North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has ordered officials to fight Covid in ‘our style’ while Australia’s Scott Morrison says he has secured an extra 4m vaccine doses from Britain
- See all our coronavirus coverage
- Kim Jong-un rejects Covax vaccine offer as North Korea fights pandemic in ‘our style’
- New Zealand Covid update: new cases drop to 28 but ‘job is not done’, deputy PM warns
- ‘Concerned’ intensive care doctors warn Australia faces surge demand in coming months
Australia has secured 4m doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines in a swap deal with Britain, prime minister Scott Morrison has said, as he tries to speed up the country’s re-opening efforts.
“The plane is on the tarmac now. It will be leaving tomorrow ... this will enable us to bring forward significantly the opportunity for Australia to open up again,” Morrison told reporters in Canberra, days after announcing a smaller vaccine swap agreement with Singapore.
Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s rolling coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me, Helen Livingstone.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered officials to wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in “our style” after he turned down some foreign Covid-19 vaccines offered via the UN-backed immunisation program.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/sep/03/coronavirus-live-news-north-korea-rejects-covax-offer-australia-secures-vaccine-swap-with-uk
No comments:
Post a Comment