Vaccine technology transfer center to open in South Africa
3 years, 6 months ago

Vaccine technology transfer center to open in South Africa

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The World Health Organization is in talks to create the first-ever technology transfer hub for coronavirus vaccines in South Africa, a move to boost supply to the continent that’s desperately in need of COVID-19 shots, the head of the U.N. agency announced. Africa will soon be able to “take responsibility for the health of our people,” as a result of the new WHO-backed technology transfer hub, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in the press briefing. South Africa accounts for nearly 40% of Africa’s total recorded COVID-19 infections and is currently suffering a rapid surge, but vaccine rollout has been slow, marked by delayed deliveries among other factors. “I want to say to the people of the province: The house is on fire.” WHO officials said that while their new vaccine transfer technology will hopefully increase future supplies, it won’t address the immediate crisis, since it will take months for any new factories to start producing shots.

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Global Pandemic Threat: 100 Days to Save Lives
2 months ago

Global Pandemic Threat: 100 Days to Save Lives

Hindustan Times  

A modelling study suggests that if a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 had been developed within 100 days, an estimated 8.3 million deaths could have been averted globally. The study also estimated that productivity losses due to illness amounting to almost $1.4 trillion and $63 billion of hospitalisation costs would have been averted globally.

Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa
3 months ago

Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa

The Independent  

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Macron and African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities
6 months ago

Macron and African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron joined several African leaders on Thursday to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to them. Many African leaders and advocacy groups say Africa was unfairly locked out of access to COVID-19 treatment tools, vaccines and testing …

African and European leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities
6 months ago

African and European leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities

LA Times  

European and African leaders gather at the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator conference in Paris on June 20, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron joined several African leaders Thursday to kick off a planned $1-billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to them. Many African leaders and advocacy groups say …

Centre no longer to procure Covid vaccines for states
1 year, 8 months ago

Centre no longer to procure Covid vaccines for states

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre will no longer follow its practice of procuring Covid-19 vaccines for the states, health minister T. Harish Rao said on Friday, following a decision taken at a meeting on Covid-19 preparedness headed by Union health minister Dr Mansaukh Mandaviya. Harish Rao, in a press note, said the Union minister had advised state governments to procure vaccines from …

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference
2 years ago

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference

LA Times  

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rising in Los Angeles County, officials are voicing new confidence in the effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 booster shot. New data has found that the updated COVID-19 vaccines offer “significant additional protection” against symptomatic infection in people who were previously vaccinated or boosted with the older formula. “We have seen very low uptake of the …

Explained | Can vaccine distribution be made fairer?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Can vaccine distribution be made fairer?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity, a joint effort by the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization and the University of Oxford with cooperation across the UN system, has put out recent data that justifies the vexatious core of the vaccine distribution programme: Only one in four people has been vaccinated with at least …

COVID vaccination rates have dropped 50% in Africa, WHO says
2 years, 2 months ago

COVID vaccination rates have dropped 50% in Africa, WHO says

LA Times  

The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses given in Africa has dropped by more than 50% over the last three months, the World Health Organization said Thursday, even though less than a quarter of all Africans have been vaccinated. Despite increased availability of vaccines on the continent, Africa still lags far behind the global average, with only 24% of the population …

The Largest Vaccination Drive: Victory of People, Process and Technology
2 years, 2 months ago

The Largest Vaccination Drive: Victory of People, Process and Technology

News 18  

On the occasion of the celebration of 75 years of India’s Independence, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Government of India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi was able to inoculate over a billion people with more than 217 crore vaccination doses across different age groups, diverse communities and regions within the span of 18 months after the general availability …

How India Pursued Covid-19 Vaccine Diplomacy Amid Vaccine Nationalism By Rich Nations
2 years, 4 months ago

How India Pursued Covid-19 Vaccine Diplomacy Amid Vaccine Nationalism By Rich Nations

ABP News  

The last 30 months have seen the world getting ravaged by Covid-19. When rich nations of the Global North were stockpiling and hoarding Covid-19 vaccines, many times more than their population, India not only spearheaded one of the largest vaccine drives within the country but also shared the vaccine doses with low- and middle-income countries worldwide. India supplied 23.9 crore …

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID-19
2 years, 4 months ago

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID-19

The Hindu  

Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans, public health officials are warning. Yet while monkeypox is much harder to spread than COVID-19, experts warn that if …

Monkeypox: Rich countries stocking vaccines and declining to share with Africa could leave millions unprotected
2 years, 4 months ago

Monkeypox: Rich countries stocking vaccines and declining to share with Africa could leave millions unprotected

Firstpost  

Experts fear that the mistakes which were committed during the COVID-19 pandemic are already being repeated London: Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans, public health …

COVID-19 changing, not over yet; tough to analyse future emerging variants: WHO
2 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 changing, not over yet; tough to analyse future emerging variants: WHO

India TV News  

Highlights COVID19, driven by BA.4 and BA.5, cases are on the rise in 110 countries, the WHO said This has caused the overall global cases to increase by 20 per cent, it said Health workers and older people in lower-income countries remain unvaccinated, the WHO expressed COVID-19 pandemic is changing, but is not over yet, the World Health Organisation said …

South Africa ends COVID restrictions as fifth wave fades
2 years, 6 months ago

South Africa ends COVID restrictions as fifth wave fades

Al Jazeera  

The country has recorded the most coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa, with more than 3.9 million confirmed infections and 101,000 deaths South Africa has repealed COVID-19 rules that made masks mandatory in indoor public spaces, limited the size of gatherings and imposed entry requirements at its borders, the health minister said on Thursday. But health minister Joe Phaahla said …

WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears
2 years, 6 months ago

WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears

The Hindu  

The World Health Organisation said it's creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa. WHO's Europe director, Hans Kluge, said on June 15 he was concerned by the scramble by some rich countries to buy more vaccines without talk of buying supplies for Africa. Mr. Kluge urged governments "to approach …

Modi@8: India’s Covid Vax Drive is a Myth Breaker in Public Health Space, Writes NTAGI Head NK Arora
2 years, 6 months ago

Modi@8: India’s Covid Vax Drive is a Myth Breaker in Public Health Space, Writes NTAGI Head NK Arora

News 18  

Not so long back, a reputed international media-house had predicted gloomily that it could take over a decade for India to vaccinate its 1.4 billion population against Covid-19. The resounding success of this drive, which has been a proactive, pre-emptive, and graded response in the management of Covid-19 has been a myth-breaker on several fronts in the public health space …

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots
2 years, 7 months ago

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments. “That leaves a lot of us vulnerable.” Jha predicted that the next generation of vaccines, which are likely to be …

Africa's COVID vaccine production line in jeopardy
2 years, 7 months ago

Africa's COVID vaccine production line in jeopardy

The Hindu  

Trisha shakes her head when asked if she's vaccinated. 'A massive setback for Africa's plans' In the absence of orders or commitments, Aspen is considering the repurposing of two COVID-19 production lines for the manufacture of other products. "The continent would lose its only existing COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity," Nicolaou says. Africa's major public health body, the Africa Centers for …

UN official urges acceleration in coronavirus vaccinations
2 years, 8 months ago

UN official urges acceleration in coronavirus vaccinations

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. official spearheading global vaccination efforts against the coronavirus said Monday the number of countries where 10% or less of the population has been vaccinated dropped from 34 to 18 since January and called for accelerated progress to end the pandemic. Assistant Secretary-General Ted Chaiban told the U.N. Security Council that with over 6 million lives …

Time of Pandemics
2 years, 8 months ago

Time of Pandemics

Al Jazeera  

Antibodies, vaccine trials and the social factors determining health – what can we learn from the HIV experiences in the global south, in this time of COVID-19? This exploration, by South African filmmaker Rehad Desai, unpicks connections between the two pandemic experiences, from a global south perspective. This HIV vaccine research, and its extensive clinical trial infrastructure in South Africa, …

Column: While we line up for a fourth shot, the world’s poor haven’t gotten their first
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: While we line up for a fourth shot, the world’s poor haven’t gotten their first

LA Times  

Go ahead — line up for your second booster shot, Americans. The outrageous truth is that two years into the pandemic that has killed 6 million people worldwide, 65% of Americans have received two vaccine shots and are considered “fully vaccinated.” But only 14.5% of people in low-income countries have received even a single dose, according to data compiled by …

South Africa surpasses 1,00,000 COVID-19 related deaths; curbs to be eased 'soon' despite 5th wave warning
2 years, 8 months ago

South Africa surpasses 1,00,000 COVID-19 related deaths; curbs to be eased 'soon' despite 5th wave warning

Firstpost  

While the government would not enforce vaccination, the new health regulations still make provision for employers to insist on staff being vaccinated to continue working in their offices Johannesburg: South Africa has surpassed the 1,00,000-mark in COVID-19 related deaths, but the government still plans to end the lockdown restrictions “soon”, despite scientists’ warnings that a fifth wave is imminent next …

White House to share COVID-19 technology innovated by US government with the WHO
2 years, 9 months ago

White House to share COVID-19 technology innovated by US government with the WHO

Daily Mail  

The White House is planning on sharing American-invented COVID-19 technology with the World Health Organization in an effort to fight the pandemic across the world. The White House is expected to announce on Thursday that it will collaborate with the WHO and the U.N. to share American COVID-19 technology with the rest of the world in an effort to fight …

EU praises vaccine cooperation with Africa at summit
2 years, 10 months ago

EU praises vaccine cooperation with Africa at summit

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders on Thursday lauded the bloc’s vaccine cooperation with Africa in the fight against the coronavirus, but there was no sign they would move toward a temporary lifting of intellectual property rights protection for COVID-19 shots. “It is about the capacity of Africa to produce their own vaccines, to develop mRNA manufacturing capacity across Africa,” von …

WHO chief praises South Africa’s work to make COVID vaccines
2 years, 10 months ago

WHO chief praises South Africa’s work to make COVID vaccines

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the World Health Organization said Friday. On his visit to Cape Town, WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus is viewing three facilities that are starting work to manufacture vaccines. One of …

Africa transitioning out of pandemic phase of COVID: WHO
2 years, 10 months ago

Africa transitioning out of pandemic phase of COVID: WHO

Al Jazeera  

The head of WHO Africa says the continent is transitioning to a phase of managing the virus in the long term. “Against the odds, including huge inequities in access to vaccinations, we’ve weathered the COVID-19 storm with resilience and determination.” Moeti’s optimism contrasts sharply with the warnings from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has said repeatedly the pandemic is …

Africa CDC director urges youths to boost COVID vaccinations
2 years, 10 months ago

Africa CDC director urges youths to boost COVID vaccinations

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Africa’s top health official is launching a campaign to enlist young people to encourage vaccinations, as just 11.3% of the continent’s 1.3 billion people are vaccinated against COVID-19. Youths will be encouraged “to play an active role” in ramping up inoculations across the continent where the vaccination rate is far below other regions in the world, Africa …

Africa CDC: Continent on course to vaccinate 70% this year
2 years, 10 months ago

Africa CDC: Continent on course to vaccinate 70% this year

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The African continent is on course to reach its target of vaccinating at least 70% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of 2022, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters on Thursday. The continental public health agency said it has been encouraged by a surge in vaccinations in countries like …

‘Omicron a Self-Inflicted Wound’: Patent-Free Corbevax Can Help End Covid Pandemic, Believe Its Makers
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Omicron a Self-Inflicted Wound’: Patent-Free Corbevax Can Help End Covid Pandemic, Believe Its Makers

News 18  

“When your house is on fire, you call the fire department not lawyers,” that’s how American scientist Prof. Peter Hotez explained the importance of patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines. Professor Hotez in an exclusive interview to CNN News-18 said he along with Dr Maria Elena Bottazzi developed Corbevax and kept patents off the table to “help lower- and middle-income countries …

Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?

Hindustan Times  

This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world’s most pressing policy challenges. It will not provide very durable protection Clara Ferreira Marques: You’re a veteran advocate for global health, vaccines and tropical-disease control, and served as a U.S. science envoy during the Obama administration. The Texas Children’s Hospital Center for …

It is time for Africa to focus on getting vaccines in arms
2 years, 11 months ago

It is time for Africa to focus on getting vaccines in arms

Al Jazeera  

Rates of vaccination against COVID-19 are still disappointingly low in Africa, with just around 8 percent of the continent’s population fully vaccinated against the disease. Indeed, high-income countries have been hoarding vaccines, most recently for third “booster” doses, leaving low-income countries, including many in Africa, unable to access enough doses even for their most vulnerable populations and frontline health workers. …

Poorer nations reject over 100 million Covid shots as many close to expiry
2 years, 11 months ago

Poorer nations reject over 100 million Covid shots as many close to expiry

India Today  

Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly due to their rapid expiry date, a UNICEF official said on Thursday. UNICEF's data on supplies and use of delivered vaccines show that 681 million shipped doses are currently stored in about 90 poorer nations, according to CARE, a charity, …

Poorer nations forced to dump close-to-expiry COVID vaccines
2 years, 11 months ago

Poorer nations forced to dump close-to-expiry COVID vaccines

Al Jazeera  

More than 100 million doses of COVID vaccines were rejected in December, says UNICEF official, while 681 million shipped doses are unused in about 90 countries. Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly due to their approaching expiry date, a UNICEF official has said. UNICEF’s data on …

This new, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer for low-income countries
2 years, 11 months ago

This new, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer for low-income countries

NPR  

This new, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer for low-income countries A low cost vaccine called Corbevax may help solve the problem of getting safe and effective COVID vaccines to poor and middle-income countries. Supply and cost have been barriers to getting vaccines to many parts of the world, but NPR's Joe Palca has this story about a …

Too many COVID-19 vaccine doses are being wasted
2 years, 11 months ago

Too many COVID-19 vaccine doses are being wasted

Al Jazeera  

Since the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was detected, the stark global inequities that have characterised this pandemic have once again come to the forefront. Almost one year after vaccine rollout began, donations of COVID-19 vaccine doses by wealthy countries that no longer need them are getting ramped up. Malawi and South Sudan have also had to destroy expired COVID-19 vaccine …

The world has failed at vaccine equity. Will 2022 be different?
3 years ago

The world has failed at vaccine equity. Will 2022 be different?

Al Jazeera  

On December 4, 2020, a 90-year-old grandmother in the United Kingdom became the first person in the world to receive a vaccine proven to be highly effective against COVID-19, kicking off a rollout of inoculants developed with unprecedented speed under dire circumstances in high-income countries across the globe. “I think that’s unquestionable.” The COVAX scheme initially aimed to achieve a …

Blanket COVID boosters risk prolonging pandemic, WHO chief warns
3 years ago

Blanket COVID boosters risk prolonging pandemic, WHO chief warns

Al Jazeera  

WHO chief Tedros insists priority remains getting vaccines to unvaccinated and vulnerable people everywhere. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted on Wednesday that the priority must remain to get vaccines to vulnerable people everywhere rather than giving additional doses to the already vaccinated. And he noted that “the vast majority of hospitalisations and deaths are in unvaccinated people, not un-boosted …

Our vaccines may become ineffective, says COVID-19 task force chief as India battles Omicron
3 years ago

Our vaccines may become ineffective, says COVID-19 task force chief as India battles Omicron

Firstpost  

Dr VK Paul hoped that coronavirus in India is possibly moving in the direction of endemicity, where there is a low or moderate level of transmission going on New Delhi: Amid concerns over Omicron, India’s COVID Task Force chief VK Paul on Tuesday said there is a potential scenario that “our vaccines may become ineffective in emerging situations” and emphasised …

Pfizer Covid vaccine less effective in South Africa after Omicron cases: Study
3 years ago

Pfizer Covid vaccine less effective in South Africa after Omicron cases: Study

India Today  

Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine has been less effective in South Africa at keeping people infected with the virus out of hospital since the Omicron variant emerged last month, a real-world study published on Tuesday showed. When it came to avoiding infection altogether, the study by South Africa's largest private health insurance administrator, Discovery Health, showed that protection against catching Covid-19 had …

UK scientists trial first needle-free air-powered COVID-19 vaccine
3 years ago

UK scientists trial first needle-free air-powered COVID-19 vaccine

Live Mint  

Scientists at the University of Cambridge on Tuesday began a clinical trial of a needle-free air-powered vaccine, which is expected to help combat future variants of COVID-19. "It’s vital that we continue to develop new generation vaccine candidates ready to help keep us safe from the next virus threats. Immunisation arms our immune system to look out for and block …

WHO: Africa might miss 70% vaccination goal until late 2024
3 years ago

WHO: Africa might miss 70% vaccination goal until late 2024

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The African continent might not reach the target of vaccinating 70% of its 1.3 billion population against COVID-19 until the second half of 2024, a target many of the world’s richer countries have already met, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Health officials in South Africa, which first announced the variant, say early data indicate it causes …

South Africans urge jabs as president ill in omicron wave
3 years ago

South Africans urge jabs as president ill in omicron wave

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed getting a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine because he has tested positive for the disease and is recuperating from mild symptoms, his office announced Monday. “The president’s infection is causing him to delay a vaccine booster shot which he was scheduled to receive this week,” his office said in a …

WHO warns fears of Omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding
3 years ago

WHO warns fears of Omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding

India Today  

The World Health Organisation expressed concerns on Thursday that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the Omicron variant could step up the hoarding of Covid-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again, complicating efforts to stamp out the pandemic. “What is going to shut down disease is for everybody who is especially at risk of disease to become vaccinated,” said …

South Africa approves Pfizer vaccine booster amid COVID wave
3 years ago

South Africa approves Pfizer vaccine booster amid COVID wave

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s regulatory authority has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as a booster shot, opening the way for third doses to be administered to battle the current surge driven by the omicron variant. In the last 24 hours, South Africa recorded 22,391 new cases, up from about 200 per day in early November. The South African Health Products Regulatory …

WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding
3 years ago

WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization expressed concerns Thursday that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again, complicating efforts to stamp out the pandemic. “What is going to shut down disease is for everybody who is especially at risk of disease to become vaccinated,” said Dr. …

Africa CDC: Nations might turn to COVID-19 vaccine mandates
3 years ago

Africa CDC: Nations might turn to COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — African governments might have to resort to COVID-19 vaccine mandates if their citizens don’t hurry to get the increasingly available doses, the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The warning by John Nkengasong to reporters that governments “will not have a choice” came as the flow of doses to Africa’s 54 …

South African Regulator Approves Pfizer Booster Vaccine After Surge In Covid Cases
3 years ago

South African Regulator Approves Pfizer Booster Vaccine After Surge In Covid Cases

News 18  

South Africa has approved the use of Pfizer’s coronavirus booster vaccine for people aged over 18 years, amid mounting concern following a record of almost 20,000 infections overnight, largely ascribed to the new and highly-mutating Omicron variant. The South African Health Products Authority on Wednesday approved the use of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine after BioNTech and Pfizer announced that two …

WHO warns against rich nations hoarding jabs to fight Omicron
3 years ago

WHO warns against rich nations hoarding jabs to fight Omicron

Al Jazeera  

Key problem for international dose-sharing programme is wealthy countries donating COVID-19 vaccines with short shelf life, WHO says. The World Health Organization official has warned that wealthy countries may start hoarding COVID-19 vaccines again, threatening global supplies as they seek to shore up stocks to fight the new Omicron variant of coronavirus. The comments on Thursday by the agency’s vaccine …

Next pandemic may be worse, says scientist behind UK's Covid-19 vaccine
3 years ago

Next pandemic may be worse, says scientist behind UK's Covid-19 vaccine

India Today  

One of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is warning that the next pandemic may be more contagious and more lethal unless more money is devoted to research and preparations to fight emerging viral threats. In excerpts released before a speech Monday, Professor Sarah Gilbert says the scientific advances made in fighting deadly viruses “must not be lost” because …

Covid-19: The world has the tools to end the pandemic. They’re not being used properly
3 years ago

Covid-19: The world has the tools to end the pandemic. They’re not being used properly

CNN  

London CNN — The Covid-19 pandemic will not last forever. “This is the major issue: There was never a plan, there still isn’t a plan at a global level,” said Andrea Taylor, assistant director of programs at the Duke Global Health Institute. “It isn’t just pockets – huge swathes of the world have unacceptably low vaccine coverage,” Taylor said. “It’s …

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