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[Link] Australia urged to spend more on Covax program amid criticisms of ‘vaccine diplomacy’
Read: 30/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
Australia has distributed 18m doses of Covid-19 vaccine to neighbouring countries but is being urged to dedicate money and resources to Covax – the global vaccination mechanism – so that the world’s least-inoculated countries can access vaccines.
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[Link] The Sicilian town where the Covid vaccination rate hit 104%
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
While European governments weigh up new mandates and measures to boost the uptake of Covid jabs there is on the slopes of Sicily’s Monte delle Rose a village with a vaccination rate that defies mathematics: 104%.
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[Link] Amnesty UK accused of ‘spreading false information’ about Northern Territory Covid outbreak
Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Amnesty UK has been accused of “spreading false information” about the Northern Territory’s Covid outbreak in an extraordinary joint statement from the territory’s peak Aboriginal health organisation and Amnesty’s own Australian operation.
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[Link] More than 60% of people visiting Melbourne vaccination hub did not have Medicare card
Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
More than 60% of people who visited a Melbourne vaccination centre targeting those facing disadvantage did not have a Medicare card, while about 5% were probably homeless, figures show.
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[Link] New Zealand gang leaders unite to urge community to get Covid shots
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Seven New Zealand gang leaders, representing four of the countries most well-known street gangs, have joined forces in a video urging their communities to get vaccinated, in a concept that was conjured up by a government minister.
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