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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen announces she would help organise a conference on securing the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the ongoing conflict. "We are at the very beginning of very hard work, we aim to pull together international pressure to take all possible measures to establish the whereabouts of these children," she says. SOUNDBITE
In her annual State of the Union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbour, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tells MEPs that she would travel to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Today I am going to Kyiv" to discuss "in detail" the Ukraine's entry into the single market with Ukraine's leader, she adds. Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska is present at the gathering in Strasbourg. SOUNDBITE
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, says that travel to countries in southern Africa should be suspended immediately to slow the spread of the the new Covid-19 variant of concern. She also recommends the implementation of strict quarantine for travelers from affected countries and notes that the EU's contracts with the manufacturers of coronavirus vaccines requires the vaccines to be adapted to new variants 'immediately'. SOUNDBITE
Putrajaya, Oct 11 (EFE).- Malaysia, among the countries most affected by Covid-19 in Southeast Asia, has vaccinated 90 percent of its adult population, the authorities said Monday.The special committee set up for the inoculation program in the country tweeted that 90.02 percent of the population over 18 years had been completely vaccinated after nearly 130,000 doses were administered on Sunday. (Camera: FAZRY ISMAIL). B-ROLL OF PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA.
Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Jul 10 (EFE).- The European Union has hit its target of delivering enough Covid-19 vaccines to member states to cover 70% of the bloc’s adult population, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATIONS IN MADRID, VALENCIA AND BARCELONA.
The European Commission has approved Greece's recovery plan, which will be financed by the bloc's multi-billion-euro coronavirus rescue fund to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces in Athens. Von der Leyen says "there is no doubt that it will deeply transform Greece's economy which will embrace the twin green and digital transition." SOUNDBITE
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