The start of the Corona vaccination campaign in Britain next Tuesday

The United Nations welcomes vaccines, while noting that they alone will not be sufficient

Guterres explained that vaccines could become available in the coming weeks and months

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, welcomed the start of the licensing of the "Covid-19" vaccines yesterday, indicating at the opening of a virtual special session of the General Assembly that this will not be sufficient to reinvent a prosperous world without other long-term efforts. The British National Health Ministry announced its Corona virus vaccination program, next Tuesday.

In detail, Guterres indicated in his speech that "thanks to the hard work, dedication of scientists and researchers around the world, vaccines could become available in the coming weeks and months."

He added, "But we must not be deceived," noting that "a vaccine cannot repair the damage that may extend for years or even decades to the next."

He said, "Extreme poverty is increasing, and the threat of famine looms. We are facing the largest global recession in eight decades."

He added that "the time has come to start from scratch" to combat the inequalities and injustices that the epidemic crisis has highlighted.

Without naming the United States, Guterres implicitly criticized Washington, which in recent months has strongly denounced the World Health Organization's management of the crisis.

He said that «some countries continue to reject the facts, and ignore the directives.

When countries go in special directions, the virus spreads everywhere.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations believed that a "new social contract between people, governments, the private sector, civil society and others" should be established, in order to "address the roots of inequality."

Guterres reiterated that getting the world up again requires effort in an economy that respects the environment and combats global warming.

Over the course of two days, more than 140 officials, including heads of state, heads of government and ministers are scheduled to deliver speeches at this two-day special session, which examines “the multifaceted consequences of the (Covid-19) pandemic, better and stronger recovery methods, and the exchange of experiences. And thinking about a global response to the pandemic, ”according to the United Nations.

However, the presidents of the United States, Russia, and China will not deliver words, and ministers will represent them.

Each country has five minutes to deliver a speech via pre-recorded video.

This comes at a time when the British National Health Authority begins its program of vaccination against the Corona virus, next Tuesday, after the arrival of the first doses of the vaccine, according to what the chief executive of the authority, Chris Hobson, said to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), yesterday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the program as the largest vaccination campaign in British history.

About 800,000 more doses are expected to arrive next week, when millions will be delivered by the end of the year.

The German company "Biontech" and "Pfizer" the American pharmaceuticals announced, last Wednesday, that the British Medicines Regulatory Authority issued an emergency approval for the Corona vaccine, which was developed by the two companies.

The vaccine will be given first to people who live or work in care homes, as well as people over the age of 80, and health workers who are particularly at risk.

Yesterday, Moscow launched a service to book appointments for vaccination against "Covid-19" via the Internet, two days after President Vladimir Putin called for vaccinations to be given on a large scale.

The Sputnik V vaccine is injected in two doses, and it is one of two Russian vaccines that have obtained approval from national regulatory agencies, despite the incomplete clinical trials.

And interim trials showed the vaccine’s effectiveness by 92% in preventing disease.

The TASS news agency quoted Anna Popova, head of the Consumer Health Watch, as saying the day before yesterday that there are 10 vaccines under development in Russia.

The Moscow Mayor's website said that city residents can register themselves to receive the vaccination for free at 70 points distributed across the city, with appointments starting on Saturday.

The first available appointments are for social welfare workers, doctors and teachers between the ages of 18 and 60, whether they are in governmental or private institutions.

Any Moscow resident with an online account can book an appointment, but the site requires showing evidence of the job.

"For other Muscovites, free vaccination will be available at a later time," the website said.

In the same context, a comprehensive examination of the Austrian people to detect the Corona virus began yesterday, despite suspicions on the part of the government's scientific advisers.

Long queues formed in front of the examination centers, while the tests began in Vienna in the regions of Tirol and Vorarlberg in the west of the country, according to "ORF" and "OA24" radio stations.

Other regions will follow in the coming days.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced the voluntary testing plan in late November, in an attempt to slow the transmission of the infection.

And if several million out of the Austrian population of 8.9 million were examined, the authorities could identify many of the "Covid-19" patients who did not show symptoms, according to Curtis.

However, "a large number of scientific advisers" told the Minister of Health, Rudolf Anchober, that they were against the plan, according to records of a recent meeting.

And they warn that negative test results would give people the wrong idea that they could celebrate a normal Christmas holiday with relatives in late December, like previous years.

Clover vaccine shows a strong immune response

The "Sichuan Clover" biopharmaceutical company recorded a strong immune response in its first phase trials of its vaccine against the Corna virus, using adjuvants from "GlaxoSmithKline Plc" and "Dynafax Technologies Corp", according to Bloomberg News. , Yesterday.

The vaccine led to the formation of neutralizing antibodies and proved to be safe in a study of 150 adults and elderly volunteers, according to Clover in a statement yesterday.

It is scheduled to start experiments using the advanced phase using the adjuvant system of "Glaxo" this month, while experiments using the auxiliary substance of "Dinafax" will start in the first half of 2021.

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