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UK leader Rishi Sunak announces after his trip to the Middle East that Britain is sending an additional £20 million ($24 million) of aid to help civilians in Gaza affected by the war between Israel and Hamas. SOUNDBITE
The United States commits to donating 80 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine abroad by the end of the month, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients says during a news briefing. "We will continue to donate additional doses across the summer months as supply becomes available," Zients says. SOUNDBITE
The United States will release an additional 20 million doses of Covid vaccine to other countries, bringing the total being shipped out to 80 million. Speaking at her daily briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters "the United States will send 20 million doses authorized for use in the United States to help countries battling the pandemic by the end of June". SOUNDBITE
Buenos Aires, Sep 8 (EFE) .- Argentina received Wednesday the first batch of Pfizer vaccines with 100,620 doses that will reinforce the Strategic Vaccination Plan against covid-19 that the Ministry of Health has been carrying out since December last year, according to sources. officers.
Tokyo, Aug 26 (EFE/EPA).- Japan decided Thursday to block 1.63 million Covid-19 vaccines from the Moderna pharmaceutical company produced in Spain, as a preventive measure after "abnormal substances" were found in some vials.The decision was announced Thursday by the Japanese Health Ministry and pharmaceutical company Takeda, in charge of distributing and selling the vaccine in the country, after the anomalies detected in the vaccine containers by health personnel. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).B-ROLL OF THE TRAIN STATIONS AND THE STREETS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Quito, Jul 28 (EFE) .- Ecuador exceeded 10 million doses of anticovid-19 vaccines applied, and while it advances in inoculation at the national level, it analyzes the possibility of expanding the state of exception focused in certain provinces where there is presence of the delta variant.FOOTAGE BY JUAN FRANCISCO CHÁVEZ.