In a Parliamentary sitting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Chris Fearne stated that the COVID-19 vaccine will be given within days.
This follows the European Medicines Agency’s moving forward of the vaccine approval date from the 29th of December to Monday 21st December.
Dr. Fearne also appealed for caution during this holiday season as we move closer to the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Following her presentation of the Ġieħ ir-Repubblika award on Sunday, Superintendent for Public Health Charmaine Gauci took to Facebook to dedicate this honour to the public health team, healthcare workers, front-linters, families and patients.
Prof. Gauci stated how humbled she is by receiving this honour and through the pandemic, we have grown together as a country.
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Love it or hate it, Shrek is an all-time classic and America’s National Film Registry have cemented its greatness by adding to its list in the Library of Congress.
The registry recognises the most ‘cultural, historically or aesthetically’ significant films throughout history with films like Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption and more. Shrek was one of the 25 entries for 2020 and entered alongside films like Grease, The Hurt Locker and The Dark Knight.
The National Film Registry is an important record of American history, culture and creativity, captured through one of the great American artforms, our cinematic experience. The inductees this year include Lilies of the Field, Shrek, The Joy Luck Club, and The Dark Knight. https://t.co/446O5C5Uk5
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) December 14, 2020
This year’s entries look to celebrate the astounding work of women and people of colour in the cinema industry, as stated by the Library’s current librarian, Carla Hayden.
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The European Medicines Agency has stated that the COVID-19 vaccine approval meeting has been moved to December 21st, more than a week before the previously scheduled date.
This change follows pressure on European regulator from desperate countries such as Germany and was thus moved forward from December 29th to the 21st.
Every day counts – we work at full speed to authorise #COVID19 vaccines that are safe & effective.
I welcome @EMA_News bringing forward its meeting to discuss the @pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, before Christmas.
Likely that the first Europeans will be vaccinated before end 2020!— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) December 15, 2020
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen stated that this means vaccinations in the European Union would probably start before the end of 2020.
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