Vaccinations - Page 3

If arguably the most loathsome and pointless creature on the planet thinks they’re idiots then they must be doing something right.

Israel will become the first country to administer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot for over 60s, healthcare workers and certain at-risk groups, in accordance with a recommendation by a government panel of experts on Tuesday.

The EU has announced that vaccinated individuals who fail to get their booster are to have their Coronavirus passes disabled, in a move that has been called ‘tyrannical’. The European Union has agreed that those who are considered fully vaccinated

The British government purchased wraparound cover advertisements in the nation’s top newspapers to promote the vaccine booster campaign.

President Biden is slated to deliver a speech on Tuesday targeting unvaccinated Americans, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed during Monday’s press briefing.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday agreed with President Biden’s prediction that it will be a winter of “severe illness and death” for unvaccinated Americans, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper that “the president is correct.”

The implementation of vaccine passports in France is a “disguised” mandate, the country’s Minister of Health admitted on Sunday.

Piers Corbyn has been arrested over footage in which he apparently called for people to “burn down” the homes of pro-lockdown politicians.

Leading political figures in Germany have signalled that they would support a vaccine registry to collect a list of those vaccinated.

Central London descended into chaotic scenes on Saturday after police squared off with demonstrators in a large-scale protest against the latest coronavirus restrictions.

Vaccinated French over-65s who have not yet received a booster vaccine will begin having their Covid passes disabled.

JERUSALEM — The Israeli government on Wednesday said it was donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX program.

President Joe Biden falsely claimed in an interview on Tuesday that people who were vaccinated for the coronavirus could not spread the disease.

The UK suffered yet another direct address from the PM Wednesday evening, with Johnson asking the public to get jabbed a third time.

Britain’s increasingly ugly, bought and paid for tabloid media is ramping up its war against so-called ‘vaccine refuseniks’ and it is starting to get really vicious and unpleasant.

Britain’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed that the double-vaccinated will no longer be entitled to Covid passes “once all adults have had a reasonable chance to get their booster jab”. 

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Cyprus will start vaccinating kids between the ages of 5 to 11, the government said Monday in fresh bid to head off another COVID-19 surge following the first confirmed cases of the omicron variant on the eastern Mediterranean island nation.

Britain’s health secretary has admitted that some patients will not be able to get routine appointments with their GPs and some supposedly non-urgent surgeries could be postponed to 2022 as the NHS pivots to prioritise administering Covid boosters over other forms of healthcare.

Boris Johnson appeared to issue a veiled threat to citizens that failing to “get boosted” as a matter of urgency could see their “freedoms” and “way of life” taken away in an address to the nation.

PARIS (AP) – France has opened 400 investigations into networks providing fake COVID-19 health passes, the interior minister said Sunday, as virus-related hospitalizations rise sharply across the country.

VIENNA (AP) – Children from 5 to 11 years old will be eligible to begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine doses this week in Berlin, health officials said Sunday, joining other German states in opening up appointments to younger children.

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Armenia’s parliament approved a law Friday that would allow employers to fire workers who refuse to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test result.

BERLIN (AP) – German lawmakers are debating a bill Friday that would require staff at hospitals and nursing homes to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or risk losing their jobs.

A member of the populist Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) has expressed concern that amendments to a law on administrative enforcement could be used to imprison unvaccinated people for as long as a year.

The introduction of Covid passes in England will lead to mandatory vaccination, creating a “subclass of people who are treated as unclean, unsafe, and excluded”, privacy and civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has warned.

The leader of the Scottish wing of the Conservative Party has spoken out against Prime Minister Boris Johnson on vaccine passports and said he should go if he misled Parliament about an alleged lockdown-breaking Christmas party at Downing Street.

MILAN (AP) – Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people this holiday season, excluding them from indoor restaurants, theatres, and museums starting Monday to reduce the spread of coronavirus and encourage vaccine sceptics to get their shots.

UFC legend Conor McGregor has branded “forced” vaccination a “war crime” and slammed the EU and its “lapdogs” in the Irish government.

Markus Lohi, chairman of the Finnish parliament’s Social Affairs and Health Committee, has said he will not support a European Union-wide vaccine mandate.

BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s health minister said Friday that more than 1 per cent of the population – almost a million people – are currently infected with the coronavirus, and called on citizens to get vaccinated if they haven’t done so yet.

The Greek government will fine all unvaccinated people aged 60 and older €100 (£85/$113) every month before mandatory vaccination is enforced next month. 

The British government has placed orders for 114 million more vaccine doses for use in 2022 and 2023, the Health Secretary has said.

The sudden emergence of the Omicron variant – and the fear it has generated – has been cited by the White House as a key driver behind President Joe Biden’s new campaign calling on all Americans to get coronavirus booster shots. Seniors will be particularly targeted under the enhanced program.

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Wednesday okayed offering children coronavirus jabs as approved for individual age groups, adding it should be done alongside the global priority of sharing of vaccines for all.

The doubly vaccinated French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, has been forced to go into quarantine after testing positive for COVID on Monday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday warned states and local governments not to roll back mask mandates “prematurely,” suggesting it will largely hinge on child vaccination rates. However, he failed to identify an exact time masks will no longer be in the conversation.