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Emmanuel Ojukwu
3 yr. ago
Billionaire Soon-Shiong launches 1 billion-dose vaccine plant in Cape Town

US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday launched a plant that will produce a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses in Cape Town by 2025, fulfilling a longtime plan to help bring greater health equity to the country of his birth.
#soonshiong #capetown #covidvaccine
Emmanuel Ojukwu
3 yr. ago
The world's 10 richest men could pay for every Covid-19 vaccine from pandemic gains, Oxfam says

The wealth of the top 10 richest men in the world has grown so much during the pandemic that even a one-time 99% tax on their gains would be able to pay for the production of all the Covid-19 vaccines the world needs and more, according to charity Oxfam.
#covidvaccine #oxfam
Emmanuel Ojukwu
3 yr. ago
Quebec says it will tax those who remain unvaccinated against Covid without a medical reason

Quebec's Premier François Legault announced on Tuesday that the province plans to tax people who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 for non-medical reasons.
#quebec #francoislegault #covidvaccine
Emmanuel Ojukwu
3 yr. ago
Polish president tests positive for Covid-19

Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating, his chief of staff Pawel Szrot said on Wednesday. "The president is fine, has no severe symptoms and is under constant medical care," Szrot said on Twitter.
#andrzejduda #covidvaccine
Emmanuel Ojukwu
3 yr. ago
China Leader, Xi Jinping Pledges 1 billion Covid Vaccine Doses For Africa

China's President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to offer one billion Covid vaccine doses to Africa, in a speech made via videolink to a China-Africa summit near Senegal's capital Dakar. He said that his country would donate 600 million doses directly. A further 400 million doses would come from other sources, such as investments in production sites.
#xijinping #china #covidvaccine #africa
Emmanuel Ojukwu
3 yr. ago
South Africa announces COVID 'vaccine passport' plans

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday his intention to introduce a "vaccine passport", amid widespread mistrust of the Covid-19 vaccine in the continent's most affected country.
#cyrilramaphosa #covidvaccine #southafrica

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