Coronavirus cases continue to increase in India, there are over 25 million, 263,533 new infections in the last 24 hours, while deaths from COVID-19 hit a record of 4,329. India becomes the second nation in the world, after the United States, to pass the milestone.
New York Governor Cuomo will earn $ 5.1 million for his Covid book
Democratic Governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo will collect $ 5.1 million for his memoir on the coronavirus pandemic, according to information provided by his own office yesterday, May 17. Cuomo earned a gross income of $ 3.12 million from the book in 2020, and will receive another $ 2 million over the next two years. The book, entitled: “An American crisis: leadership lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic” was announced in August 2020, after Cuomo made a name for himself in the media with his daily press conferences on the pandemic, and when New York it was the epicenter of the health crisis in the US. In the following months, Cuomo was at the center of a series of scandals relating both to the management of the pandemic and to alleged harassment of his former collaborators. According to Cuomo’s office, the governor made net earnings of $ 1.53 million from the book in 2020, and donated about one-third of that amount to the NGO United Way, and made the remaining amount payable to his daughters.
Australia will only reopen its borders in mid-2022
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it was still unsafe to travel overseas, even for those who have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I understand that everyone wants to go back to a time we once knew. But the reality is that this year we are experiencing a pandemic that is worse than last year,” Morrison told reporters. Morrison said any plans to ease restrictions for vaccinated travelers could be implemented “only when it is safe to do so.” Australia plans to reopen its borders with the rest of the world by mid-2022, although the federal budget unveiled last week hopes to fully vaccinate its nearly 26 million inhabitants by the end of this year. Airlines, tourism operators and universities – shaken by the impact of border bans – have urged the federal government to speed up the opening of borders.
Colombia: 546,390 doses of Pfizer anti-covid vaccines delivered
Colombia’s Ministry of Health reported that the country today received a new batch of 546,390 doses of the anti-viral vaccine.Covid developed by the US pharmaceutical industry Pfizer in collaboration with the German biological research center Biontech. The lot is part of the doses destined for Colombia through the multilateral consortium led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Covax facilities. “This Monday Colombia received a new batch of 546,390 doses of vaccines from the Pfizer laboratory, through the Covax multilateral mechanism that will allow it to continue promoting the National Vaccination Plan against Covid-19 nationwide, “the ministry reported in a Twitter profile publication. In addition to Pfizer doses, Colombia has received an additional 500,000 vaccine doses from the Chinese pharmaceutical industry Sinovac.” This is an important advance. We hope that this month we will reach 10 million doses applied “, said the Deputy Minister of Health, Luis Alexander Moscoso. The ministry also reported that in the last 24 hours 12,984 new infections have been registered in the country which brought the total to 3,131,410 infections. In addition, 509 deaths from diseases attributable to the new infection were recorded coronavirus, which brought the total death toll to 81,809 deaths.
Canada, General Krista Brodie will coordinate the vaccination campaign
General Krista Brodie will coordinate the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Canada, replacing General Dany Fortin, who was fired due to a military investigation against him, the public health agency announced on Monday. Brigadier General Brodie has previously served in Croatia, Bosnia or Afghanistan.
Taiwan: coronavirus, government negotiates purchase of US vaccines
The Taiwanese government has engaged in talks with the United States in an attempt to access a quota of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines that President Joe Biden intends to send to third countries. This was confirmed by the Office of the Taipei economic and cultural representative in the United States, the island’s de facto embassy in the United States. The announcement follows the wave of infections that have occurred in Taiwan in recent weeks. Biden announced that the United States intends to send at least 20 million doses of the vaccine produced by Pfizer abroad by the end of June: since the beginning of the pandemic, the United States has never shared vaccines authorized for use on the national territory.
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