Macron urges US and UK to stop blocking vaccine exports
Updated / Friday, 7 May 2021
15:48
24 of the EU s 27 leaders are in Porto for the summit
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he was ready to discuss waiving Covid-19 vaccine patents but more important was the US and UK ending export restrictions on vaccines and their raw materials. Today, the Anglo-Saxons block many of these ingredients and vaccines, he told reporters as he arrived at a summit in the Portuguese city of Porto, in a defence of Europe s record as an exporter of doses. Today 100 percent of the vaccines produced in the United States are for the American market.
EU summit pushes social issues, but divisions linger
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07/05/2021 - 10:18 Known as the social summit , the EU meeting on Friday with conferences bringing together representatives of civil society and trade unionists MIGUEL RIOPA AFP/File 4 min
Porto (Portugal) (AFP)
EU leaders on Friday will try to find unity on ways to fight poverty and promote equality in Europe after the pandemic, but the 27 member states remain deeply divided.
Twenty-four of the EU s 27 leaders will make the trip to the riverside city of Porto for a summit that will make social issues a priority.
Excusing themselves because of the pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will attend only by videoconference, as will Malta s premier.
Vaccine favourites and a Canadian on death row: In The News for May 7
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 7, 2021 at 4:44 am EDT
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 7 …
What we are watching in Canada …
OTTAWA – A new survey from Proof Strategies suggests it’s not only Canada’s national vaccine advisers who have a “preferred” vaccine.
Personal ties: Kamala Harris s family in India grapples with Covid
Personal ties: Kamala Harris s family in India grapples with Covid
AP | Updated: May 7, 2021, 08:14 IST
Kamala Harris is set to deliver remarks at an event focused on the effort to combat Covid-19 in India.
WASHINGTON: G Balachandran turned 80 this spring - a milestone of a birthday in India, where he lives. If not for the coronavirus pandemic, he would have been surrounded by family members who gathered to celebrate with him.
But with the virus ravaging his homeland, Balachandran had to settle for congratulatory phone calls. Including one from his rather famous niece: Vice President Kamala Harris.
Neha Mehrotra And Ashok Sharma
A health worker in personal protective equipment sanitizes a compartment of a train prepared as COVID-19 care centre in the wake of spike in the number of positive coronavirus cases, at a railway station in Gauhati, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) May 07, 2021 - 12:12 AM
NEW DELHI - With coronavirus cases surging to record levels, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing growing pressure to impose a harsh nationwide lockdown amid a debate whether restrictions imposed by individual states are enough.