2021-05-08 01:20:23 GMT2021-05-08 09:20:23(Beijing Time) Sina English
The WHO chief on Friday implored the G7 to prioritize equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the globe, branding the current imbalance morally inadmissible.
World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the uneven distribution of vaccines among rich and poor nations would not help to end the coronavirus pandemic. For the G7 now, the most important and the immediate support we need is vaccines, and vaccine equity, he told a press conference.
Nearly 1.25 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been injected in at least 210 territories around the world, according to an AFP count.
By Russell Cheyne GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) -Scotland s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed on Saturday to press ahead with plans for a new referendum on leaving the United Kingdom after saying there was no doubt elections to the Scottish parliament would return a pro-independence majority. In a rebuke to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has said he would block a secession vote, Sturgeon said it would be absurd for any politician in London to try to block a vote. The only people who can decide the future of Scotland are the Scottish people, and no Westminster politician can or should stand in the way of that, Sturgeon told BBC TV. Results on Saturday showed Sturgeon s Scottish National Party (SNP) well on course for a fourth consecutive term in office having triumphed in 62 of the 86 seats so far declared for the 129-seat parliament. However, the electoral system - which allocates 56 seats on a proportional representation basis that helps smaller parties - means it was highl
However, progress made in the inoculation drive by countries such as the UK has caused ructions over equitable global access to the vaccine. Last week, US President Joe Biden surprised observers by calling for talks on a patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and therapies.
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At the outset of the pandemic last year, there was an argument for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to use its rules to signal an open market for vaccines. The move would have signalled the WTO’s relevance at a time when then US president Donald Trump’s trade policies had depleted the organisation. It would have allowed companies working on the emerging vaccines to take a far more collaborative approach. Global facilities capable of producing vaccines could have converged on a grand collaboration.
Scotland leader vows to again pursue independence after strong show in UK polls ANI | Updated: May 09, 2021 02:33 IST
London [UK], May 9 (ANI): After her party gained a strong showing in the Scottish Parliament elections, Scotland s First MinisterNicola Sturgeon on Saturday promised to push ahead with another independence referendum, setting up a potential clash with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
According to The Washington Post, Sturgeon said that an independence referendum was the will of the country , projecting that her Scottish National Party (SNP) and pro-independence allies would hold a majority of the 129 seats after all the votes were counted.
Although it appeared that her party would win an outright majority, she said that along with the Green Party, there would be overall support in the Parliament to again bring the independence question back to voters.