Corona Virus News: WHO calls on rich countries to fend off Covid-boosting punches

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked rich countries to postpone their COVID booster vaccines until the end of the year.

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has asked the United Kingdom among other well-to-do countries to donate their vaccines to impoverished parts of the world.

“I will not remain silent when companies and countries that control global supplies of vaccines believe that the world’s poor should be content with leftovers,” he told a news conference.

We don’t want more promises. We just want vaccines.”

The head of the World Health Organization has said he wants the delay to ensure that every country can vaccinate at least 40 percent of its population.

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AstraZenca chief says, there may be no need for third strikes of the enhanced coronavirus

The head of AstraZeneca said that rolling out the third doses of the Covid vaccine too quickly would be an “unnecessary burden” on the NHS.

Chief Executive Pascal Soriot, in the Telegraph, called on the government to be patient and stressed that the UK was “a few weeks away” from having a definitive answer on the efficacy of two doses in providing “sustained protective immunity”.

“Moving too quickly to increase the entire adult population would deprive us of these ideas, and leave this important decision based on limited data,” he said.

A third dose may be needed for everyone, but it may not be. The NHS mobilizing an unnecessary booster program would add an unnecessary burden to the NHS during the long winter months.

“Given the scarcity of NHS staff and resources, it is likely that another national mobilization will leave us with fewer resources for cancer screening and other care provided by doctors and nurses every day.”

The comments come after the Minister of Vaccines, Nazim Al-Zahawi, told MPs that the vaccine enhancement program is “ready to go” once the vaccines are approved by the Joint Commission International.

1631116639 WHO calls on rich countries and vaccine manufacturers to make good on pledges to help low-income regions

The World Health Organization has said that low-income countries are ready to run effective vaccination campaigns against the Covid-19 virus, and now it is up to manufacturers and rich countries to deliver the doses pledged to mitigate global health inequalities.

About 80% of the 5.5 billion doses of vaccine administered globally have gone to high-income countries, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing on Wednesday.

More than 91 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the UK

Government data as of September 7 showed that more than 91 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine had been administered in the UK.

Of the 91,940.381 doses administered, 48,319,435 were first doses, an increase of 26,624 over the previous day.

The number of the second doses reached about 436,20946 doses, an increase of 85,848.

Regime leader Ross: Scotland’s vaccine passport plans ‘absolutely sham’

The Scottish government’s plans for passports for a coronavirus vaccine have been described as an “absolute sham” by the Conservative Party, with the first minister being criticized for failing so far to provide details on how the scheme will work.

MSPs are set to vote on the planned entry of the Holyrood Vaccination Certification Scheme on Thursday.

But a week after Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to introduce such a scheme for venues like nightclubs, and events like big soccer matches and music festivals, governors said major questions still needed to be answered.

Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross challenged Ms Sturgeon over the issue in Holyrood, saying that while she had promised to publish a paper on how the system worked, it “wasn’t good enough” to “do it” just hours before Parliament meets from expected to vote.

The Conservative Party said: “So far there are no details and no answers about the SNP’s plans.

“We wanted to look at the content of the prime minister’s proposals – but frankly there is nothing to scrutinize.”

Mr. Ross continued: “We need details but we don’t have them. We don’t know how the system will be managed or implemented. We don’t know if the data concerns have been fixed.”

“We don’t know if the SNP would rule out extending it indefinitely or spreading it to other places at short notice.”

1631113072 Minister faces Tory backlash in House of Commons over passport vaccine

Tory MPs have urged the government to abandon plans to obtain vaccine passports after a minister was accused of talking about “nonsense” and choosing “unnecessary combat” with them.

Vaccines minister, Nadim Zahawi, also caused colleagues to shake heads when he told MPs that there would be “some basic services that will not need” for people to show a Covid passport – raising their concerns about the government’s proposals.

The government has confirmed its desire to introduce vaccine passports for nightclubs, an idea previously criticized by lawmakers from both major parties, by the end of September.

The scheme will see members of the public show evidence of having received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in order to enter clubs and other large-scale events.

In response to an urgent question in the House of Commons, Zahawi said the policy was “designed to reduce transmission of infections and serious diseases”.

Minister says Wales must be screened over Covid-19 decisions

The Welsh minister said all departments in the UK should receive the same level of scrutiny over decisions made during the coronavirus pandemic.

A UK-wide public inquiry into the decisions made by Boris Johnson’s government is set to begin next year, while the Scottish government led by Nicola Sturgeon has announced its own independent inquiry.

Opposition politicians in Wales and those who have lost family members to Covid-19 have called on the Welsh government to launch its own investigation.

The Welsh government said last month it was communicating with the UK government about the details of the UK-wide investigation.

1631107249 Scotland records 17 new deaths from Covid

The latest figures showed Scotland had 17 deaths linked to the coronavirus and 5,810 new infections in the past 24 hours.

Data released by the Scottish government puts the number of deaths under the daily scale – of people who first tested positive for the virus in the past 28 days – now at 8,198.

There were 883 people in hospital with Covid recently confirmed, 112 more than the day before, and 82 in intensive care, up five.

A total of 4,130,841 people received the first dose of the vaccine and 3,749,767 people received their second dose.

Government Covid passport policy ‘Not Supported’

A Conservative member of the Conservative Party described the government’s Covid passport policy as “unsupportable”.

Rep. Richard Fuller of North East Bedfordshire said: “The actions put forward by the secretary today cannot be supported…because they are without any justification.

“I would like to ask the Minister to think carefully about whether this government would like to take the powers that were considered emergency powers, and make them normal powers of government in a free society? I personally think that this is very unwise and there is no case for them.”

The Minister of Vaccinations, Nadim Zahawi, said he would rather take “colleagues’ arrows” on the passport scheme than have to shut down nightclubs.

“These are not normal times we live in,” he said. This is an action we must take.

“I tell him with a sad heart, I’d rather stand here and take fellow darts in the back or front, than go back to this house and have to shut down nightclubs because the virus caused a superspreader event and we have to explain that to the entire industry.”

NRS figures show coronavirus-related deaths continue to rise

A total of 10,612 people have died in Scotland from confirmed or suspected coronavirus, according to Scotland’s National Records (NRS).

The latest data shows that 58 deaths that mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate were recorded in the week from August 30 to September 5 – an increase of 10 over the previous week.

Of the most recent deaths, 17 were under 65, 12 were aged 65-74, and 29 were 75 or older.

Ten deaths occurred in Glasgow and six deaths each in North Lanarkshire and Edinburgh.

The latest data confirms 42 deaths in hospitals, eight in care homes and seven at home.

The statistics are published weekly and cover all deaths recorded in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

1631101895 Announcing a major vaccination campaign for NI . students

A major campaign to vaccinate students in Northern Ireland against Covid-19 has been announced.

The Jabbathon initiative will include 60 outpatient clinics on about 30 campuses – bringing you the first vaccinations to students in universities and further education colleges.

The effort comes after last month’s Big Jab Weekend where 12,052 first doses were given, along with 9,622 second doses.

The first dose rate in Northern Ireland is now close to 90% of the adult population. However, concerns have been raised that vaccination rates have not been high among younger members of the community.

The new academic year for college students begins later this month.

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