans to vaccinate elderly residents and staff in nursing homes first (Representational)
Madrid:
Spain will start immunising people against the coronavirus on December 27, a day after it receives the first doses of a vaccine, Health Minister Salvador Illa said on Friday.
The announcement comes a day after European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU would begin inoculations against Covid-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine between December 27 and 29, saying it was Europe s moment in the battle against the virus.
Bidens to Get Vaccine; N.Y. Cases Soar to Record: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will get vaccine doses on Monday. Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated on live television to encourage Americans to get their shots. New York state shattered its record for the most daily cases since the start of the pandemic, reporting more than 12,000 new infections. Michigan began lifting a partial lockdown as its outbreak eases.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will work quickly toward authorizing Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine, Commissioner Stephen Hahn said. The World Health Organization said the end of global pandemic is “in sight” as vaccines begin to roll out.
Spanish court orders probe into care home deaths as COVID-19 infections rise By Nathan Allen
FILE PHOTO: Elderly people get love through nursing home glass front as COVID surges
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered an investigation into the deaths of elderly nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic as the government warned the nation was facing a possible third wave of infections.
Magistrates were asked to find out if deaths at nursing homes “were associated with political, administrative or management decisions and whether those decisions merit criminal sanctions”.
More than 20,000 people died of COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19 in nursing homes during the first wave in March-May, according to preliminary official data reported by El Pais newspaper and broadcaster RTVE.
Bidens to Get Vaccine; N.Y. Cases Soar to Record: Virus Update
Bloomberg 12/18/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will get vaccine doses on Monday. Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated on live television to encourage Americans to get their shots. New York state shattered its record for the most daily cases since the start of the pandemic, reporting more than 12,000 new infections. Michigan began lifting a partial lockdown as its outbreak eases.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will work quickly toward authorizing Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine, Commissioner Stephen Hahn said. The World Health Organization said the end of global pandemic is “in sight” as vaccines begin to roll out.