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Quezon City, Mar 1 (EFE/EPA).- Protest calling for free and safe COVID-19 vaccines took place outside a hospital in Manila as Philippines began Monday its immunization campaign against covid-19 by vaccinating several health authorities. The country received its first 600,000 doses of the Chinese Sinovac jab the day before, donated by China’s government, authorities said in a statement.Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, director of the General Hospital of the Philippines, one of the largest in the country, was the first to be vaccinated, followed by other authorities, such as the head of vaccine management, Carlito Galvez, government officials and hospital health personnel. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE RALLY OUTSIDE THE LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES, CALLING FOR FREE AND SAFE COVID-19 VACCINE.
A new study reveals a COVID-19 vaccine under development in England safely promotes an immune response against the virus. According to UPI, the vaccine is in Phase 2 of clinical trials with Astra Zeneca, and is particularly effective in elderly recipients who are over age 70. Researchers say the finding of the 'robust' responses in older people in their study is both significant and encouraging. The populations at greatest risk of serious COVID-19 disease include people with existing health conditions and older adults. The so-called "Oxford vaccine," formally known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, is one of more than 120 being evaluated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, 48 of these vaccines have gotten into clinical trials to assess their safety and efficacy.
Tokyo, Mar 31 (EFE/EPA).-Japan said Tuesday it would ban people from more than a third of the world, including the United States, from entering the country to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.The US is among a list of 73 countries to which the Japanese government also discouraged travel amid the steep global increase in the number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities. Japan raised its travel alert to Level 3 (out of a possible 4), over which it advised against traveling to certain territories under any circumstances.The alert was extended Tuesday to 49 countries, including the US, Canada, South Korea, China, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Panama, Brazil, Bolivia, the United Kingdom and Greece, from which Japan will prohibit the entry to travelers who aren’t Japanese, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said at a press conference. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).FOOTAGE SHOWS JAPANESE WORKERS DURING THEIR DAILY COMMUTE IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Scarlett Johansson has responded to criticism over her controversial comments and suggested her "integrity" can "rub people the wrong way".
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