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It is therefore aiming to have not one, but two domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines ready for deployment on home soil before the inoculation campaign is over, the South Korean health minister announced on Monday. Five local companies are developing such vaccines, and two are expected to complete phase III trials …

According to Japan’s health ministry, only 2,810 people in Tokyo are expected to get a shot from the first batch of Pfizer vaccines which was delivered around the country over the past week. Most regions have received 1,000 doses or fewer, as Japan starts vaccinations for its considerable elderly population …

Some 46.6% of Czech people who have yet to be vaccinated are open to being immunized with Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine if it is granted an emergency exemption by the local health authority, according to a poll by STEM/MARK research agency.  The survey was conducted in early April and reported …

Blood samples have revealed that by the week ending March 14, 54.7% of England’s population had developed antibodies, suggesting they have been infected or vaccinated. In Wales the figure was 50.5%, Northern Ireland, 49.3%, and Scotland, 42.6%, the ONS said in its infection survey report, published on Tuesday. The ONS …

The punchline was delivered by Michael Che in the Weekly Update segment of the show, accounting for just a few seconds amid numerous dunks on Ted Cruz taking a vacation in Mexico amid the Texas power crisis. Critics say the joke was “stoking hatred against Jews by perpetuating libels.” Taken …

It took just a few days for US coronavirus czar Dr. Anthony Fauci to change his tune regarding multi-masking, the trendy if bizarre practice of wearing more than one face covering at the same time in an effort to avoid infection with coronavirus. Fauci initially came out in support of …

Local media noted that Brazil’s plan has no specific launch date in mind for the vaccinations and does not detail the timetable of the supplies. The country’s initial goal is to vaccinate some 51 million people, which is less than a quarter of the population. The document itself admits it’s …

“We won’t be delivering to New York until we have authorization to do so,” Trump told reporters Friday at a press briefing. “It pains me to say that…. The governor, Governor Cuomo, will have to let us know when he’s ready.” Cuomo said this week that “we can’t let this vaccine …

PM Mette Frederiksen last week ordered the culling of the country’s 15-17 million-strong mink population, after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was looking into reports that the virus was jumping from animals to people.  “Even if we were in a rush, it should have been completely clear to …

Occasionally a book comes along that captivates the imagination of the establishment gatekeepers less by the intellectual foundation upon which it is built than by its extreme ideological tilt. ‘One Billion Americans’ by Vox journalist Matt Yglesias promises to be that book. The premise is simple to the point of …