Brasilia, May 2 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro was reportedly obliged to suspended vaccination of the second dose of the Chinese made CoronaVac, due to the lack of immunizers.
Despite outcry, vaccinations for migrants remain crucial 28 Apr 2021 / 08:46 H. Bernama
This is the first of two articles on the Covid-19 vaccination of migrants.
KUALA LUMPUR: Ensuring migrants have equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine is crucial to gain control of the coronavirus, despite calls to have non-citizens pay for them or sideline them altogether, experts say.
Datuk Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, president of MERCY Malaysia, said scientific evidence, and not public sentiment, should dictate public health measures.
“Public health wisdom dictates we have to ensure as many people as possible . get immunised, get vaccinated so that we can have herd immunity, which will then hopefully come into effect and break the chain of transmission once and for all.
Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 08:49 AM MYT
A foreign worker is pictured outside his shared house in Kuala Lumpur September 13, 2020. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 Ensuring migrants have equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine is crucial to gain control of the coronavirus, despite calls to have non-citizens pay for them or sideline them altogether, experts say.
Datuk Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, president of Mercy Malaysia, said scientific evidence, and not public sentiment, should dictate public health measures.
“Public health wisdom dictates we have to ensure as many people as possible. get immunised, get vaccinated so that we can have herd immunity, which will then hopefully come into effect and break the chain of transmission once and for all.
Anvisa s board convened Monday as mandated by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Ricardo Lewandowski, who had given the agency 30 days to rule on the matter
Brazil s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Monday recommended against the import of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine to fight the covid-19 pandemic, citing lack of proper documents required for approval as well as other health risks the antidote may imply.
Anvisa s board convened Monday as mandated by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Ricardo Lewandowski, who had given the agency 30 days to rule on the matter and denied subsequent requests to extend the deadline.
A group of Anvisa experts travelled to Russia on April 16 to collect more information about the immunizer and arrived back last Saturday. Until then, Anvisa had informed that there was a lack of technical information on the safety and efficacy of the immunizer.
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