Biden to Call for Summit on Global COVID Vaccine Supplies
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to call for a summit on boosting the global supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, according to U.S. news outlets. The summit will be held during the U.N. General Assembly later this month. The Washington Post reports the …
Biden Enacts Sweeping Vaccine Mandates
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new six-point plan to combat the surge in recent weeks of delta variant coronavirus cases and deaths, including sweeping vaccine mandates and other measures. Biden ordered 2.5 million federa…
WHO: Africa COVID-19 Cases Fall by 23 Percent
The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said Thursday the number of new COVID-19 cases on the continent fell by 23 percent last week, the steepest drop in eight weeks since a peak in July. During her weekly COVID-19 briefing, thoug…
Europe Medicines Agency Considering 4 Additional COVID Vaccines
Europe’s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency, said Thursday it is reviewing four additional COVID-19 vaccines and could issue new authorizations before the end of the year. During a news briefing from the agency’s headquarters in Amsterdam,…
THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIAT FOR EUROPEAN FUNDS: €971 million in investments from European Union funds
A public consultation has been launched on a document that proposes how Malta will invest another tranche of the record €2.27 billion in EU funds allocated to Malta for the 2021-2027 programming period. After a period of consultation with all stakehold…
THE MINISTRY FOR ENERGY, ENTERPRISE, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Malta Enterprise to support more businesses with ‘soft loans’
In a bid to further support the manufacturing and services industry to invest in projects that will help them further expand their business, Malta Enterprise will be relaunching the ‘soft loan’ scheme, announced Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sust…