Italy s health minister hoping for resumption of AstraZeneca jabs A health worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered at a vaccination center set up in Fiumicino, near Rome s international airport, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino). Associated Press Reporter 17 March, 2021 09:06
Italian health minister Roberto Speranza says European countries, including his, are hoping that the European Medicines Agency will deliver “the clarifications and reassurances necessary” to be able to resume administering the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Italy was one of several nations that in recent days halted the AstraZeneca jabs over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients, though the company and international regulators say there is no evidence the jab is to blame.
A guessing game for economists ahead of the release of GDP figures later this morning
A guessing game for economists ahead of the release of GDP figures later this morning 18 March 2021
Predictions between economists are currently split.
Some are predicting zero-point-three drop for the last three months of 2020 while others are predicting a zero-point-five percent rise.
Infometrics senior economist Brad Olsen says it s really anyone s guess.
He says there s the potential for economic activity to have edged ahead, but it s so volatile it could go either way.
Michelle Obama âprays there is forgivenessâ between Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan, and the rest of the Royal Family
Harry and Meghan sat down for a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey last week in which they opened up on their decision to step back as senior royals last year, and also accused an unnamed member of the Royal Family of raising concerns about how dark their son Archie s skin would be before he was born 18 March 2021
And now, former first lady Michelle Obama â who is the wife of 44th US president Barack Obama â has weighed in on the interview, saying she hopes there is âlove and resolveâ on the horizon, as thereâs ânothing more important than familyâ.
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On Wednesday, the Chinese embassy announced that China will reinstate normal visa services but only for those who had been administered a Chinese-made vaccine. Representational image. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
The news will effectively concern over 23,000 Indian students, the bulk of whom are medical students, apart from hundreds of other working professionals who work in China but are stuck in India due to the various coronavirus-related travel restrictions
Even if a vaccine has won regulatory approval from one nation, how this will translate to the validity of a vaccine passport is a question that remains unanswered