Health

China Pledges Two Billion Vaccine Doses To World — Xi

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China will “strive to provide” two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and donate US$100 million to the international vaccine distribution system known as Covax, President Xi Jinping said Thursday. […]

Health

Latin America And Caribbean Face An “Avalanche Of Worsening Health Issues” If COVID-19 Disruption Of Health Services Continues, PAHO Warns

WASHINGTON, D.C (PAHO) –-The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted essential health services in most countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, threatening immunization of children and care of expectant mothers and people with chronic […]

Health

CDC Signals Change To PCR Testing

WASHINGTON, United States — The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that it will, after December 31, 2021, withdraw the request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization […]

Agriculture

Grenada Launches Its Maritime Economy Plan

The Government of Grenada today launched its Maritime Economy plan (MEP). Cabinet’s endorsement of this strategic plan is a positive indicator of the Government’s commitment to develop a sustainable blue economy to stimulate national development […]

Health

EU Agency Says Two Jabs ‘Vital’ To Battle Delta Variant

HE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The EU’s medicines watchdog said on Wednesday two jabs by approved vaccine makers were “vital” to provide maximum protection against the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant, urging countries to speed up their inoculation drives. […]

Health

Indian AstraZeneca Vaccine Not Approved For EU – Agency

(AFP)— India’s version of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is not authorised in the EU due to the possibility of “differences” with the original, Europe’s drug regulator said Wednesday. The African Union has complained that the EU’s […]