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Israel’s Netanyahu: Vaccination campaign to begin Dec. 27

ated Press. However, calls In transport, the Pfizer and
Wednesday to SEHA, the Moderna vaccines must re-
Abu Dhabi health authority, main at cold temperatures —
included an option for in- negative 70 degrees Celsius
dividuals to schedule an ap- (negative 94 degree Fahren-
pointment to receive a “CO- heit) and negative 20 degrees
VID-19 vaccine.” The center Celsius (negative 4 degrees
was swamped with calls fol- Fahrenheit), respectively.
lowing the announcement on The Sinopharm vaccine is
the vaccine’s efficacy. believed to be able to travel
The Sinopharm vaccine has at a temperature of 2 to 8
been approved for emergency degrees Celsius (35 to 46
use in a few countries and the degrees Fahrenheit), a major
company is still conducting draw for areas of the world
late-stage clinical trials in 10 where nearly 3 billion people
countries. Morocco is gear- live without stable electricity
(AP) — Prime Minister vaccine already has been ap- China plans to roll it out in ing up for an ambitious CO- and refrigeration. In Novem-
Benjamin Netanyahu an- proved by the United King- a mass-vaccination campaign. VID-19 vaccination program, ber, the Communist Party
nounced Wednesday that dom and Bahrain and of- The UAE, home to Dubai aiming to vaccinate 80% of its secretary for Sinopharm said
Israel will begin vaccinat- ficials have said they expect and Abu Dhabi, conducted adults in an operation start- almost 1 million people in
ing the public against the U.S. approval within days. a trial beginning in Septem- ing this month that’s relying China had received its vac-
coronavirus on Dec. 27, In an evening news confer- ber of the vaccine by Chinese initially on the Sinopharm cine.
making it one of the first ence, Netanyahu said a public state-owned pharmaceutical vaccine. Meanwhile Wednesday, Abu
countries in the world to vaccination campaign would giant Sinopharm involving Sinopharm’s shot relies on Dhabi announced it would
innoculate its citizens. begin on Dec. 27, with the 31,000 volunteers from 125 a tested technology, using a resume “all economic, tour-
capacity to innoculate 60,000 nations. Volunteers between killed virus to deliver the vac- ism, cultural and entertain-
He spoke just hours after the people a day. He called this a 18 and 60 years old received cine, similar to how polio im- ment activities in the emirate
United Arab Emirates said a “great number” in a country two doses of the vaccine over munizations are made. Lead- within two weeks.” It attrib-
Chinese coronavirus vaccine of 9 million people. 28 days. ing Western competitors, like uted the decision to “suc-
tested in the federation of Those who are vaccinated The UAE’s Health and Pre- the shot made by Pfizer and cesses” in halting the spread
sheikhdoms is 86% effective. will receive special cards or vention Ministry announced its German partner BioN- of the coronavirus.
The Emirati statement pro- applications for their phones the results via a statement Tech, use newer, less-proven Abu Dhabi has required
vided few details but marked to allow them to move freely on the state-run WAM news technology to target the coro- those traveling into the emir-
the first public release of in- about and to help reopen the agency, saying they “have re- navirus’ spike protein using ate from the UAE’s other six
formation on the efficacy of economy and to encourage viewed Sinopharm CNBG’s RNA. The United Kingdom sheikhdoms to take a coro-
the shot. others to get vaccinated as interim analysis of the Phase already has begun vaccinating navirus test within 48 hours
Earlier Wednesday, Netanya- well. III trials.” people with the Pfizer shot. prior to arrival.
hu welcomed the first ship- “We are bringing the end of “The analysis shows no se- Top officials in the UAE, in- Since the pandemic began,
ment of doses of the Pfizer the virus,” he said. rious safety concerns,” the cluding Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh the UAE has detected over
vaccine, calling it a “big day There was no immedi- statement said, without de- Mohammed bin Rashid Al 178,000 cases of the virus,
of celebration” for the coun- ate word on whether Israel tailing whether any partici- Maktoum, have publicly re- with 160,000 recoveries and
try. Hundreds of thousands would be providing vaccines pant suffered side effects. ceive the shots as part of the nearly 600 deaths. Its aggres-
of additional doses are ex- to the occupied West Bank or It wasn’t immediately clear vaccine testing. sive testing policy has seen
pected in the coming days. Hamas-ruled Gaza Strirp. if the announced results in- Already, Pfizer reports its over 17 million tests con-
“I believe in this vaccine. I The Emirati announcement cluded only those taking part shot as being 95% effective, ducted in a country home to
expect it will receive the ap- brought yet another shot into in the testing in the UAE or if while another RNA candi- just over 9 million people.
propriate approval in the the worldwide race for a vac- they also include results from date from Moderna appears Israel has reported nearly
coming days,” Netanyahu cine to end the pandemic, a China and elsewhere. The to be 94.5% effective. Results 350,000 cases of coronavirus,
said, adding that he intended scientific effort that has seen statement described the vac- suggest a third vaccine from with over 2,900 deaths.
to be the first to receive it to China and Russia compete cine as receiving “official reg- Oxford University and As- In Iran, meanwhile, Hassan
set an example for the public. with Western firms for an istration” without elaborating traZeneca is safe and about Rouhani angrily blamed U.S.
Canadian authorities an- effective inoculation. While on what that meant. 70% effective, but questions sanctions for making it dif-
nounced Wednesday that questions remain about the Emirati officials and Sino- remain about how well it ficult for Tehran to purchase
they also approved Pfizer’s Sinopharm shot, already at pharm did not respond to may help protect those over medicine and health supplies
COVID-19 vaccine. The least one country outside questions from The Associ- 55. amid the pandemic.

Polish deputy PM and ruling party head wins confidence vote

(AP) — Poland’s Deputy of police force, tear gas and
Prime Minister and rul- detentions against protesters
ing party leader Jaroslaw in recent massive anti-gov-
Kaczynski survived a no- ernment demonstrations. It
confidence vote in parlia- criticized the government’s
ment Wednesday that had handling of the COVID-19
been brought against him pandemic.
by his opponents. Moreover, the critics pointed
to the continuous conflict
The opposition Civic Plat- that Poland has faced with
form party said Kaczynski, the European Union under
who in October took the job Kaczynski’s ruling conserva-
of deputy prime minister in tive party since 2015.
charge of security, has failed The Law and Justice party
in his task. and its two small coalition
The vote late Wednesday was parties hold a narrow major-
233-216 in Kaczynski’s favor, ity of 234 votes out of 460 in
with one abstention. the lower house or Sejm.
To support its argument, The vote is expected late
the party pointed to the use Wednesday.