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On Thursday, Pfizer released a statement to deny claims that it was having issues producing its COVID-19 vaccine. The statement comes after officials in more than a dozen states complained that they were receiving fewer doses than promised. According to Business Insider, Trump officials claimed there were "manufacturing challenges." In its statement, Pfizer said it was "not having any production issues." It revealed it has millions of doses sitting in a warehouse, awaiting government orders on where to ship them to. Two anonymous Trump officials told the Associated Press the doses are in storage on purpose. The doses are being held back to ensure that people who had their first shot can get the second one.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that in November Pfizer offered the Trump Administration more COVID-19 vaccines. Gottlieb says the Trump administration rejected the offer. The NY Times reports that Pres. Trump rejected 100 million doses of Pfizer's recently approved COVID-19 vaccine over the summer. According to Business Insider the COVID-19 vaccine deployment campaign started Monday, December 14th.
The Aidasol cruise ship is immobilised near Marseille after two cases of the new coronavirus are detected on board. IMAGES
Tunis, Sep 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Mohamed Messara) The wicker workshop of Fatma Mzoughi, 70, has suffered the economic onslaught of covid-19 by losing most of its sales that were destined for tourism sector and international fairs, events that have been canceled for a whole year and it is not known when they will return in the same format. According to official data, the income of the tourism sector in Tunisia has decreased by 65% during the current year, and the number of arrivals decreased by 78%. The sector's losses have been estimated over the past year at more than $ 2.1 billion, according to Tunisian Tourism Minister Habib Ammar.FOOTAGE FROM THE FATMA MZOUGHI WICKER WORKSHOP IN TUNIS
Nyeri, May 31 (EFE/EPA).- Kenya's tea industry is recovering from COVID-19 pandemic.Kenya’s tea export for 2020 rose by 4 percent to 518 million kilograms, up from 496 million kilograms recorded in 2019, despite the pandemic, according to Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture. Earnings from tea export stood at at 120 billion shillings (about 1.11 billion USD), also slightly improved, against 1.08 billion USD in 2019. Kenya is the world's largest exporter of black tea. (Camera: DANIEL IRUNGU). SHOT LIST: KENYAN PEOPLE PICK TEA LEAVES FROM A TEA PLANTATION BEFORE TAKING THEM TO A TEA COLLECTION CENTER WHERE THEREAFTER THEY ARE TAKEN TO THE IRIANI TEA FACTORY TO BE PROCESSED, IN NYERI, KENYA.