Mongolias PM Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene stated on Tuesday that he will be the first person in the country to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
"Our country will begin to bring vaccines approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use starting today under careful inspections by professional organizations," Oyun-Erdene said at a meeting with relevant officials to check the preparations underway
for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Mongolia. "As the country's Prime Minister, I will become the first person vaccinated in the country against the COVID-19 to encourage citizens to accept inoculation."
Mongolia planned to launch the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign next week, according to the health ministry.
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INGV reported that Strombolian activity from all four of Etna’s summit craters, the Southeast Crater (SEC), Northeast Crater (NEC), Bocca Nuova (BN), and Voragine (VOR), was visible during 8-14 February.
The frequency and intensity of explosions at SEC were variable; almost continuous strong explosions originated from two vents in the E part of the top of the cone. Tephra accumulated near the top of the cone and rolled several tens of meters down the flanks.
In the period from January to December of last year, the Hamburg nanoscientist Roland Wiesendanger compiled various findings from scientific studies, articles, reports in social media and other sources and
came to the conclusion: The pathogen Sars-CoV-2 is not of natural origin, but comes from a laboratory in Wuhan. The physicist cites the following points as evidence for these theories: To date, no so-called intermediate host animal has been identified that
proves according to the "zoonosis theory" that the coronaviruses were transmitted from bats to humans. A research group at the virological institute in the city of Wuhan has carried out genetic manipulations on coronaviruses for many years.
The pharmaceutical companies Biontech / Pfizer initially demanded an extremely high price in the negotiations with the EU about the delivery of the corona vaccine they had developed.
According to information from "Süddeutscher Zeitung", NDR and WDR, the consortium demanded 54.08 euros per dose for its vaccine, with a purchase of 500 million doses. Pfizer / Biontech wanted a total of 27 billion euros
for a quantity of the vaccine that could have been used to vaccinate half of the EU population. The price, according to the companies, includes "the highest percentage discount" that has been offered to an industrialized country worldwide.
"Today we found five victims, one in sector B and four in sector A. From the results of the autopsy, three were males and two females, including adults and children," the East Java Search and Rescue (SAR) Agency's Head Hari Adi Purnomo said
"Due to the bad weather, the search didn't continue as the team didn't want to take any risk. In addition, land fractures were also reported at the location, making the team stop the search temporarily," he said.
On Thursday, Cambodia's government released a sub-decree imposing stiffer fines on individuals found defying the quarantine laws of COVID-19.
The sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said that a maximum fine of 1,250 US dollars would be levied on quarantine violators, up from the existing 250 US dollars.
It said the fines are imposed on individuals who escape from the quarantine facility or refuse to offer their samples for COVID-19 testing.
FINSH SCIENTISTS DISCOVERD A FULLY NEW TYP CORONAVIRUS MUTATION. The mutation initial named "Fin-796H" has traits from the British and South African mutation.
The coronavirus variants found in the world are descendants of a South African, British or Japanese corona variant. The variant found in Finland differs from all these and does not seem to belong to the development line of any of them.