The Latest: Europe CDC: Give 1st shots before booster shots

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BRUSSELS — The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is urging countries to ramp up superior coronavirus vaccine programs and downplayed the request for booster shots among the wide public.

The EU’s infectious diseases bureau says approved vaccines are “currently highly effective” successful limiting the interaction of COVID-19. But the bureau says other doses should beryllium considered for radical with anemic immune systems.

On Wednesday, France became the archetypal ample EU state to springiness booster shots to radical implicit 65 and those with underlying wellness conditions amid the dispersed of the delta variant. Spanish wellness authorities are considering akin action.

Many countries are struggling to administer archetypal doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and the World Health Organization had called for a moratorium connected boosters. It besides urged governments to donate vaccines to needy countries.

The European Commission said Thursday the bloc has capable shots connected bid should boosters beryllium broadly required.

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MORE ON THE PANDEMIC:

— J&J vaccines made successful Africa will enactment successful Africa

— EU bureau says to absorption connected vaccines archetypal not booster shots

— India schools cautiously reopen adjacent arsenic COVID-19 warnings grow

— 12 cardinal French children back to school, wearing masks

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— Find much AP sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/hub/coronvirus-vaccine

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus volition statesman administering booster shots against COVID-19 to radical implicit 65, those with weakened immune systems and wellness attraction professionals.

Cypriot Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela made the announcement connected Thursday aft the European Union’s infectious diseases bureau urged countries to absorption connected their superior vaccination programs and downplayed the request for booster shots.

Hadjipantela says booster shots volition beryllium fixed to those who are eligible erstwhile a six-month play elapses from the clip they completed their vaccination. He says expanding the booster changeable programme to see different property groups volition beryllium connected the proposal connected a committee of aesculapian experts.

The curate says Cyprus has the second-lowest COVID-19 mortality complaint down Finland among each EU subordinate states. Currently 74% of Cyprus’ big colonisation is afloat vaccinated, portion 78% has received astatine slightest 1 shot.

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KAMPALA, Uganda — The African Union’s COVID-19 envoy says vaccine doses produced by a works successful South Africa volition nary longer beryllium exported to Europe aft the involution of South Africa’s government.

Strive Masiyiwa told reporters Thursday that South African cause shaper Aspen, which has a declaration with Johnson & Johnson to assemble the ingredients of its COVID-19 vaccine, volition nary longer vessel vaccine doses retired of the continent and that millions of doses warehoused successful Europe volition beryllium returned to the continent.

“That statement has been suspended,” helium said, adding that J&J doses produced successful South Africa “will enactment successful Africa and volition beryllium distributed successful Africa.”

He said the contented had been “corrected successful a affirmative way,” with Aspen’s statement with Johnson & Johnson changing from a declaration woody to “a licensed arrangement” akin to the accumulation successful India of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Masiyiwa said the Aspen merchandise volition beryllium “African branded.”

Johnson & Johnson was criticized heavy for shipping doses to countries successful Europe, which person already immunized ample numbers of their radical and person adjacent donated vaccines to much needy countries.

Africa has afloat vaccinated nether 3% of its 1.3 cardinal people. Vaccine accumulation wrong the continent is seen arsenic cardinal to gathering the stated people of vaccinating 60% of the people.

The continent has reported much than 7.8 cardinal cases, including 197,150 confirmed deaths.

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SOFIA, Bulgaria – Bulgaria’s wellness curate says the state volition present stricter power measures for the coming 2 months due to the fact that of a emergence successful coronavirus cases.

Stoycho Katsarov says the concern is superior but inactive not retired of control. Katsarov says the schoolhouse twelvemonth volition commencement connected Sept. 15 with in-person classes but mightiness power to online learning if the coronavirus concern deteriorates.

He says distant enactment is recommended wherever possible. Language centers, arsenic good arsenic creation and creation schools stay open, but with constricted attendance. Restaurants and cafes volition beryllium unfastened from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Only six radical per array tin beryllium seated and the unit indispensable deterioration masks. Nightclubs and discos volition beryllium closed.

Bulgaria has seen a surge of regular microorganism cases implicit the past month, portion lone 17 percent of the Balkan country’s 7 cardinal radical person been afloat vaccinated, placing it past successful the European Union.

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg called the concern successful her state “challenging” and says they had “miscalculated and truthful present were addressing the situation” aft the Scandinavian state successful caller days has seen a spike successful caller cases, chiefly among those ages 13 to 19.

“There is present a batch of corruption among children and young people,” says Solberg, adding schoolhouse children aged betwixt 12 and 15 would beryllium offered 1 changeable of a vaccine.

She says the corruption was unevenly distributed crossed Norway and “we judge it is close to conscionable section outbreaks with section measures.”

A further opening of Norway is connected clasp until much adults person the vaccine.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A antheral successful New Zealand who had tested affirmative for the coronavirus faces transgression charges aft helium escaped from an Auckland quarantine edifice and returned home, according to authorities.

In New Zealand, radical who trial affirmative for the microorganism are routinely required to isolate successful hotels tally by the military. Authorities judge the antheral escaped aboriginal Thursday and was connected the tally for astir 12 hours earlier constabulary — dressed successful afloat protective cogwheel — arrested him astir 10 kilometers (6 miles) away.

COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins told reporters it wasn’t yet wide however the antheral escaped the hotel, though closed circuit cameras showed a antheral hiding successful a bush erstwhile a information defender walked past.

Under a caller COVID-19 instrumentality passed past year, the antheral could look a good oregon up to six months successful jailhouse if recovered blameworthy of failing to comply with a wellness order. New Zealand is presently battling an outbreak of the delta variant successful Auckland.

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KATHMANDU, Nepal — Authorities person ended galore of the restrictions imposed successful the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, and surrounding districts, allowing movie theaters, gymnasiums and sporting venues to unfastened up for the archetypal clip since the pandemic deed past year.

The announcement by Kathmandu District Administration Thursday said schools and colleges would stay closed until further notice.

Restaurants volition beryllium allowed to person guests eating successful and stores tin present unfastened late. There's nary regularisation connected the question of vehicles.

The latest lockdown was imposed successful April erstwhile cases of COVID-19 spiked to a grounds high, causing shortages of infirmary spaces, medicine, oxygen and medicines. There are inactive thousands of caller cases reported regular and lone astir 15%of the colonisation of person been afloat vaccinated contempt the inoculation run starting successful January.

The wellness ministry says there's been 848,209 confirmed cases successful Nepal and 10,770 confirmed deaths.

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BRUSSELS — Belgium’s king and queen are partially confining themselves aft a subordinate of the royal household tested affirmative for the coronavirus.

The Royal Palace says King Philippe and Queen Mathilde “decided, arsenic a precautionary measure, to bounds their contacts successful the days to come, successful enactment with the wellness regulations successful force.”

The palace connection provided nary details astir who mightiness person tested positive.

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TOKYO — Moderna Inc. and its Japanese spouse are recalling much than 1 cardinal doses of the U.S. cause maker’s coronavirus vaccine aft confirming that contamination reported past week was tiny particles of stainless steel.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is successful complaint of merchantability and organisation successful Japan of the Moderna vaccine. The 2 companies said an probe astatine a Spanish mill that produced the vials successful question concluded the contamination occurred successful the process of putting stops connected the vials.

The companies connected Aug. 26 announced suspension of 1.63 cardinal doses produced astatine the enactment aft reports of contamination. Japanese officials said astir a fractional cardinal radical had received shots from the Moderna vials earlier the occupation surfaced.

The occupation comes astatine a clip Japan is pushing to accelerate vaccinations amid rising infections that are straining the Japanese wellness attraction system.

Pharmaceutical and wellness ministry officials accidental they bash not judge the high-grade stainless alloy poses wellness risks.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan has received its archetypal Pfizer coronavirus vaccine aft a prolonged purchasing process gave emergence to a governmental blasted crippled with China.

Taiwan couldn't bargain the vaccine straight from BioNTech, the German institution that partnered with U.S.-based Pfizer to make the vaccine. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen accused China of blocking the woody portion China denied immoderate interference.

Two backstage companies and a Buddhist enactment stepped successful to bargain the vaccine doses and donate them to Taiwan. The doses arriving Thursday volition beryllium fixed to younker ages 12 to 17.

Taiwan has been utilizing AstraZeneca, Moderna and the domestically made Medigen vaccine to springiness 43% of its colonisation astatine slightest 1 dose.

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TORONTO — Ontario is the 4th Canadian state to denote residents volition person to amusement impervious of vaccination against the coronavirus to participate restaurants, theaters, gyms and different indoor nationalist venues.

Premier Doug Ford says the vaccination certificate programme volition instrumentality effect Sept. 22.

Initially, residents volition amusement a PDF oregon printout of the vaccination receipt they received erstwhile they got their shots, on with a government-issued portion of ID specified arsenic a photograph wellness paper oregon driver’s license.

The state is expected to motorboat a strategy successful precocious October that volition nonstop everyone a QR codification to travel their vaccination receipt. It volition motorboat an app that volition let work providers to scan the QR codes arsenic impervious of vaccination.

British Columbia, Quebec and Manitoba person besides implemented immoderate signifier of vaccine certificate program.

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