Global
Half of new cases in India

G7 address global vaccines

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US

Today in London

Boris Johnson Secretary of State Antony Blinken

the global roll out of vaccines will be key in defeating the pandemic

Group of Seven nations to increase international manufacturing capability for vaccines

Indian delegation, all isolated, two tested positive

India and South Africa, pushing the World Trade Organizations to temporarily waive patents

UK

India Variants establishes in UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/publica...

Up to 27th April

https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/04/london...

https://www.sanger.ac.uk/collaboratio...

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March 27th 0.2% of samples sequenced in England were B.1.167

April 10th 1.7%

Hotspots in London (Harrow, Hounslow), Leicester, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bradford

Public Health England, variants under investigation

Covid-variant vaccines fast-tracked

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-569...

Money to boost testing at Porton Down

3,000 blood samples a week

Measure levels of antibodies generated by different vaccines

Booster programme in autumn being planned

UK Health Security Agency, Dr Jenny Harries

A new variant that can escape the current vaccines is the greatest risk of a third wave

we expect the existing vaccines to offer protection against new variants

particularly preventing serious illness and death

it is important that we continue to monitor

Pfizer, 60 million more orders

CureVac (developing vaccines against variants) 50 million doses pre-ordered

Nadhim Zahawi

Booster jabs planned from September

India

Stops vaccine exports

   • Bangladesh extends lockdown to keep I...  

About half of COVAX supplies

Bad news for Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Africa

Piyush Goyal, India's home ministry

No shortage of oxygen in Delhi

We are only facing problems in its transportation

Advised hospitals to ensure judicious use of oxygen as per the guidelines

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

7th March

endgame of the novel coronavirus pandemic

Bangladesh

Population, 166 million
   • Bangladesh extends lockdown to keep I...  

Country locked down since April 14th

Positivity rate, 8.9%

India variant threat

Not yet identified

Border closed

Eid threat

Cases are falling

Day wage earners

US

Uptake rate slower

https://www.vaccines.gov

Pharmacy walk in

Mass centre wind down

July 4th at least one dose, 70%

Fully vaccinated, 160 million

Needs 60 million shots I next 100 days

12 – 15s soon