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The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in aged care homes in Australia has been delayed after an untrained doctor gave an overdose to two elderly patients.
Health Care Australia, the private company responsible for the rollout has stood aside its CEO and is installing new management.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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Hong Kong's COVID-19 vaccination plan is facing another delay.
The government says the first one million doses of the BioNTech jab will not arrive on time, as they are still undergoing export checks. The city's mass vaccination programme is due to begin on Friday, following a series of disruptions.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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The European Union is asking Venezuela's government to reconsider its decision to expel its ambassador to Venezuela.
The expulsion comes as a response to sanctions the EU announced this week against Venezuelan officials.
Mary Triny Mena reports from Caracas.
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The Biden administration will distribute more than 25 million masks to low income Americans next month.
The White House also says it's ready to deliver Johnson & Johnson's vaccination as soon as it receives authorization.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Golf legend Tiger Woods is recovering in a hospital after a long surgical procedure following a rollover car accident in Los Angeles County.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Rachel Silverman has this report from Oakland.
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U.S. President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order calling for a review of America’s global supply chains across a raft of industries- in a bid to make the country less reliant on foreign imports.
The 100-day review is reportedly aimed at curbing China’s economic rise, but it’s far from clear what measures Washington is planning to take to boost domestic production and protect its own economy.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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The United Nations has distributed the first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines under a massive international effort to supply low and middle-income nations with the lifesaving innoculations.
Ghana on Wednesday received 600,000 doses in the first tranche of deliveries from Unicef.
UN correspondent Liling Tan reports.
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Ghana has become the first country to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization's COVAX program. Six hundred thousand doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines have been shipped to the country to be used for the initial phase of immunization.
From Accra, Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports…
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Children in the UK may face longer days when they return to school - in a bid to enable them to catch up following coronavirus disruption. The Education Secretary failed to rule out the possibility that longer hours are under consideration when asked. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a seventh case of Ebola in the eastern province of North Kivu.
The latest patient tested positive for the disease on Tuesday. Authorities say 4 people have died of the contagious disease since the resurgence of Ebola was reported early this month.
Chris Ocamringa has that report.