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Covid boosters: Over-65s called for jabs as hospital cases rise The over-65s in England are being urged to get their COVID-19 vaccine booster as hospital…
The vacccine programme has been pushed back a month.
Belgium has introduced a mandatory 21-day quarantien for monkeypox patients as cases of the disease strat to spread across the globe.
The Guardian says experts have questioned North Korea’s claim that it is achieving “good results” in its battle against a Covid-19 outbreak, as the number of people with symptoms of the virus surpassed 2 million.
Aljazeera says like no other country, North Korea could do with help against COVID-19. The popularion is unvaccinated and susceptible to disease due to chronic malnourishment
The Guardian says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has criticised his country’s response to its first officially confirmed Covid-19 outbreak as “immature”.
The Guardian says The Philippine government has defended a controversial ban that prevents unvaccinated people from using public transport.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson is gambling on an unprecedented ramping up of vaccinations, rolling out 1m booster jabs a day.
Arab News says Oman’s 18-plus population would now be allowed to book boosters in a bid to counter the spread of the omicron COVID-19 variant.
The Metro says Europe’s latest surge of Covid infections has highlighted the ‘critical’ importance of getting vaccinated, a government scientific adviser has claimed.
The Metro says NHS staff in England will have to be double jabbed against Covid or lose their jobs, the government is expected to announce later.
BBC News says More than 160 former world leaders and global figures have called on the UK and other rich countries to airlift millions of surplus vaccines to less-developed nations.
USA Today says last week, President Joe Biden claimed “this is not about freedom or personal choice” regarding COVID-19 vaccinations.
VOA says Europe’s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency, said Thursday it is reviewing four additional COVID-19 vaccines.
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