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New Delhi: The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate countries across the world the latest count being over 11.3 crore cases and more than 2.5 lakh deaths.
Africa will pay more for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine than other shots, four in five of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are yet to be used in the European Union and US state governors look to relax restrictions as cases decline.
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Africa pays more for Russian Covid vaccine than ‘western’ jabs
The African Union is paying three times the cost for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine than it is for the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Novavax shots, reports
Lam gets inoculated at the Community Vaccination Centre set up at the Hong Kong Central Library s Exhibition Gallery in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong on Feb 22, 2021. - China Daily
HONG KONG (China Daily/ANN): Chief Executive Carrie Lam was inoculated on Monday (fEB 22) afternoon with a shot of Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine as the city reported 16 new Covid-19 cases.
Lam was vaccinated at a Community Vaccination Center (CVC) at the Hong Kong Central Library and was followed by high-ranking government officials. Executive Councilors and lawmakers were also expected to follow suit on Monday.
Describing the upcoming vaccination programme as a silver lining in the city’s pandemic fight, Lam appealed to residents to get inoculated.
February 22, 2021
South China Morning Post
Amy Heung Tak-yuen has lost count of the number of people who slammed down the phone, shouted at her, lied, or just stayed silent when she called.
It is all part of a day’s work for the senior customs officer, who volunteered to help track down people in close contact with confirmed Covid-19 patients.
Yelling at Heung, one person referred to the Centre for Health Protection official who provides daily pandemic updates, and said: “Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan did not mention my home address today! It was not on the news! You must be lying!”
Hong Kong Covid-19 situation getting better; only 20 cases on Sunday (Feb 21), 10,868 in total thestar.com.my - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestar.com.my Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pandemic adds to woes of Hong Kong s ethnic minority residents facing discrimination
Posted : 2021-02-21 10:44
People walk past an apartment building in Hong Kong on Feb. 20, 2021. AFP
Hongkonger and Nepali Dilip Rai, 42, stops to catch his breath as he climbs the stairs to his fourth-floor flat in an old tenement building in Jordan.
The security guard lives with his wife, also 42, and their nine-year-old son in one bedroom of the flat, while his cousin, 42, and her husband, 52, share the other room.
The entire household of five fell ill with Covid-19 when Yau Tsim Mong district recorded more than 160 cases between January 1 and 20.