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Thursday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson decried the aggressive push from the Biden administration and the media to vaccinate people against COVID-19.

Cases of the delta variant of the Chinese coronavirus, which is said to be more transmissible, are likely far more widespread than current estimates show, according to Biden administration officials.

The vaccination rate in Britain has almost halved, with concerns being expressed about young people possibly hesitating to take them — but the number of people with Covid antibodies is already estimated at around 90 per cent. 

Rapper Juvenile and DJ Mannie Fresh reunited to create a cringeworthy public service announcement — titled, “Vax That Thang Up” — aimed at promoting coronavirus vaccines among black people. The PSA is a COVID-19 era remix of the pair’s 1999 smash hit rap song “Back That Azz Up.”

The Singapore Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that only individuals who have received the coronavirus vaccine products developed by American companies Pfizer and Moderna will count towards official national vaccination statistics, excluding those who received Chinese-made products.

Florida state representative and U.S. House candidate Anthony Sabatini (R) tweeted Tuesday that a federal official knocking on people’s doors to pressure them to take the coronavirus vaccine “should be treated as a trespasser and ARRESTED.”

Israel on Monday said the Pfizer vaccine was significantly less effective in preventing infections of the Delta variant but confirmed it remained highly effective in preventing serious illness.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating the death of a 13-year-old Michigan boy who died suddenly in his sleep two days after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine.

The majority of Americans who remain unvaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus do not intend to get the jab, an ABC News/Washington Post survey released Sunday found.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) – Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious delta variant, in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling up again with patients fighting for their lives.

Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is urging unvaccinated Americans to get the coronavirus jab as the Biden administration fails in its goal to have 70 percent of U.S. population vaccinated by July 4.

CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen is recommending unvaccinated Americans only congregate with other unvaccinated people in outdoor settings during the Fourth of July weekend.

Nearly half of unvaccinated U.S. adults cite lack of trust in coronavirus vaccine development and concern over safety and general side effects as the reasons they have not received the jab, a Morning Consult survey released Thursday found.

The British authorities are planning to offer a third round of coronavirus vaccine doses to over-50s alongside flu shots from September, claiming that “we will need to ensure protection against flu as well as maintaining protection against Covid-19” as winter descends.

Common Pleas Judge Richard Frye of Ohio’s Franklin County has been including mandatory coronavirus vaccines in the terms of defendants’ respective probations, attaching the stipulation to three of his recent cases.

Ohio lawmakers passed a bill Monday banning public schools and universities from mandating students and employees get vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved any vaccines for regular use.

Pennsylvania formally lifted the statewide mask mandate on Monday, weeks after other states lifted their face covering restrictions.

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) says it is “less urgent” to vaccinate children than older people — a stance that seemingly veers from the guidance of the Biden administration’s U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommends parents to vaccinate their children 12 and older amid concerns of heart inflammation conditions seemingly connected to the mRNA jabs.

Police in the Indian city of Mumbai recently shut down a group of fraudulent Chinese coronavirus vaccine clinics for distributing fake vaccines and counterfeit certificates to over 2,053 paying clients, the Times of India reported on Thursday.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is requiring all new hires to show proof of vaccination prior to being hired with limited exceptions — news that comes as several governors take action, banning the use of vaccine passports in their respective states.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to “move rapidly” to add warning labels to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, following the emergence of heart inflammation cases — myocarditis and pericarditis — after receiving the non-traditional mRNA jabs, the agency’s Dr. Doran Fink said Wednesday.

There have been roughly 1,200 cases of a heart inflammation condition reported in individuals — primarily young men — after receiving the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Over 70 percent of Californians 12 and older are at least partially vaccinated, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced on Tuesday.

Nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts contracted the Chinese coronavirus, according to the state Department of Public Health.

Boris Johnson’s government has reportedly put the idea of using vaccine passports in pubs back on the table if cases spike later this year.

Boris Johnson has suggested lockdown restrictions will be back by the winter, despite promising the end of lockdowns would be “irreversible”.

Three countries have reached out to Israel to obtain one million vaccines rejected by the Palestinians, the Haaretz daily reported Sunday.

The Palestinian Authority called off an agreement under which Israel would transfer one million doses of coronavirus vaccines to it, citing the close expiration date of the Pfizer vials, despite the Israel Health Ministry’s insistence the vaccines were “perfectly sound” and identical to those administered to Israelis.

A leading Conservative lockdown-sceptic MP has said that Britain will need to learn to live with the Chinese virus rather than submit to the “doom-mongering” put forward by the likes of Professor Neil Ferguson.

Israel announced the dispatch of around one million-plus coronavirus vaccines Friday to help neighboring Palestinians through their own stumbling vaccination rollout.

An in-depth report published by the Peruvian investigative outlet Ojo Público on Tuesday revealed extensive evidence that at least four Latin American nations — Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico — used spare doses of Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines to immunize politicians and celebrities.

The Ad Council, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has launched a campaign urging Americans to continue to wear a mask until they are vaccinated.

Boris Johnson has reportedly backed a move to force healthcare and care home workers to take coronavirus vaccines, despite legal concerns.

Populist Italian Senator Matteo Salvini has come out against vaccinating people he says are not at risk of serious complications of the Wuhan coronavirus, stressing that Italy must ease lockdown restrictions.

Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is begging parents to “talk” with their young teenagers about getting vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus, despite the fact that adolescents are in one of the lowest-risk categories.

Apple Inc. is expected to drop its mask requirement for vaccinated customers, falling in line with a swath of other retailers which have already taken such action, according to reports.