COVID-19 and Vaccines:
EU: The European Union confirmed on Friday the reports it would invest an additional €500 million towards COVAX
UK-Wales authorities decided to relax coronavirus-related lockdown measures from February 20, Sky News reported
Vaccine:Pfizer and BioNTech SE presented on Friday new data to the United States Food and Drug Administration concerning the stability of their COVID-19 vaccine at temperatures lower than minus 70 degrees Celsius.The two companies alleged that their jab could be stored at -25°C to -15°C for a maximum of two weeks prior to being administered without being affected in any way.
Africa:Africa’s reported COVID-19 death toll surpassed 100,000 on Friday
U.S-Biden to pledge $4 billion to COVAX vaccine program at G7 meeting Friday
UK-Britain will invite fellow G7 nations to assist speed up the development of future vaccines to 100-days on Friday when Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts a virtual meeting of leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden.
Vaccine:J&J applies to WHO for emergency use approval of its COVID-19 vaccine
G7: Friday, leaders of the G7 agreed to “intensify cooperation” in response to the COVID pandemic and increase financial pledges to launch vaccines in the world’s poorest countries to 7.5 billion dollars.
Algeria: Algeria to begin producing Russsian vaccine Sputnik V
Iraq: New lockdown measures started in Iraq on Friday amid a large uptick in coronavirus cases.A curfew will be inflicted daily from 8 pm to 5 am, with a complete closure on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Iraq– NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg declared on Thursday that the alliance will increase its security training at military bases in Iraq in order to prevent the area from harbouring international terrorists.”The size of our mission will increase from 500 personnel to around 4,000 and training activities will now include more Iraqi security institutions and areas beyond Baghdad,” Stoltenberg stated.
Jordan– Friday, civil defense personnel in Mafraq responded to a house fire in the village of Deir Warraq, Mafraq, which left four dead and one severely wounded,Roya News reported.According to the Public Security Directorate (PSD) spokeperson, the deceased were four children, all of thom were siblings. The injured individual was identified as the children’s mother. The mother has severe burns all over her body.
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