Hopes to combine Covid-19 booster and flu jab programmes in autumn, MLAs told Patricia Donnelly said a revised timeline of delivering all first Covid-19 vaccine doses to the adult population by the end of June had now been pushed back to potentially the end of July David Young, PA 06 May, 2021 14:29
Combining the rollout of Covid-19 booster jabs with the annual flu vaccine programme would reduce the burden on the health system, MLAs have been told.
Patricia Donnelly, the head of Northern Ireland’s vaccination programme, said she hoped the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) would allow appointments to be combined in the autumn.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Trade officials in the United States (US) focused this week on increasing global access to COVID-19 vaccines, while the European Union (EU) moved forward with legal action against AstraZeneca. With COVID-19 mutants contributing to the significantly increased infections in India, the US imposed travel restrictions on individuals traveling from that country, effective Tuesday, 4 May, at 12:01 EDT.
The United Kingdom (UK) hosted the Group of Seven (G7) Digital and Technology Ministerial this week. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will participate in the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers Meeting early next week in London, before travelling next to Ukraine (5-6 May) to “reaffirm unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s ongoing aggression.” The US Government will also focus on overseas digital services tax proposals next week. Meanwhile, the UK unveiled its new Global Ant
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MAY 5 This narrative may not go down very well with the many young Malaysians who have successfully secured their AstraZeneca-University Oxford (AZ) doses.
It was a frantic scrambling by the tech savvy for the 268,000 doses of the AZ vaccine. All vaccine doses were snapped within a space of four hours.
Now that they have jumped the queue, some of them have even begun to rationalize the legitimacy of the first come first served vaccine roll out!
A man receives the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur May 5, 2021. ― Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Europe Editor
It was fitting that Arlene Foster resigned the very day that the future EU-UK relationship was finally and formally given its blessing by the European Parliament.
Her career as DUP leader and First Minister was mercilessly bound up with the Brexit withdrawal process, which pitched Northern Ireland right into the thick of the negotiations.
While there was talk about Tuesday s vote which overwhelmingly endorsed the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), marking a reset in relations following months of acrimony, diplomats in Brussels were not entirely doe-eyed.
They remain concerned about the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol and other irritants , such as the diplomatic status of the EU ambassador in London, and French complaints that their fishermen are being denied licences to fish in UK waters.
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