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December 18, 2020
GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization says its program to help get COVID-19 vaccines to all countries in need, whether rich or poor, has gained access to nearly 2 billion doses of several vaccine candidates.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the agreements mean that some 190 countries and economies participating in the COVAX program will have access to vaccines “during the first half of next year.”
The arrangements bring together pharmaceutical makers including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and the Serum Institute of India.
He says the message is “vaccines will complement, not replace, the existing effective tools we have for suppressing transmission and saving lives.”
GENEVA The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization says a team of international experts looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic will travel to China the first week of January.
Dr. Michael Ryan says there will be quarantine arrangements for the team, which will visit the suspected site of the outbreak in the city of Wuhan.
“The purpose of the mission is to go to the original point at which human cases were detected and that we fully expect to do that,” he said.
He says the team of international experts will work “with our Chinese colleagues,” and he adds they “will not be . supervised by Chinese officials.”
California To Receive 40% Less COVID Vaccines in Next Shipment The state is one of several to receive federal notice that there will be less doses of the vaccine delivered than originally estimated. It is unclear as to why there have been cutbacks. Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle | December 18, 2020 | News
(TNS) California s second shipment of coronavirus vaccines, set to be delivered next week, will contain far fewer doses than initially expected, Gov. Gavin Newsom s office said Thursday.
Newsom estimated earlier this week that the state would receive an additional approximately 393,900 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the shipment. It will now receive 233,000 doses a decrease of 40 percent.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar speaks at a White House event, Life is Winning: Celebrating 4 Years of Pro-Life Accomplishments, Dec. 16, 2020. | Screenshot: YouTube/The White House
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced that his department was taking action against California and a hospital in Vermont that implemented policies violating the conscience rights of those opposed to abortion.
Azar was among many notable speakers at a White House event, called “Life is Winning: Celebrating 4 Years of Pro-Life Accomplishments,” hosted by Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday. During his speech, Azar highlighted how the Trump administration was “protecting conscience rights more aggressively than any previous administration in history.”