EU gets ワクチン 上げる as 世界保健機構 鈍らせるs herd 免疫 hopes

London's mayor Sadiq Khan last week declared a major incident as the capital's hospitals filled up with coronavirus cases

London's 市長 Sadiq 旅宿泊所 last week 宣言するd a major 出来事/事件 as the 資本/首都's hospitals filled up with coronavirus 事例/患者s

The European Union started the 是認 過程 for its third ワクチン on Tuesday as 世界保健機構 scientists 警告するd that herd 免疫 from coronavirus was ありそうもない this year even with 集まり inoculation 計画/陰謀s.

The 27-nation EU -- under 解雇する/砲火/射撃 for 非常に長い 是認 過程s and slow 国家の rollouts of ウイルス 発射s -- 約束d an "加速するd timeline" after 確認するing 麻薬 company AstraZeneca had 適用するd for 是認 for the jab it developed with Oxford University.

The EU's 薬/医学s 機関 said a 決定/判定勝ち(する) would still not come before January 29, even though the 麻薬 is already 存在 used in countries 含むing Britain.

But the European (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 said Tuesday it had 結論するd 探検の/予備の 会談 with フランス系カナダ人-Austrian 生物工学 研究室/実験室 Valneva for the possible 購入(する) of up to 60 million doses of its Covid-19 ワクチン.

Switzerland 一方/合間 認可するd the Moderna ワクチン on Tuesday, having already been the first country in 大陸の Europe to start using the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.

Covid-19 vaccines in use

Covid-19 ワクチンs in use

Even with 集まり ワクチン接種s however, World Health Organization scientists 警告するd that ニュース報道 would still not be wide enough for 全住民-level 免疫 this year.

"We are not going to 達成する any levels of 全住民 免疫 or herd 免疫 in 2021," said 世界保健機構's 長,指導者 scientist Soumya Swaminathan Monday.

The ウイルス has already 感染させるd more than 90 million people 世界的な and killed almost two million. European hospitals are ますます 警告 of stretched 資源s and Asian countries are also 直面するing 殺到するs in 事例/患者.

Malaysia 宣言するd a 明言する/公表する of 緊急 on Tuesday as 恐れるs grow that its health system is の近くに to 存在 圧倒するd, after 中国 and Japan took 対策 against localised clusters.

中国 追加するd a city of five million to a growing lockdown area 近づく Beijing on Tuesday, as 世界保健機構 専門家s arrive in the central city of Wuhan to 調査(する) the origins of the 病気.

- Eastern 隣人s 控訴,上告 -

ウクライナ共和国's 大統領 Volodymyr Zelensky, under 圧力 for having failed to 安全な・保証する any western-made ワクチンs, on Tuesday called on the European Union to help source coronavirus jabs.

Zelensky's 控訴,上告 (機の)カム a day after Albania's 総理大臣 Edi Rama (刑事)被告 the EU of leaving the Balkans 地域 behind in its immunisations.

Army medics in Italy are helping the health service cope with the crisis

Army medics in Italy are helping the health service 対処する with the 危機

And last week, 13 EU member 明言する/公表するs 勧めるd Brussels to help the 圏's eastern 隣人s vaccinate their 全住民s against coronavirus.

Malawi lost two 上級の members of 政府 to the ウイルス Tuesday, 輸送(する) 大臣 Sidik Mia and 地元の 政府 大臣 Lingson Belekanyama.

South Africa on Monday 制限するd movement across its land 国境s and 延長するd recently 課すd coronavirus 制限s, as it grappled with a 殺到する in 事例/患者s fuelled by a new ウイルス 緊張する.

The continent's most industrialised economy and worst Covid-攻撃する,衝突する country had already returned to 部分的な/不平等な lockdown last month and those 制限s remain in place.

- 'Superspreader event' -

The 部隊d 明言する/公表するs remains the worst-影響する/感情d country, and has 地位,任命するd an 普通の/平均(する) of more than 3,000 deaths a day over the last seven days, によれば an AFP 一致する based on 公式の/役人 sources.

The assault on the US Capitol also became a supe
rspreader event, say lawmakers

The 強襲,強姦 on the US (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 also became a superspreader event, say 国会議員s

On Tuesday, US 国会議員s 発言する/表明するd fury over the 活動/戦闘s of some of their peers during last week's 暴力/激しさ in Washington DC.

議会 members were 軍隊d to 避難所 in 安全な・保証する rooms as 支持者s of 大統領 Donald Trump marauded through the 回廊(地帯)s of the (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 building.

Some have now 実験(する)d 肯定的な for coronavirus and 非難する their 同僚s.

"Many 共和国の/共和党のs still 辞退するd to take the 明らかにする 最小限 COVID-19 警戒 and 簡単に wear a damn mask in a (人が)群がるd room during a pandemic -- creating a superspreader event on 最高の,を越す of a 国内の テロリスト attack," said Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who has since 実験(する)d 肯定的な.

- Mask 脅し to animams -

Sports fans can look 今後 to England starting a cricket 実験(する) match in Sri Lanka on Thursday, 10 months after their 小旅行する was called off.

This mural at a clinic in Malaysia pays tribute to the work of the health workers there

This mural at a clinic in Malaysia 支払う/賃金s 尊敬の印 to the work of the health 労働者s there

But どこかよそで in the 冒険的な world, shredded schedules and 危機 会合s were still the order of the day.

Tokyo Olympics organisers 解任するd 憶測 that this summer's event was about to be cancelled, as 投票s showed public support 拒絶する/低下するing.

決まり文句/製法 One 発表するd a major 改造(する) of next season's races on Tuesday, 転換ing the season-開始 Australia Grand Prix from March to November and 延期するing the 中国 race 無期限に/不明確に.

環境保護主義者s 一方/合間 警告するd about the pandemic's longer 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 衝撃s.

Discarded 直面する masks -- littering 水路s and beaches the world over -- can take hundreds of years to 分解する and 難破させる animal habitats, 選挙運動者s 警告するd.

"直面する masks aren't going away any time soon," Ashley Fruno of animal 権利s group PETA told AFP.

"But when we throw them away, these items can 害(を与える) the 環境 and the animals who 株 our 惑星."

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