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Africa CDC warns against vaccine hoarding over monkeypox outbreak

The acting director of Africa’s top public health agency says he hopes rich countries will not hoard vaccines during the current monkeypox outbreak, as they did with the jabs against COVID-19. Monkeypox, a mild viral infection, is endemic in 11 African countries including Cameroon, the Central

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EU braces for more vaccine chaos as leaked document shows AstraZeneca jab delivery delay

express– The British-Swedish producer will deliver about 76 million out of a planned 180 million vaccine doses, according to data based on delivery projections for one member state seen by Bloomberg. AstraZeneca had warned of a cut in supplies last month due to problems with the procurements of vaccine components for EU production sites. The pharmaceutical […]

Europe

Covid vaccine supply issues could see Dutch violence repeated in rest of EU

theguardian– In recent nights, rioters have poured on to the streets of 10 Dutch cities in what has been the closest Europe has come to open revolt against the coronavirus restrictions imposed across the continent. The violence, the worst in four decades, might be put down to the liberty-loving culture of the country but, perhaps […]

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Trump engages in self-sabotage ahead of historic vaccine rollout

(CNN)As doses of a coronavirus vaccine are being prepared to be shipped to communities across the United States, President Donald Trump has an opportunity to mark a historic milestone for science — and show some semblance of leadership in curbing the spread of Covid-19 as the number of US cases crosses 16 million. Instead, in an act […]