COVID VACCINE MAY COME WITH HEADACHES AS SIDE EFFECTS - HEALTH MINISTER zambiareports.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from zambiareports.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon.
Afghanistan
As you saw a short while ago in a joint statement, the Republic of Turkey, the State of Qatar and the United Nations, said that they are co-convening a high level and inclusive conference from 24 April to 4 May between the representatives of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban. Turkey will be hosting the conference in Istanbul.
The statement said that the co-conveners are committed to supporting a sovereign, independent and unified Afghanistan. It adds that the overriding objective of the Istanbul Conference on the Afghanistan Peace Process is to accelerate and complement the ongoing intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha on the achievement of a just and durable political settlement.
ZAMBIA LAUNCHES COVID-19 VACCINE PROGRAMME AS HEALTH MINISTER GETS FIRST JAB zambiareports.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from zambiareports.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2021-04-14 11:31:01 GMT2021-04-14 19:31:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LUSAKA, April 14 (Xinhua) Zambia on Wednesday launched the COVID-19 vaccination program against the pandemic.
The national launch, which was held at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), the country s highest referral hospital in the country s capital Lusaka, was attended by officials from the health ministry, cooperating partners and private sector representatives.
The launch involves the first pillar of the program under the COVAX Facility consisting of 228,000 doses of AstraZeneca manufactured in India.
The first pillar will cover 20 percent or 3.6 million of the eligible over 18 years people and will target front-line health workers and other people at most risk. A total of 8.3 million people are targeted to be vaccinated.
USA Charg’e D’affairs David Young on December 15, 2020 – Picture by Tenson Mkhala
THE United States Embassy in Zambia says the US government has committed funding and logistical support to the Ministry of Health to assist with planning, coordination and delivery of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for Zambians.
In a statement, Monday, the US Embassy stated that since the start of the pandemic in Zambia, the US government had provided over K500 million in support of Zambia’s efforts to combat COVID-19.
“The United States has continued to demonstrate its global leadership in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, recently committing an additional K230 billion ($11 billion) to respond to the threat worldwide. Since the start of the pandemic in Zambia, the U.S. government, through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and the U.S. Agency for International