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Kuala Lumpur, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- Malaysia began AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination program on Tuesday for people who chose to receive it after it had been removed from an ongoing roll-out due to public fears over its safety. (Camera: FAZRY ISMAIL).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WEARING MASKS WALK ON THE STREET IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.
Rome, Mar 24 (EFE).- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) Italian authorities on Wednesday discovered 29 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine at a plant near Rome as part of an EU-ordered stock check, La Stampa newspaper reported.The local newspaper had initially EU sources as saying the jabs were destined for the UK but Italian government sources, who did not specify the number of jabs, later told the news outlet the stockpile was in fact earmarked for Belgium. FOOTAGE OF THE PLANT OF GLOBAL WHERE THE VACCINES WERE FOUND, IN ANAGNI, NEAR ROME.
The World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus, says the agency's vaccine safety experts will meet Tuesday to discuss the AstraZeneca jab after a number of countries halted its use over blood clot fears IMAGES
Facebook has been urged to halt its plans for stronger encrypted messages.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives at the AI Safety Summit where she is greeted by UK counterpart Rishi Sunak before the pair hold a bilateral meeting. The two-day summit at Bletchley Park, north of London, kicked off on 1 November with the publication of an agreement signed by 28 countries and the European Union acknowledging the "need for international action." IMAGES
"We are addressing the concerns that Turkey has expressed because when an ally, an important ally as Turkey raises security concerns, raises issues, then of course, the only way to deal with that is to sit down and find ways to find a common ground and an agreement on how to move forward" says NATO secreteray general Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference in Denmark. SOUNDBITE