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MANILA, Philippines â The president of the Philippines is asking China to take back 1,000 doses of donated Sinopharm vaccine after facing criticism for receiving a shot even though it has not yet been authorized for public use in the country.
The Philippine health secretary injected Duterte with the coronavirus vaccine Monday. An unspecified number of Duterteâs guards have also been injected with the Sinopharm vaccine in secrecy.
The president apologized but says his use of the Chinese vaccine was recommended by his doctors and did not breach any regulation because it was covered by a âcompassionate useâ exemption.
The Latest: France s Macron endorses sharing of vaccine tech
A car drives on a road in the outskirts in Frankfurt, Germany, right after the end of the curfew on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The German Federal Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday that the curfew to avoid the outspread of the coronavirus is justified. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) May 06, 2021 - 3:44 AM
PARIS â French President Emmanuel Macron is joining the Biden administration in saying that he backs the sharing of the valuable technology behind COVID-19 vaccines. But Macro is also insisting that the immediate priority for wealthier countries should be first donating more doses to poorer countries.
FRESNO, Calif. â The court rulings brought hope. Finally, California s Native American population â the nation s largest â would receive its rightful share of federal health care funding.
Triumphant, leaders in the California Native community journeyed to Washington to negotiate the process of opening the funding pipeline.
That was more than four decades ago.
Today, despite a 1979 federal court-ordered settlement that would have pumped millions of dollars into California for Native American health care, the state s share remains stunningly underfunded by the Indian Health Service, Native leaders say. Their claim has been corroborated by government records and, most recently, a 2019 letter to IHS co-signed by then-Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, urging the agency to repair this longstanding inequity.