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VACCINES

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SOCCER
Feb 12, 2021
Russia to consider vaccinating Euro 2020 staff against COVID-19
Russia is considering whether to vaccinate staff working at European Championship soccer matches in St. Petersburg this year against COVID-19, the head of the local organizing committee said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2021
As emergency eases, Diet focus turns to next stage of virus fight
The central government is reportedly seeking to convene a virus task force meeting Friday, at which Suga may lift the state of emergency in some regions.
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WORLD
Feb 8, 2021
U.K. plans annual vaccinations to fight new coronavirus strains
U.k. Health Minister Nadhim Zahawi has predicted annual vaccination drives similar to the program of injections given for influenza each year.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Feb 8, 2021
China’s COVID-19 vaccine drive is falling behind the U.S. and Europe
The slowness appears to be due to widespread hesitation in the country, including lingering safety concerns, doubts about the level of protection promised and a general lack of urgency.
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WORLD
Feb 7, 2021
Putin’s once-scorned vaccine now favorite in pandemic fight
The Russian president may reap diplomatic dividends as the nation basks in arguably its biggest scientific breakthrough since the Soviet era.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 7, 2021
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot less effective against South African variant, study says
British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Saturday its vaccine developed with Oxford University appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, based on early data from a trial.
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JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 5, 2021
Japan is moving closer to vaccinations: Here's how the rollout will work
The government has begun to set out its inoculation schedule, but there are concerns over delivery hiccups.
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WORLD
Feb 5, 2021
When will life return to normal? In about seven years at today's vaccine rates.
When will the pandemic end? It’s the question hanging over just about everything since COVID-19 took over the world last year. The answer can be measured in vaccinations.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 5, 2021
New Formula One boss says organization won't jump vaccine queue
Formula One will not try to jump the queue for vaccines to protect its longest-ever season from the COVID-19 pandemic, new boss Stefano Domenicali said.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 5, 2021
Macron calls on China to be more transparent on COVID-19 shots
'It seems that we can have more information about the Russian vaccines,” he said, citing a recent study and Russia's initiatives to register its Sputnik V shot with EU authorities.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2021
AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines to be combined in Oxford trial
The trial will allow researchers to see whether two shots of different vaccines produce better or worse results than two doses of the same product.
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JAPAN
Feb 3, 2021
BioNTech 'confident' it will meet Japan's COVID-19 vaccine demand
Pfizer and BioNTech have increased manufacturing capacity to more than 2 billion doses a year from 1.3 billion to meet demand.
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WORLD / Society
Feb 2, 2021
Black and Latino New Yorkers underrepresented in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Data also showed at least 94,000 people who live outside New York were vaccinated in the city, and that among them racial disparities were even wider.
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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Feb 2, 2021
Public investment in vaccine development is crucial for Japan's future
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the nation's inability to research, develop and produce supplies in a timely manner.
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WORLD
Feb 2, 2021
Study shows COVID-19 variant spreading in Britain could become resistant to vaccines
Experiments in test tubes suggest that some of its mutations allow the coronavirus to hold onto cells more tightly.
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WORLD
Feb 2, 2021
China helps Serbia get ahead on vaccines as Europe faces delays
Serbia's history of balancing its geopolitical interests is paying off at a critical time.

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