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Nigel Farage has warned that the vaccine passport schemes being developed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government are “unworkable”, going on to deride the British leader as having a lack of principles.

New York is the first state to formally launch a “vaccine passport” program, allowing New Yorkers to pull up a code on their phones to prove they have received a vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus or have tested negative.

Florida will lower the age for vaccine eligibility to 18 in the coming weeks, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Thursday.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry held an event on Tuesday to vaccinate 150 foreign journalists against the Wuhan coronavirus, part of Beijing’s big push to win recognition for China as a world leader in inoculations, even as some doctors complained the pace of domestic vaccinations was lagging.

Chinese biotech firm Sinovac Life Sciences claimed in a regulatory filing on Monday its coronavirus vaccine is “safe and effective for ages three to 17.”

An increasing number of Americans are engaging in more activities in the last month alone as the world passed the one-year mark of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, an Axios/Ipsos survey released Tuesday showed.

The vast majority of Americans plan to continue to wear masks as vaccine rollout continues across the United States, an Axios/Ipsos survey released Tuesday revealed.

Krispy Kreme is offering free donuts beginning Monday to individuals who can provide proof they have received a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, dubbing it the “COVID-19 VACCINE OFFER.”

The United Kingdom will have “no choice” but to block deliveries coronavirus vaccine raw materials to the European Union if the bloc follows through with its threats to ban the export of vaccines promised to Britain, a senior government official told a British newspaper.

A vaccine passport, requiring an individual to show proof of receiving a vaccination for the Chinese coronavirus to participate in certain activities, is a “terrible” and “unacceptable” idea, which will not be embraced in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told reporters on Thursday.

The United Kingdom, so far a world-leader in the vaccination game, may be forced to slow the pace of shots after a major supplier nation decided it would keep more of its production for its own people. 

President Joe Biden said Americans should continue wearing their masks to combat the coronavirus until the “vast majority” is vaccinated. Biden picked up his mask and showed it to the cameras as he read off of the teleprompter.

At a White House event on Monday, Biden urged Americans to get vaccinated and “even after that, until everyone is in fact vaccinated, to wear this mask.”

The United States plans to send about 4 million doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to Mexico and Canada according to a report from Reuters.

British regulators said that people should keep getting vaccinated following its review of data on patients who suffered from blood clots.

The European Commission unveiled its proposal for a coronavirus vaccine passport scheme on Wednesday, with the hopes of opening up travel within the bloc by the summer.

President Joe Biden wants Americans to wear masks “until everyone is in fact vaccinated,” indefinitely extending his previous request past the allotted 100 days.

President Joe Biden said in a preview played on Wednesday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he did not understand “this sort of macho thing” in refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Meghan McCain told her co-hosts Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that she did not trust National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who continues to face fallout from dual scandals rocking his administration, is urging all New Yorkers to get vaccinated, telling them on Monday morning, “When it’s your turn, get your shot.”

Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive of the sovereign wealth fund that backed development of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, announced Monday that companies in Italy, Spain, France, and Germany have made agreements to produce the vaccine “once approval is granted” by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

During a White House event on coronavirus relief, Biden was asked by a reporter how to get more Republicans and supporters of former President Trump to get vaccinated.

The move follows reports of blood clots in some recipients, though the EU regulator has said there is no evidence the shot is to blame.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening reached its highest point since March 2020 on Friday, a TSA spokesperson said.

Slovakian Health Minister Marek Krajci was forced to resign on Thursday amid pressure from the country’s four-party coalition government, which threatened to disband last month in protest of his order of two million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V, a Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidate.

An urgent need exists to reopen schools soon, and this can be done safely, a report indicates.

President Joe Biden claimed credit Thursday for the speedy manufacturing and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine that was ordered by then-President Donald Trump.

The Israeli military on Thursday announced it has become the first army in the world to achieve “herd immunity” as the result of an aggressive coronavirus vaccination campaign.

President Biden said Thursday he will direct all states, tribes, and territories to make people 18 and older eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by the beginning of May.

Joe Biden said if the United States had a surplus of coronavirus vaccines, he would share them with the rest of the world.

California had to cancel 1,500 coronavirus vaccinations after ineligible Hollywood and media workers stole 900 appointment slots.  

The EU has threatened to blockade more supplies of coronavirus vaccines, as the bloc continues to fall behind other major western powers.

The CEO of Sinovac Biotech, which developed China’s first Chinese coronavirus vaccine, claimed in an interview published Monday that the vaccine is “80-90 percent” effective within two months of receiving two doses.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical advisor on the Chinese coronavirus, expects that high school students will be vaccinated in the fall, making the prediction during a virtual appearance at Tufts University on Monday.

The CEO of an American data privacy firm said that it will be impossible for governments to keep personal health data private when they introduce coronavirus vaccine passports and that such a system could lead to “algorithmic discrimination”. In an

Most people plan to continue to wear masks in public, even after receiving their full coronavirus vaccine doses, an Axios/Ipsos survey released this week found.