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Diahuebs 6 Mei 2021

UK grants EU ambassador full diplomatic status

LONDON (AP) — The not least over Northern Ire-
U.K. has granted full dip- land, which is the only land
lomatic status to the Eu- border between the two.
ropean Union's ambassa-
dor to the country, in a re- The change of course came
versal of policy that settles during a discussion between
one of the disputes that Raab and Borrell on the mar-
have strained relations be- gins of the Group of Seven
tween the two sides since meeting of foreign ministers
Brexit. in London.

In a joint statement Wednes- They also discussed coopera-
day, British Foreign Secretary tion on foreign and security
Dominic Raab and the EU's policy and ways of stepping
top diplomat, Josep Bor- up joint work on climate
rell, said they had reached an change ahead of this year's
agreement that was "based on United Nations Climate
goodwill and pragmatism." Change Conference in the
Scottish city of Glasgow.
Under the so-called Estab-
lishment Agreement for the They also discussed efforts
EU Delegation to the U.K., to kickstart peace talks in Cy-
the EU's ambassador to Lon- prus and stressed the need
don will now have a status to build momentum for the
consistent with those from next meeting of Greek Cy-
states around the world. The soured relations since the EU is not a state even though as many concessions as pos- priots and Turkish Cypriots
EU's staff will also have the U.K. left the EU in early other countries give it equiv- sible from the EU during after their failure last week
same privileges and immu- 2020. The U.K. had sought alent credentials. their post-Brexit discussions to make headway in the lat-
nities that other delegations to justify its decision not to last year. Though a trade est U.N.-sponsored effort on
have in the U.K. grant full diplomatic status Many thought the U.K.'s deal was eventually sealed the future of their ethnically
to João Vale de Almeida, the stance was petty and aimed on Christmas Eve, there are divided island.
The changes bring an end bloc's first ambassador to purely at helping Prime Min- many lingering tensions be-
to one of the rows that have London, on the grounds the ister Boris Johnson to draw tween the U.K. and the EU,

Germany, WHO set up global health monitor center

GENEVA — Germany and tor risks and help drive inno- systems for pandemic and
the World Health Organi- vations. epidemic intelligence."
zation say the country will
set up and host a global "The current COVID-19 The hub, which will receive
monitoring center to pandemic has taught us that about 30 million euros ($36
help prepare for and pre- we can only fight pandemics million) from Germany and
vent future public health and epidemics together," said seek funds elsewhere, will
threats like the COVID-19 German Chancellor Angela build on existing monitoring
pandemic. Merkel, saying the hub will mechanisms at WHO and
bring together governmental, elsewhere. Those include the
The "global hub for pan- academic and private sectors. Global Outbreak Alert and
demic and epidemic intel- Response Network and the
ligence" based in Berlin was WHO Director-General Epidemic Intelligence from
announced Wednesday and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye- Open Sources system.
will be coordinated by WHO. sus says the pandemic has
It aims to collect data, moni- "exposed gaps in the global

Canada OKs Pfizer vaccine for ages 12 and older

TORONTO — Canada's Preliminary results in late
health regulator has autho- March from a Pfizer study of
rized Pfizer's COVID-19 2,260 U.S. volunteers ages 12 to
vaccine for ages 12 and older. 15 indicated there were no cases
of COVID-19 among fully vac-
Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief med- cinated adolescents compared
ical adviser at Health Canada, with 18 among those given
on Wednesday confirmed the dummy shots.
approval of the vaccine for ages
12 to 15. The Pfizer vaccine was previ-
ously authorized for anyone 16
The U.S. Food and Drug Ad- or older.
ministration also is expected to
authorize Pfizer's vaccine for Vaccinations have ramped in
the young by next week, setting Canada, which expects to re-
up shots for many before the ceive at least 10 million vaccines
beginning of the next school this month. More than 34% of
year. Canadians have received at least
one dose.