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The global roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines continues. Image: REUTERS/Jorge Silva - RC2R4N9GSO3V 28 Apr 2021 The World Economic Forum held an Issue Briefing to mark World Immunization Week. Experts from around the globe discussed how can we ensure vaccine equity, build trust in COVID-19 vaccines and strengthen health systems. Here are some of the key quotes from the panellists. But the vast majority of these have been in developed countries, meaning the pandemic continues to spread in those countries that don't have equal access to vaccines. At an Issue Briefing h...

By Sue Tiffin Last week, I donned a mask, and then another one, and then a face shield, and I walked into another building in this county for the first time in 407 days. I told the nurse who was administering my first dose of COVID-19 vaccine that I might cry, and because I am hilarious, added that it wasn’t necessarily a side effect of the shot. But in all honesty, it really was – not for the needle part, because like many others I didn’t feel a thing – but for the euphoria in being a part of this particular time in history when a vaccination is available to help us stare down this p...

UNICEF's remarks at the WHO (EMRO) Press Conference on World Immunization Week 2021 and COVID-19 Format 27 April 2021 AMMAN/CAIRO My friend Dr. Ahmad Al-Manthari, Distinguished colleagues from the press corps, Good day to you all and Ramadan Kareem. I join Dr. Ahmed in thanking you for being with us today at this press conference to mark World Immunization Week. These events are testimony to our partnership and the work we continue to do together in the area of health including to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Throughout our recent history, the history of 20th century, it has been proven...

Opening remarks by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, for the World Immunization Week press briefing Format 27 April 2021 – Thank you for joining us today for this special press briefing to mark World Immunization Week. This year, the development and roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines sheds a new light on World Immunization Week. It shows us all in real time just how critical immunization is to control deadly diseases and save lives. Before we talk more about immunization in our Region, I would like to update you on the COVID-19 situation in the Eastern Medite...

Priyanka Chopra appeals to Joe Biden requesting COVID-19 assistance for India ANI | Updated: Apr 27, 2021 16:56 IST New Delhi [India], April 27 (India): Global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas, on Tuesday, reached out to US President Joe Biden, World Health Organisation (WHO), and other US government officials to help India in its fight against the raging second wave of COVID-19. The actor took to her Twitter handle and urged Biden, and other US government officials to provide vaccines to India on an urgent basis. She also stated that during such a grave condit...