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Bloomberg Manulife Financial Corp. will require employees in Canada to provide proof of their vaccination status by the end of October and will force unvaccinated staff to undergo regular Covid19 testing before they work in its offices. Employees who cant be vaccinated for medical reasons must provide a note from a licensed health care professional Manulife Canada Chief Executive Officer Mike Doughty said in a memo Monday. Those refusing the shots for religious reasons must make a written attestation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-13/manulife-joins-banks-with-vaccine-mandate-for-canadian-employees 13th Sep 2021

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Bloomberg Switzerland which has stood out among European neighbors for its generally more laissezfaire approach to the pandemic is joining the ranks of countries now increasing pressure on the unvaccinated. With hospitals filling up and inoculations lagging the rest of Western Europe the government is doing what just a few weeks ago one of its members termed bizarre by requiring vaccine certificates for public activities. As of Monday residents of one of the worlds wealthiest countries will have to show passes to enter restaurants cinemas and fitness centers. They must attest to having been jabbed tested or recovered from the virus. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-13/even-the-swiss-are-tightening-the-screws-on-the-unvaccinated 13th Sep 2021

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Bloomberg Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE are donating hundreds of thousands of Covid19 vaccine doses to Jordan and Lebanon as a part of a broader push to aid refugees during the pandemic. On Monday 100000 doses of the companies coronavirus vaccine arrived at the coastal BeirutRafic Hariri International Airport. There the donated doses are being loaded into UPS trucks and delivered to nearby warehouses at the Rafic Hariri Hospital the largest Lebanese public hospital located on the outskirts of Beirut. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-13/pfizer-supplies-jordan-lebanon-with-covid-vaccines-for-refugees 13th Sep 2021

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Bloomberg Australia is developing a digital border pass to show the vaccination status of travelers in a step toward further reopening its international border. The government awarded Accenture Plc the tender to deliver the pass that will replace the current Covid19 travel declaration form and incoming passenger card. It will support the safe reopening of Australias international borders Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews said in a statement. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-14/australia-plans-digital-border-pass-for-vaccinated-travelers 13th Sep 2021

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The Associated Press School started Monday for about a million New York City public school students in the nations largest experiment of inperson learning during the coronavirus pandemic. The first day of school coincided with several milestones in the citys pandemic recovery that hinge on vaccine mandates. Nearly all of the citys 300000 employees were required to be back in their workplaces in person Monday as the city ended remote work. Most will either need to be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID19 testing to remain in their jobs. https://apnews.com/article/health-new-york-new-york-city-coronavirus-pandemic-43c715d804ccb5fa1d5bdfff07813ac2 13th Sep 2021

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AlJazeera In a report last week UNICEF warned that prolonged school closures during the COVID crisis accentuated alarming inequities for more than 430 million children in South Asia. School closures in South Asia have forced hundreds of millions of children and their teachers to transition to remote learning in a region with low connectivity and device affordability UNICEFs regional director George LaryeaAdjei said in a statement. As a result children have suffered enormous setbacks in their learning journey. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/13/bangladesh-reopens-schools-after-18-month-covid-shutdown 13th Sep 2021

Exit Strategies

The Associated Press Fearing his parents wouldnt approve of his decision to get a COVID19 vaccine but needing their signature Andrew signed up for the appointment in secret and then sprang it on them at the last minute. They said no. Andrew cursed at his mother and father and called them idiots. Andrews dad grabbed him by the shirt collar. He said Youre not getting this damn vaccine you need to lower your voice. Watch your tone when you talk to me. It was it was the first time my dad had ever done something like that he grabbed my shirt and yelled in my face said Andrew a 17yearold student in Hoover Alabama. In most states minors need the consent of their parents in order to be vaccinated against COVID19. Navigating family politics in cases of differing views has been a challenge for students and organizers of outreach campaigns who have faced blowback for directly targeting young people. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-education-alabama-coronavirus-pandemic-f87785c4bee1a4c6ba841670c2aabb4d 14th Sep 2021

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CNN Americans have grown more supportive of coronavirus vaccine mandates for workers students and in everyday public life according to a new CNN poll. The shift comes amid renewed worries about the pandemic and a continued partisan divide over the efforts to combat it. The public is split about evenly 51 to 49 on whether requiring proof of vaccination for everyday activities is an acceptable way to increase the vaccination rate or an unacceptable infringement on personal rights. But theres greater backing for requiring vaccines in many specific instances. More than half of Americans now say they support requiring vaccinations for office workers returning to the workplace 54 students attending inperson classes 55 and patrons attending sporting events or concerts 55 although fewer 41 support requiring vaccinations for a shopper to enter a grocery store. https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/13/politics/cnn-poll-coronavirus-vaccine-mandates/index.html 13th Sep 2021

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FRANCE 24 Iraq has received a donation of more than 100000 AstraZeneca doses against Covid19 from Italy via vaccinesharing facility Covax. More than four million people in Iraq or around 10 percent of its 40 million inhabitants have received at least one coronavirus vaccine jab according to the health ministry. Healthcare workers say they are battling not just the coronavirus but also widespread scepticism over vaccines as a result of misinformation and public mistrust in the state. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210912-iraq-receives-over-100-000-coronavirus-vaccine-doses 13th Sep 2021

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The Independent Children should be vaccinated to boost the UKs immunity levels and stem the risk of a large winter wave of coronavirus a leading scientific adviser to the government has said. Professor Neil Ferguson who sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies Sage said that the UKs immunity levels were falling behind other European counties such as Spain Italy and France. But he also said he hoped that the country would not need another national lockdown saying If we do need to drive down transmission we may not need another full lockdown. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/children-vaccinate-ferguson-covid-b1918961.html 13th Sep 2021

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Reuters India is worried that growing complacency as COVID19 infection rates and deaths decline could lead to people skipping their second vaccine shots leaving communities vulnerable to the coronavirus said two health experts briefed on the matter. India has administered more than 744 million vaccine doses with 60 of its 944 million adults getting a first shot and 19 fully vaccinated with the required two shots. India has the most partly immunized people in the world according to the Our World in Data website mainly due to a long gap of between 12 and 16 weeks between doses as prescribed by the government. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/india-worried-about-complacency-over-second-dose-covid-19-vaccine-sources-2021-09-13/ 13th Sep 2021

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CNN Millions of Americans still need to get vaccinated to slow or stop the spread of Covid19 and getting the pandemic under control could take many many more vaccine mandates Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Fauci said if more people arent persuaded to get vaccinated by messaging from health officials and trusted political messengers additional mandates from schools and businesses may be necessary. I believe thats going to turn this around because I dont think people are going to want to not go to work or not go to college ... Theyre going to do it Fauci told CNNs Jen Christensen. Youd like to have them do it on a totally voluntary basis but if that doesnt work youve got to go to the alternatives. https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/13/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html 13th Sep 2021

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Sky News Boris Johnson has said the government wants to avoid the introduction of COVID vaccine passports in England if we possibly can but added they would be an option to be kept in reserve. The prime minister who will on Tuesday set out his plan to deal with coronavirus during the upcoming autumn and winter months said he would do everything thats right to protect the country. https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-boris-johnson-wants-to-avoid-vaccine-passports-in-england-if-we-possibly-can-but-will-keep-them-in-reserve-12407127 13th Sep 2021

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BBC News Walkin clinics have been set up in universities and further education colleges in a bid to get more students vaccinated against Covid19. The first of 60 clinics will open on Monday as part of the Department of Healths jabbathon drive. They will cover 30 campuses and offer first doses to students throughout September. About 72 of 18 to 29yearolds in Northern Ireland have had at least one Covid vaccine dose. Nearly 88 of adults have received one dose and about 82 have been fully vaccinated. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-58539666 13th Sep 2021

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Evening Standard Guidance to work from home and the mandatory use of face masks are likely to be retained as options in the Covid winter plan due to be set out by Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister will tell the nation on Tuesday how the country can learn to live with the virus underlining how vaccinations will be a central part of the response to coronavirus in the coming months. Covid laws that are no longer required will be ditched and plans for vaccine passports for nightclubs and other large crowd venues have been shelved. The travel traffic lights system is also expected to be scrapped and PCR tests will no longer be required for fully vaccinated travellers. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-sajid-javid-neil-ferguson-nhs-scotland-b954997.html 13th Sep 2021

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Reuters The government of the Australian state of New South Wales NSW said the pace of COVID19 vaccinations had slowed as firstdose coverage neared 80 and urged the unvaccinated to get shots soon or risk missing out on freedoms when curbs ease. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has promised to relax some restrictions for the states 8 million residents once twodose vaccination rates hit 70 expected to be around the middle of next month. So far about 46 of the states adult population has been fully vaccinated above the national average of 42. For those of you who choose not to be vaccinated that is your choice but dont expect to do everything that vaccinated people do when we hit 80 Berejiklian said https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-nsw-state-says-coronavirus-vaccination-pace-slows-2021-09-12/ 13th Sep 2021

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Reuters South Africa will ease COVID19 restrictions and shorten its nationwide curfew from Monday after a decline in infections President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a televised address. Authorities will also extend the hours of alcohol sales the president said further relaxing restrictions introduced in June to combat a third wave of cases caused by the Delta variant. While the third wave is not yet over we have seen a sustained decline in infections across the country over the last few weeks Ramaphosa said. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-president-loosens-covid-19-curbs-shortens-curfew-2021-09-12/ 13th Sep 2021

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Reuters UK Britains government will only introduce a new COVID19 lockdown as a last resort a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday after the countrys health minister signalled he did not expect to see them used again. The ability to do that is retained as you would expect but it would only be done in a last resort and as I said we are in a very different position thanks to the strength of our vaccination programme than where we were when it was necessary to take those steps previously the spokesman told reporters. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/covid-lockdowns-only-used-last-resort-says-uk-pms-spokesman-2021-09-13/ 13th Sep 2021

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Associated Press Britain decided Monday to follow other countries in offering coronavirus vaccines to children 12 and up as the government gambled that expanded vaccination and mild tweaks to social behavior can avert the need for lockdowns in the winter. Vaccinations for children and booster shots for atrisk adults are expected to be part of a tool kit to control COVID19 infections this fall and winter that Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce Tuesday. On Monday the chief medical officers of England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland recommended that children ages 12 to 15 be given a single dose of the PfizerBioNTech vaccine despite the governments vaccine advisors saying this month that the step would have only marginal health benefits. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-london-coronavirus-pandemic-england-2972c0fe4e4a4679a42b31e17e447723 13th Sep 2021

Partisan Exits

The Associated Press As hundreds of mostly unvaccinated COVID19 patients filled Alabama intensive care units hospital staff in north Alabama contacted 43 hospitals in three states to find a specialty cardiac ICU bed for Ray Martin DeMonia his family wrote in his obituary. The Cullman man was finally transferred to Meridian Mississippi about 170 miles 274 kilometers away. That is where the 73yearold antiques dealer died Sept. 1 because of the cardiac event he suffered. Now his family is making a plea. In honor of Ray please get vaccinated if you have not in an effort to free up resources for nonCOVID related emergencies his obituary read. https://apnews.com/article/health-alabama-coronavirus-pandemic-mississippi-meridian-58ee964ad52dfcbb226fba760efd38c0 14th Sep 2021

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The Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday threatened local governments with 5000 fines per violation for requiring their employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus that has overrun hospitals and killed tens of thousands across the state. Local municipalities such as Orange County and the city of Gainesville potentially face millions of dollars in cumulative fines for implementing a requirement that their employees get a COVID19 vaccine the Republican governor said. We are not going to let people be fired because of a vaccine mandate DeSantis said at a news conference outside Gainesville. You dont just cast aside people who have been serving faithfully over this issue over what is basically a personal choice on their individual health. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-orlando-a9d617e07e16445108aeb3bfa1bf4752 14th Sep 2021

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Reuters UK Britain will roll out COVID19 booster shots for the most vulnerable and elderly as part of his coronavirus strategy for the winter months. Johnsons government has already indicated it will scrap plans for vaccine passports to be required to get into nightclubs end some of its emergency COVID powers and use lockdowns only as a last resort. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-johnson-set-out-covid-19-booster-strategy-under-winter-plan-2021-09-13/ 14th Sep 2021

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Reuters Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliances COVID19 test registration system exposed data of potentially millions of people including their phone numbers and email addresses Recode reported on Monday. https://www.reuters.com/technology/walgreens-covid-19-test-registration-system-left-patient-data-unprotected-recode-2021-09-13/ 13th Sep 2021

Partisan Exits

The Washington Post For many the term misinformation conjures up images of conspiracytheory chat forums and Russian bots. But an alarming amount of it is reaching audiences in the health and wellness realms. Many social media influencers who focus on natural remedies holistic health and new age spirituality have been sharing posts and videos questioning the wisdom of vaccinating against the coronavirus. Public health experts say widespread vaccine hesitancy increases the threat of the virus mutating and helps keep the pandemic raging. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/12/wellness-influencers-vaccine-misinformation/ 13th Sep 2021

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The Guardian The political sparring match over Joe Bidens new vaccine mandate continued on Sunday with one Republican governor blasting the measure as counterproductive and the White House insisting it was necessary to end the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/12/joe-biden-covid-vaccine-mandate-republican-backlash 13th Sep 2021

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CNN A hospital in upstate New York is pausing deliveries of babies because of the number of maternity unit employee resignations over the states Covid19 vaccination requirements health officials say. Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville about 60 miles northeast of Syracuse will stop deliveries after September 24 said Gerald Cayer chief executive of the Lewis County Health System. We are unable to safely staff the service after September 24. The number of resignations received leaves us no choice but to pause delivering babies at Lewis County General Hospital. It is my hope that the Department of Health will work with us in support of pausing the service rather than closing the maternity department Cayer said at a news conference Friday. https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/12/health/ny-hospital-pausing-baby-deliveries-covid-19-resignations/index.html 13th Sep 2021

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The Independent A fouryearold girl has become the youngest Covid19 victim in Texass Galveston County since the onset of the pandemic after several members of her family were infected. Kali Cook died in her sleep at home on 7 September within hours of showing symptoms of the coronavirus. She was unvaccinated with children below the age of 12 not yet eligible for inoculation. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-covid-girl-anti-vax-mom-b1918895.html 13th Sep 2021

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The Guardian Health authorities have warned theres no proof for Ivermectins value in treating Covid19. Still groups are touting the drug as the way out of the pandemic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/13/ivermectin-treatment-covid-19-anti-vaxxers-advocates 13th Sep 2021

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Sky News More than 130000 people in the UK have died with COVID19 since the pandemic began last year. The British Medical Association says the loosening of restrictions notably Englands socalled Freedom Day was a gamble contributing to more than 40000 hospital admissions. https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-unprepared-nhs-and-flawed-government-policy-contributed-to-coronavirus-crisis-says-bma-12406796 13th Sep 2021

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The Associated Press Other countries have lured doctors out of retirement pushed medical students to the front lines and buoyed medical personnel exhausted by COVID19 cases but in Nicaragua doctors have been harassed threatened and sometimes forced into exile for questioning official handling of the pandemic. Vice President Rosario Murillo who is also the first lady has accused doctors of health terrorism and of spreading false outlooks and news by reporting that COVID19 has been far more widespread than officials acknowledge. https://apnews.com/article/health-caribbean-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-terrorism-fcf44192bd62671441d73ca6bc3731f6 13th Sep 2021

Continued Lockdown

Reuters New Zealands largest city Auckland will remain in lockdown to beat the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-pm-ardern-extends-lockdown-auckland-sept-21-2021-09-13/ 13th Sep 2021

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Reuters Vietnams coronavirus outbreak epicentre Ho Chi Minh City will extend its restrictions state media reported on Monday as the capital Hanoi and several provinces sought an easing of curbs and the aviation authority proposed domestic flights resume. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnams-biggest-city-keep-virus-curbs-flight-resumption-sought-2021-09-13/ 13th Sep 2021

Continued Lockdown

Reuters New Zealand extended a strict lockdown in its largest city on Monday requiring 1.7 million people living in Auckland to remain indoors for at least another week to snuff out small outbreaks of the highly infectious Delta variant of coronavirus. Health authorities recorded 33 new cases of the Delta variant of COVID19 on Monday all in Auckland which was higher than 23 and 20 cases reported over the weekend. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-covid-19-cases-rise-ahead-auckland-lockdown-decision-2021-09-13/ 13th Sep 2021

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Bloomberg The U.K. had poured millions of pounds into Valnevas Scottish factory secured an extra 40 million vaccine doses on top of the 60 million it had already agreed to buy and boasted about the vaccines potential as a booster in the autumn. The fact that Valneva was headquartered in France whose vaccine rollout was off to a dire start and where zero doses had been procured was the ultimate punchline. Now the U.K. seems to have shot itself in the foot rather than in the arm. The government is abruptly canceling its supply contract having found Valneva in breach of its obligations without specifying how something Valneva is contesting though without giving more details. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-13/u-k-canceling-1-7-billion-vaccine-contract-with-valneva-is-a-bizarre-rug-pull 13th Sep 2021

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BBC News The UKs four Chief Medical Officers have recommended all children aged 1215 should be vaccinated against Covid. They have agreed that children of those ages should be given one dose of the Pfizer vaccine to help prevent education being disrupted. A final decision on rollout will be taken by ministers in the four nations of the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-58542140 13th Sep 2021

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BBC News French vaccine maker Valneva says the UK government has scrapped a deal for its Covid19 vaccine. The UK had about 100 million doses on order after it increased its request by 40 million in February. The firm said that the UK government served notice over allegations of a breach of the agreement which it strenuously denies. The government said the decision would have no impact on vaccine supply in the UK. The comments from the company will not have any impact on our vaccine supply and did not form any part of our vaccine rollout in autumn and winter a spokesperson for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58499064 13th Sep 2021

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The Guardian People who were fully vaccinated accounted for just 1.2 of all deaths involving Covid19 in England in the first seven months of this year. The figures published by the Office for National Statistics ONS have been seized on as proof of the success of the vaccine programme. The figures show a total of 51281 deaths involving Covid19 in England between 2 January and 2 July of which 38964 were of unvaccinated people. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/13/fully-vaccinated-people-account-for-12-of-englands-covid-19-deaths 13th Sep 2021

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FiercePharma Does the general U.S. population need COVID19 boosters A group of renowned global health experts including two key departing vaccine authorities at the FDA dont think so. Even with the wave of delta variantdriven coronavirus cases in the U.S. the authorized vaccines appear to be staving off severe infections according to a paper published in The Lancet. The group of authors includes top officials with the World Health Organization. The paper stands in stark contrast to the Biden administrations own booster shot plan which some have criticized for jumping ahead of federal regulators. The White House has been planning to roll out the extra doses to the general population as early as next week following the FDAs meeting on Friday to discuss Pfizers application for an extra shot. https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/two-key-departing-fda-officials-who-refute-need-for-covid-19-boosters-as-white-house-plans 13th Sep 2021

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STAT News A group of international experts including notably two outgoing Food and Drug Administration vaccine regulators argues in a new paper against offering Covid19 vaccine boosters to the general population. The paper published Monday in the Lancet is based on a review of available data about the durability of vaccine protection. That it was coauthored by Marion Gruber and Phil Krause two veteran FDA officials who have been leading the agencys review of Covid19 vaccine applications amounts to a strikingly direct rebuff to the Biden administration as it lays plans for booster shots. Gruber and Krause announced last month they would be leaving the agency this fall. https://www.statnews.com/2021/09/13/international-review-argues-against-covid-19-vaccine-boosters/ 13th Sep 2021

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Bloomberg Governments would be better served to focus on immunizing the unvaccinated and to wait for more data on which boosters would be most effective and at what doses the authors who included two prominent U.S. Food and Drug Administration experts argued in the medical journal The Lancet. They based their assessment on a wide range of realworld observational studies as well as data from clinical trials. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-13/most-people-don-t-need-covid-vaccine-boosters-scientists-find?srnd=premium-europe 13th Sep 2021

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Reuters Australia has purchased an additional 1 million doses of Modernas COVID19 vaccine from the European Union Prime Minister Scott Morrison said as the country accelerates its inoculation programme to fight record high infections. The purchase is a boost for Australias A2 trillion 1.5 trillion economy which is at risk of slipping into its second recession in as many years as a result of lockdowns of the countrys two most populous cities Sydney and Melbourne https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-victoria-state-records-small-decline-covid-19-infections-2021-09-11/ 12th Sep 2021

Coronavirus Resurgence

ABC News Queensland authorities have added further venues to the states growing exposure sites list in the wake of two positive COVID19 cases among school students. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said one of the 15yearold students from a Brisbane high school had spent a short period of time infectious in the community before entering home quarantine. As a result several close contact venues have been added to the list in the Brisbane suburb of Mount Gravatt including food courts major shopping centres and a bus route. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-13/qld-covid-exposure-sites-list-grows-close-contact/100457592 13th Sep 2021

Coronavirus Resurgence

Reuters The rapid pace of new COVID19 infections and a doubling of seriously ill patients in Singapore have raised unexpected hurdles to reopening plans for the vaccination frontrunner where 81 of the population is fully vaccinated. Singapore one of the fastest in the world to reach that level has seen its inoculation rates plateau and this month paused its gradual reopening plans spooked by daily infections that returned to oneyear peaks this month. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/seriously-ill-covid-19-patients-double-vaccine-pace-setter-singapore-2021-09-13/ 13th Sep 2021

Coronavirus Resurgence

Reuters Africa New local COVID19 infections more than doubled in Chinas southeastern province of Fujian health authorities said on Tuesday in the countrys latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The National Health Commission said 59 new locally transmitted cases were reported for Sept. 13 up from 22 infections a day earlier. All of them were in Fujian. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-reports-92-new-covid-19-cases-sept-13-vs-49-day-ago-2021-09-14/ 13th Sep 2021

Coronavirus Resurgence

Reuters Britain reported 56 new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID19 test on Sunday down from 156 a day earlier and 29173 new cases again lower than the 29547 recorded on Saturday. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-records-56-covid-19-deaths-29173-new-cases-2021-09-12/ 12th Sep 2021

New Lockdown

Reuters Slovenia will from this week require that all people who enter indoor spaces with few exceptions be vaccinated against COVID19 or show negative tests unless they have had the disease in the previous six months https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovenia-tightens-access-indoor-spaces-due-covid-19-2021-09-13/ 13th Sep 2021