Western nations have yet to provide the African continent with a single vaccine dose to combat the monkeypox virus, according to African health officials (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – While a vaccine is readily available in the
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (Credit: EU) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union has agreed to a contract extension with Pfizer-BioNTech to purchase up to 1.8 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses through 2023. This will be the EU bloc’s largest
Credit: Wikipedia / Gilad Erdan is an Israeli politician and diplomat. Erdan is the new Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations and Israeli ambassador to the United States. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Israel’s Ambassador to the United States strongly condemned a comedy
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DOD) have purchased an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from both Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. to help meet demand for COVID-19 vaccines in
The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, Arlington, VA (credit Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced Friday that 1,110 active duty service members will support five Federal Emergency Management Agency vaccinations centers. The
The entrance to Camp 1 in Guantanamo Bay’s Camp Delta. (Wikipedia Kathleen T. Rhem) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Pentagon announced over the weekend it is halting a controversial plan to offer coronavirus vaccinations to detainees at Guantánamo Bay after it caused
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked the Pentagon to assist with President Biden’s goal to vaccinate 100 million people against the coronavirus in his first 100 days in office, John F. Kirby the Department of Defense’s (DOD)
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) has issued a global alert to law enforcement across its 194 member countries warning them to prepare for organized crime networks targeting COVID-19 vaccines, both physically and online. The INTERPOL