Uphill struggle: Russia counts cost of missteps, vaccine refusals as COVID tide keeps rising
As the world passes five million deaths from COVID-19, POLINA NIKOLSKAYA and MAXIM SHEMETOV, of Reuters, report from the Russian city of Oryol…
Locked-up and fed-up: Australian voters put Prime Minister on notice
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Kathy Chalker, a Sydney art studio owner, is just the sort of voter Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison needs to win the country’s next election – a long-time conservative party supporter with a small business in a swing seat. But Chalker has already decided to vote Morrison out. With her business closed indefinitely […]
Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19
NITA BHALLA and ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how, as rich countries open up and start vaccinating less vulnerable younger people, poor countries are still struggling to secure vaccines…
The Interview: Dr Francis Collins – We asked God for help with COVID-19, and vaccines are the “answer to that prayer”
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Dr Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, his faith and how he views the intersection of religion and science…
G7 to donate one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries
Carbis Bay, UKReuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects the Group of Seven to agree to donate one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting on Friday, and help innoculate the world by the end of next year. Just hours after US President Joe Biden vowed to supercharge the battle against […]
US to detail global distribution plan for 80 million vaccine doses
San Jose, Costa Rica Reuters The United States will announce in the next two weeks how it plans to distribute 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses it has pledged globally, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. Speaking at a joint news conference with Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado, Blinken said the administration of […]
India promises more vaccines as daily COVID-19 deaths stay above 4,000
Bengalaru, IndiaReuters Some Indian states said on Sunday they would extend COVID-19 lockdowns to help contain the pandemic, which has killed more than 270,000 people in the country, as the federal government pledged to bolster vaccine supplies. The number of deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in India has risen more than 4,000 […]
Tackling vaccine hesitancy: Iraq pushes vaccine rollout amid widespread apathy, distrust
ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD, of Associated Press, reports from Iraq…
Biden says seminary COVID-19 vaccine clinic is example of “America at its finest”
RNS President Joe Biden visited a Virginia seminary chapel that is being used as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic as his administration moved up the date when he hopes all Americans will be eligible to get a vaccine. “We’re in a situation where we – I believe, by the end of this summer, we’ll have a […]
Fighting COVID: Slow rollout of vaccine in Brazil leaves Indigenous at risk
FABIO ZUKER, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on claims from Indigenous leaders that the lack of priority vaccination status for all Indigenous Brazilians is just the latest sign of government neglect…