The Philippines targets to vaccinate its entire population of more than 100 million people against the coronavirus by 2023, with President Rodrigo Duterte opting to be given a vaccine either from China or Russia, officials said.
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UK health secretary says it s unclear if being vaccinated reduces the risk of transmitting Covid-19
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British Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks at a coronavirus press conference inside 10 Downing Street on January 11 in London. Alastair Grant/WPA Pool/Getty Images
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was still unclear the extent to which being vaccinated reduces one’s risk of transmitting coronavirus. We know that the vaccine reduces your chances of getting Covid and then of being hospitalized or dying from Covid, Hancock said. What we don’t yet know… is how much you might transmit Covid – even if you don’t suffer from the disease – after you’ve had the vaccine.
The Philippines targets to vaccinate its entire population of more than 100 million people against the coronavirus by 2023, with President Rodrigo Duterte opting to be given a vaccine either from China or Russia, officials said.
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Palestinians wearing face mask attend a prayer at a mosque in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on January 10, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90
Palestinian health officials announced over the weekend that they had signed a deal with the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical firm and were anticipating the arrival of its first major vaccine shipment by the end of February.
“We’ve received a formal letter from the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company that by February 15th, the vaccines will arrive in Palestine…between the middle and the end of the month,” Palestinian Authority Health Ministry spokesperson Kamal al-Shakhra told Voice of Palestine Radio on Saturday.