National
April 26, 2021
LAHORE: Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) has welcomed the heartfelt concern expressed by the people of Pakistan for the people of India as they struggle to overcome the impact of Covid-19 pandemic which knows no borders or nationalities.
The PIPFPD said it appreciates the Edhi Foundation offer for their support in offering healthcare assistance to the people of India. In a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Managing Trustee Faisal Edhi, offered leading a health mission to India comprising 50 medically equipped ambulances and technical staff.
The forum said the governments of the region have recognised the fundamental importance of working together, but the historical baggage of an unresolved past has repeatedly derailed cooperation.
4 in 5 Chinese people willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine By WANG XIAOYU | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-26 09:07 Share CLOSE Students receive shots of a COVID-19 vaccine at Huadong Normal University in Shanghai, on March 28, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
More than four in five Chinese are willing to receive COVID-19 vaccines, the highest rate among all six major vaccines for adults, a survey released on Sunday showed.
Chinese people s overall acceptance of vaccines - meaning they recognize that vaccination can effectively prevent diseases - has jumped to 85 percent, up nearly 40 percentage points from last year, it said.
Public awareness of vaccines designed to prevent hepatitis B and the human papillomavirus has also increased markedly compared with last year, but people s knowledge about influenza, pneumonia and herpes vaccines remains relatively low, the survey said.
World
April 26, 2021
Berlin: Germany plans to ease some of the current coronavirus restrictions for people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a draft text drawn up by the government and seen by AFP at the weekend.
The proposal is to be discussed at a meeting on Monday by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government and the powerful regional state premiers. According to the draft text, it was a question not of awarding people with proven immunity any special privileges, but of lifting curbs on their basic rights that are no longer justified .
The debate comes as Germany is struggling to tame a third wave of coronavirus infections, and just 22 percent of Germans have had their first of two Covid-19 jabs. Under the proposed relaxations, people who are fully vaccinated would no longer have to show a recent negative coronavirus test to enter certain shops, get a haircut or attend certain events.