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Queen Elizabeth II's 99-year-old husband Prince Philip on Monday left the private London hospital where he had spent nearly two weeks to have heart tests and treatment at another hospital, Buckingham Palace said.
Royal officials said the Duke of Edinburgh, as he is formally known, was taken from King Edward VII's hospital to the state-run St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London.
<p>Doctors there "will continue to treat him for an infection, as well as undertake testing and observation for a pre-existing heart condition", they added.</p><p>"The Duke remains comfortable and is responding to treatment but is expected to remain in hospital until at least the end of the week."</p><p>Philip was admitted to King Edward VII's hospital on February 16 as a "precautionary measure" and on the advice of his doctor, after feeling unwell.</p><p>But the palace was quick to point out that his admission was not related to Covid-19, and later said he was being treated for an undisclosed infection.</p><p>He and the queen, 94, both had the first dose of a Covid vaccination on January 9 because of their age, which puts them in one of the most vulnerable categories.</p><p>An ambulance was seen leaving the King Edward VII's hospital late morning on Monday, driving off past banks of photographers and camera crews.</p><p>But a police van -- and tinted windows in the ambulance -- blocked sight of who was inside the vehicle, which left from a rear entrance.</p><p>Umbrellas were also held up to conceal the gap between the ambulance and the hospital doors.</p><p>- Blocked artery -</p><p>Philip turns 100 on June 10 and his already lengthy stay in hospital has raised concerns because of his age, even though he was said to have been comfortable and responding to treatment.</p><p>His youngest son, Prince Edward, said last week his father was feeling "a lot better" and was looking forward to returning home.</p><p>He thanked members of the public for sending messages of support.</p><p>Last Monday, Philip's grandson, Prince William, said the duke was "OK" and being closely monitored by medical staff.</p><p>Two days earlier, William's father and Philip's eldest son, heir-to-throne Prince Charles, visited him in hospital but made no comment afterwards.</p><p>Philip was able to walk into the hospital unaided when he first was first admitted and arrived using private transport, rather than an ambulance, a source said at the time.</p><p>The former naval officer was treated at the same hospital in August 2012 after a recurrence of a bladder infection that laid him low during the queen's diamond jubilee celebrations.</p><p>The previous year, he had a stent fitted after suffering a blocked coronary artery.</p><p>Barts Heart Centre is Europe's largest specialized cardiovascular service, according to the hospital's website.</p><p>© 2021 AFP</p>
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Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine under the global Covax scheme, as US health workers prepared to distribute nearly four million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab.
Covax, a scheme designed to ensure that poorer countries do not miss out on Covid-19 vaccines that have so far been largely hoovered up by rich nations, is aiming to deliver at least two billion doses by the end of the year.
<p>Akufo-Addo received his AstraZeneca shot live on television along with his wife, a day before the rest of the first batch of 600,000 Covax doses are deployed across Ghana.</p><p>"It is important that I set the example that this vaccine is safe by being the first to have it, so that everybody in Ghana can feel comfortable about taking this vaccine," the president said.</p><p>India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi also got his coronavirus jab on Monday -- although a glitch in the online booking system meant thousands of others were turned away from hospitals nationwide.</p><p>And in the United States, 3.9 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are due to be delivered after it became the latest jab to get the green light from US regulators.</p><p>The J&J rollout comes as a boost to President Joe Biden's plan to beat back a virus that has killed more than half a million Americans, making the US the world's worst-hit nation.</p><ul class="ee-ul"><li>Legal war over Covid jabs - </li></ul><p>Vaccines are seen as crucial to returning the world to normality and healing the economy after a pandemic that has claimed more than 2.5 million lives across the globe.</p><p>More than 224 million vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, according to national data compiled by AFP, with the Philippines among the latest countries to launch a rollout Monday.</p><p>But rich countries have bought up the vast majority of those available, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn that the crisis cannot end unless poor countries can vaccinate their populations too.</p><p>A new row is brewing over a call, led by India and South Africa, for intellectual property rights to the vaccines to be waived.</p><p>Backed by dozens of governments from Argentina to Bangladesh, they argue that this would boost production and ultimately bring the pandemic to a swifter end.</p><p>But the United States, the European Union and Switzerland -- home to major pharmaceutical firms -- oppose the idea, which is being thrashed out at a World Trade Organization meeting on Monday and Tuesday.</p><h1>Golden Globes glitches</h1><p>Some countries are now cautiously lifting strict curbs on daily life as infection rates stabilize, with Germans rushing to hairdressers Monday as salons reopened.</p><p>"It's such a relief. I couldn't bear to look at myself in the mirror before!" Hans-Joachim Berthold, a 64-year-old Berliner, told AFP after his first cut in two and a half months.</p><p>But while inoculation campaigns are now well under way, the spread of highly infectious Covid variants has fueled worries that they could prove more resistant to the vaccines.</p><p>Britain has appealed for a person infected with the potent Brazilian strain to come forward after the person failed to leave contact details while being tested -- meaning they could still be infecting others without knowing it.</p><p>In some countries, widespread vaccine skepticism remains another obstacle to achieving mass immunity, although a survey of six countries suggests willingness to get the jab is on the rise.</p><p>Even in France, the country with the least enthusiasm of those surveyed, willingness is up to 59 percent, the study by KekstCNC found.</p><p>In the entertainment world, mass vaccinations are fueling hopes of an eventual return to live events with big crowds.</p><p>The Berlin film festival kicked off online Monday, but organizers are hoping to stage a gala awards ceremony in June if pandemic conditions permit.</p><p>At the usually-glitzy Golden Globes on Sunday night, awkward technical glitches interspersed the dishing out of awards to those behind some of the past year's best film and television. </p><p>The night's first winner, "Judas and the Black Messiah" supporting actor Daniel Kaluuya, initially lost sound for his acceptance speech, forcing an apology from presenter Laura Dern.</p>
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'You're not a victim': Josh Hawley raked over the coals on CNN for self-pitying CPAC speech
March 01, 2021
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) over the weekend complained about how unfairly he'd been treated after he helped foment the infamous MAGA mob that stormed the United States Capitol building with his efforts to challenge President Joe Biden's victory.
While speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Hawley insisted that he was just raising questions about the outcome of the election, which Biden won decisively by an electoral vote count of 306 to 232, and was subsequently called mean names.
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"I said I want to have a debate on election integrity, and what was the result of that?" he asked rhetorically. "I was called a traitor."
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CNN's John Avlon on Monday played a clip of Hawley's speech and tore into him for his self-pitying rant.
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"You're not a victim, Senator Hawley!" he said incredulously. "You tried to overturn an election even after an attack on our Capitol!"
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Avlon then pivoted to claim that the true purpose of questioning the 2020 election is to justify enacting new restrictions on voting rights.
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"Don't believe the hype this is about protecting elections or election integrity," he said. "The reason this matters is at least 253 bills to restrict voting access have been moved in 43 states since the election, and a lot of them use the Big Lie as an excuse."
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