The police said it was the first time officers had been forced to use “a range of nonlethal options” to disperse anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne.
Tag: Vaccination and Immunization
N.Y.C. Imposes Vaccine Mandate for High School Athletes
The announcement, made by Mayor Bill de Blasio, could set the stage for broader mandates for the city’s roughly 1 million public school students later this year.
China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Stumbles in Southeast Asia
Several Southeast Asian nations are raising doubts about the efficacy of China’s vaccines. The Biden administration has recently offered to provide shots, “no strings attached.”
WHO’s Africa Director: ‘Booster Shots Make a Mockery of Vaccine Equity’
Coronavirus vaccine doses do more good by giving initial protection to people in low-income countries than by enhancing protection in wealthy nations, said the official, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti.
U.N. General Assembly: U.S. Wants Event Scaled Back
The annual General Assembly meeting would ordinarily attract scores of heads of state and other top officials to New York. But American officials say it should be mainly virtual again this year for safety’s sake.
Booster Shots ‘Make a Mockery of Vaccine Equity,’ W.H.O. Official Says
Coronavirus vaccine doses do more good by giving initial protection to people in low-income countries than by enhancing protection in wealthy nations, said the official, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti.
Earthquake and floods have set back Haiti’s faltering effort to curb the pandemic.
Disaster victims are competing with coronavirus patients for the island’s scarce health care resources, and vaccination efforts had barely begun, the W.H.O. warned.
Vaccine Effectiveness Against Infection May Wane, C.D.C. Studies Find
Federal health officials said the new data justified a campaign of booster shots. But some scientists disagreed, saying not every American needs another dose.
Israel, Once the Model for Beating Covid, Faces New Surge of Infections
One of the most vaccinated societies, Israel now has one of the highest infection rates in the world, raising questions about the vaccine’s efficacy.
Pope Francis Encourages Covid Vaccines in Media Campaign
“Getting the vaccines that are authorized by the respective authorities is an act of love,” the pope says in a video from the Ad Council.