U.K. On Course to Ease Lockdown; Denmark Drops J&J: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the country is on course to scrap lockdown rules over the next seven weeks. Denmark will ease curbs this week and dropped Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 shot. Bavaria’s Oktoberfest festival was canceled, but free beer is available to New Jersey residents who get a vaccine.
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India was criticized for a “lack of leadership” by a former central bank chief, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi resists pressure to lock down. Hong Kong is isolating all residents of a building after finding a case, and reviewing a decision to make vaccinations mandatory for foreign domestic workers after a backlash. There is also growing anger at Australia’s decision to ban citizens returning home from India.
Published May 4, 2021, 2:48 PM
Malacañang maintained that President Duterte did not break any law when he had himself inoculated with Chinese-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine even if it has not been granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) by the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque insisted that the use of Sinopharm falls under the compassionate use permit issued by the FDA back in February for the inoculation of the members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG).
President Duterte receives the coronavirus vaccine from Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on May 3, 2021 (Photo: Sen. Go/Facebook)
“It is covered by compassionate use so as far as the President is concerned he did not violate any laws because precisely it was administered by the PSG hospital although physically administered by the health secretary himself so covered po yan ng (by) compassionate use permit,” he said in his virtual presser on Tuesday, May 4.
The province of Cebu will test all Filipinos from abroad, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), upon arrival at the airport, contrary to the protocol set by the IATF who said testing should be done six days after their return.
May 5, 2021
MANILA (AFP) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has received his first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, weeks after saying he would waive his chance to get inoculated, as the country struggles to secure jabs amid a resurgence in infections.
Officials said Duterte was given the vaccine made by China’s Sinopharm – the same one secretly administered to members of his security team last year before any shot had been given regulatory approval.
Photos posted on the Facebook page of a close aide showed a masked Duterte, wearing an unbuttoned denim shirt over a white T-shirt and braces – sitting in a chair as Health Secretary Francisco Duque injected him.