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PARIS (Reuters) – Franceβs top health advisory body said on Monday it had recommended COVID-19 vaccinations should target retirement homes residents and their staff first when doses reach the country.
Haute Autorite de la Sante (HAS) suggested rolling out the campaign in stages and on a voluntary basis, like in many other countries.
For her 23rd birthday this year, Wong posted a photo of herself on Instagram wearing a pastel-striped paper hat trimmed with pink pompoms. She has a slight smile on her face as she looks down at her birthday cake, a moment of celebration at odds with her words below: βThere are great sorrows in life that cannot be washed away with tears. Is life always so painful? Or is it only when I was young?β
On a recent day, Wong spun a gold ring on her finger in continuous circles as she spoke quietly about the past year of her life. It has been a year filled with disappointment and dread.
Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna designed its vaccine against the novel coronavirus in just two days.
On Jan. 11, Chinese authorities shared the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus, according to Moderna’s website.
Two days later, on Jan. 13, the National Institutes of Health and Modernaβs infectious disease research team finalized the sequence for mRNA-1273, the formal name of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine.
The US has become the worldβs hardest hit country, with over 13.4 million confirmed Covid-19 cases and over 267,000 deaths, because thereβs a βconflictβ between those who follow medical guidelines and those who insist that America is theβland of the freeβ and they can risk their lives if they want to, the scientist explained. And very often the divide is exacerbated as the people on the other side of the debate also have opposite policy views.
βI donβt mind political fights. Political fights are fine when youβre talking about policy and legislation. But you should never have a political fight aboutβ¦scientific research that has been objectively shown to be true in peer-reviewed journals,βTyson said, adding that doing so is a βrecipe for disaster.β
A resident of the southern Russian town of Astrakhan has published a video which shows bats lying on the ground frozen. Some of the flying mammals showed no signs of life while others were alive but could not fly.
According to local expert Vladimir Pankov, in cold weather bats usually hide under roofs or fly to warmer countries, but this time they might have failed to find a place where they could hibernate in comfort.
