The European Union says it will donate more than 200 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to middle and low-income nations before the end of the year. That’s double the amount the 27-nation bloc planned to deliver through COVAX, the U.N.-backed program.
Find more AP coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccineANCHORAGE, Alaska — Jill Biden is leading the U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where new coronavirus infections just hit a six-month high.
The first lady leaves Tokyo on Saturday and is slated to visit a vaccination clinic in Hawaii on the trip back to Washington.TOKYO — Tokyo has hit another six-month high in new coronavirus cases, one day before the Olympics.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and the International Olympic Committee have been determined to hold the Olympics despite the pandemic. Suga placed Tokyo under a state of emergency on July 12, but daily cases have sharply risen.
The decision will keep five athletes from competing at the Tokyo Games. Minister of Sports Sanoussy Bantama Sow made the announcement in a letter Wednesday addressed to the president of the Guinean Olympic committee. He blamed the virus and its variants. On Thursday, the health ministry released a statement saying the methodology in the study was misleading and strongly cautioned against attributing all of the excess deaths to COVID-19.
The 400 million doses represent the collective effort by African countries to pursue doses outside the global COVAX project aimed at delivering vaccines to low-and middle-income nations, The COVAX effort has fallen behind in deliveries because India has imposed export controls on vaccines. Slightly over 60% of the German population had received a first dose of vaccine by Thursday, while 48% were fully vaccinated. But the vaccination campaign has slowed in recent weeks.
The new cases include 270 sailors who were recently flown home after a large-scale outbreak on their destroyer engaging in an anti-piracy mission off East Africa. The mayor says the advisory “puts the responsibility on individuals themselves,” rather than have the city enforce a mandate. Officers fired the tear gas and water cannons after protesters attempted to break through a police cordon.___
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