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Nonessential Travel to Return this Summer as Vaccine Certificates Created

As COVID-19 cases plummet in some parts of the world, 2021 is shaping up to be a hot vaccinated girl summer. The European Union announced last week that it will reopen its borders to nonessential travel this summer, welcoming in eager tourists who have received the necessary jabs. The summer travel season traditionally begins Memorial Day weekend and, after a…

The State of Roma Human Rights in the Balkans

This program will be held virtually on Zoom and YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. See program below for registration and live stream links. Please join the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College, CUNY for a conference on the state of Roma human rights in the Balkans. The aim of this…

AstraZeneca Vaccine Injections Resume in Most of Europe, Not Yet Approved in U.S.

Photo: The AstraZeneca vaccine will now come with a warning label. Credit: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/after-reports-blood-clots-some-countries-pause-use-astrazeneca-covid-n1260888 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French Prime Minister Jean Castex are rolling up their sleeves to receive their first jabs of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in an effort to restore public trust in it. A handful of patients reported experiencing blood clots after getting their AstraZeneca coronavirus…

How The UK’s Vaccine Strategists Can Learn From Estonia

No country in Europe boasts a higher vaccination rate for COVID-19 than the United Kingdom, as the political union has 21 vaccine doses per 100 people currently. The UK also ranks second in the world in vaccines per capita. The government plans to vaccinate 15 million people by mid-February and the early numbers reflect that it’s on track. The policy…