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Concerns over side effect claims hamper Covid jab deliveries – documents

Legal concerns related to possible side effects complaints have prevented millions of Covid-19 vaccines from reaching displaced people around the world, documents seen by Reuters show. According to the UN documents, and statements made by pharmaceutical bodies, fears about legal risks are preventing the dissemination of Covid-19 shots to stateless people and refugees.  While vaccine […]

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Omicron effect: Reintroduced Covid-19 spying challenged in court

Human rights groups in Israel have asked the supreme court to repeal the government’s decree reauthorizing the internal security service to spy on cell phones as part of a plan to stop the new Omicron Covid-19 variant. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, to use the phone-tracking technology initially developed […]

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Hundreds blockade Italian ports as mandatory Covid-19 passes come into effect for all workers (VIDEOS)

Hundreds of people have gathered at Italian ports protesting the requirement for all workers to show Covid-19 health passes, which has now come into force. Failure to comply could result in suspension from the workplace and fines. On Friday, around 300 protesters blockaded an entrance to the port of Genoa in Northwest Italy in opposition […]

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Sweden halts use of Moderna’s Covid vaccine for younger adults amid concerns over rare heart inflammation side effect

The Swedish Public Health Agency has decided to suspend offering Moderna’s Covid vaccine to anyone born in 1991 and later for precautionary reasons, citing the slightly increased risk of heart inflammation following inoculation. On Wednesday, the agency issued a statement announcing that it will pause dishing out Moderna’s jab, marketed as Spikevax, to people under […]

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Donald Trump has imposed huge EU customs duties on the EU. The effect: recession

The US administration, namely Donald Trump’s presidential decree, imposed $ 7.5 billion worth of customs duties on goods from EU countries. The measure mainly affects Spain, Germany, France, Romania and the United Kingdom. According to the US Department of Foreign Trade (USTR), these taxes came into effect on Friday, at 00:01 (4:01 GMT). EU officials […]