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n=4 valign=top style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Hyundaizimbabwe/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW;text-decoration:none'> <img border=0 width=896 height=276 id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image004.png@01D71021.CE004B90"></span><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'> </span></a><span class=style30><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:10.05pt'><td width=914 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:10.05pt'><td width=914 colspan=4 rowspan=3 valign=top style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:10.05pt'><h1 style='line-height:33.75pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Zimbabwe COVID19 Update<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'>COVID-19 update: As at 02 March 2021, Zimbabwe had 36 148 confirmed cases, including 32 989 recoveries and 1 472 deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.3pt'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=523 height=680 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D71021.59D140D0" alt=Image></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=32 height=32 id="Rectangle_x0020_6" src="cid:image007.png@01D70E9B.2ABDCAC0" alt=Image><span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'><br><br></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Kenya receives more than 1 million vaccines through COVAX<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Kenya has received more than 1 million Covid-19 vaccines as part of the global COVAX program, according to a news release from the country’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A plane carrying 1.02 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine touched down just before midnight Tuesday in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>It is part of an initial allocation to Kenya of 3.5 million doses, according to the joint statement from Kenya’s Health Ministry, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>According to the Ministry of Health, the first beneficiaries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will include frontline workers such as health care professionals, teachers and security personnel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The COVAX program,</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> led jointly by WHO along with health non-profit organizations, aims to supply vaccines to developing countries in the first 100 days of 2021 and to deploy at least 2 billion doses by year’s end.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>“We know that this pandemic will not end in one country until it has ended in all countries,” said Thabani Maphosa, managing director for country programs at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.<br>“The first arrivals of Covid-19 vaccine doses in Kenya represents the start of equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines worldwide. These first doses are for the vaccination of frontline health workers which are critical to the Covid-19 response and the maintenance of all health services."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In addi<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Brazil records highest daily number of Covid-19 deaths<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Brazil reported 1,641 Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday -- the highest single-day total of the pandemic, according to data from the country’s Health Ministry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The country has now recorded a total of 10,646,926 cases and 257,361 deaths, according to official data.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Brazil has the second highest death toll worldwide, following the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Amid the crippling figures and an alarming lack of Covid-19 vaccines, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão defended the government’s position against a national lockdown to help curve the spread of the deadly virus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Mourão said the country is “not a dictatorship,” and that the best way to fight the pandemic is to accelerate the vaccination rollout, which is “going well.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Brazil has vaccinated a little over 3% of its population, and 19 of its 26 states have an ICU occupation of over 80%, according to Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a Brazilian Ministry of Health research institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br>Italy closes schools in worst-hit areas amid concerns over new variants<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Italian government has ordered all schools in the country’s worst-hit coronavirus hotspots to close from March 6 until April 6. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>“As we know, the British variant has a particular ability to affect the younger population,” Health Minister Roberto Speranza said at a news briefing on Tuesday. <br>“This has led us to determine that in red zones, all schools will move to distance learning, as well as in areas where the infection rate across seven days is equal to or greater than 250 per 100,000 inhabitants."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Italy continues to classify regions under a color-coded system (white, yellow, orange and red), with measures adjusted to reflect infection levels in the region. Red zones are the most stringent classification of coronavirus restrictions in the country, with severe limitations on movement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=sc-gzmcbi style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>According to Speranza, the coronavirus variant first identified in the UK has now “become prevalent” in Italy, while cases of the variants first identified in Brazil and South Africa have also been confirmed in the country. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><br>Turkey Sees Surge in Infections <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Turkey reported 11,837 new infections on Tuesday, the highest daily figure since early January.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The government earlier this week announced a relaxation of lockdown and social-distancing measures, with each of the country’s provinces put into one of four color-coded tiers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=japan-mulls-extending-tokyo-area-emergency-by-two-weeks-1240-pm-hk><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Japan Mulls Extending Tokyo Area Emergency by Two Weeks <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Japan is <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-02/tokyo-to-seek-extension-of-virus-state-of-emergency-nikkei-says" target="_blank" title="Japan Mulls Extending Tokyo Area Virus Emergency by Two Weeks"><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'>considering</span></a> extending by two weeks the virus emergency in the Tokyo region now set to expire on March 7, TV network FNN reported, in a bid to further rein in the pace of infections.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>FNN, citing an unidentified person, said the central government could make its decision as early as Thursday and announce it the next day. The report came as Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and the leaders of the three prefectures adjacent to the capital were planning to ask Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government for an extension of about two weeks, Kyodo News reported sources with knowledge of the plan as saying.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Sinopharm Completes Clinical Trials for 3-17: Global Times <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Sinopharm completed Covid-19 clinical trials for groups<span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'> aged</span> three to 17 and will submit the data for approval, the Global Times said in a tweet, citing Yang Xiaoming, chairman of the Chinese drugmaker unit China National Biotec Group.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=brazil-hits-record-for-covid-deaths-740-am-hk><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><br>Brazil Hits Record for Covid Deaths <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Brazil reported a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-02/brazil-hits-record-for-covid-deaths-as-hospitals-near-collapse" target="_blank" title="Brazil Hits Record for Covid Deaths as Hospitals Near Collapse"><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'>record</span></a> daily number of Covid-19 deaths as a resurgence of the virus fills up hospital beds and pushes local governments to call for more drastic measures to contain contagion.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Health Ministry reported 1,641 people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Brazil is among the hardest-hit countries globally, with 10,646,926 confirmed cases and 257,361 deaths from Covid-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=covax-to-provide-17m-doses-to-north-korea-725-am-hk><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Covax to Provide 1.7m Doses to North Korea <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Covax Facility will provide about 1.7 m doses of coronavirus <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QPD7H7DWX2PT" target="_blank" title="Covax to Provide 1.7m Doses of Virus Vaccine to N. Korea: Yonhap"><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'>vaccines</span></a> to North Korea by May, Yonhap News reported, citing a Covax statement.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=australia-extends-its-border-shutdown-7-am-hk><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Australia Extends Its Border Shutdown <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Australia’s international border will remain shut for at least another three months, as the government considers the Covid-19 situation overseas an “unacceptable public health risk.”<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The human biosecurity emergency period will be extended to June 17. The provisions include required pre-departure testing and masks on international flights, restrictions on cruise vessels and outbound travel for Australians.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=hong-kong-man-dies-after-getting-vaccine-615-am-hk><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Hong Kong Man Dies After Getting Vaccine <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Hong Kong’s health authority is investigating whether <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/QPD5GIT0G1KW" target="_blank" title="Hong Kong Probes Death of Man Who Received Covid-19 Vaccine"><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'>the death</span></a> of a 63-old man is related to inoculation with the Covid-19 vaccine, it said late Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The man received the vaccination on Feb. 26, developed shortness of breath two days later and went to a hospital. He died on the same day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=biden-sees-back-to-normal-in-a-year-455-pm-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Biden Sees ‘Back to Normal’ in a Year <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>President Joe Biden said he hopes the U.S. would be back to normal “by this time next year” but said he’d been cautioned not to provide a specific date “because we don’t know for sure.”<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>He announced that Merck & Co. will help make Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine -- a collaboration between rivals aimed at ramping up the pace of inoculations that will help provide enough supply for every adult in the U.S. by the end of May.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Biden also called for state and local governments to prioritize teachers for vaccinations, as he pushes for schools to reopen safely with full-time classroom instruction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=texas-mississippi-are-opening-up-3-pm-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Texas, Mississippi Are Opening Up</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> <br>Texas Governor Greg Abbott lifted the mask mandate and other anti-pandemic restrictions amid declining hospitalizations and infection rates in the second-largest U.S. state. Mississippi also loosened its rules, CNBC reported.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Effective March 10, all businesses will be allowed to open at 100% of capacity, Abbott said during a media briefing in Lubbock on Tuesday. His executive order allows county judges to reinstate anti-virus rules should hospitalizations surge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Abbott’s anti-pandemic measures have drawn the ire of his conservative electoral base, which saw them as government overreach, and may have wounded any presidential aspirations. He received 0% of the vote in a presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference this past weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=us-states-get-boost-in-vaccine-shipments-110-pm-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>U.S. States Get Boost in Vaccine Shipments <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>U.S. states will see a boost in Covid-19 vaccine shipments next week, on top of an initial burst of the recently authorized Johnson & Johnson vaccine.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>President Joe Biden’s administration will allocate <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-02/biden-administration-to-boost-vaccine-shipments-amid-j-j-burst" target="_blank" title="Biden Administration to Boost Vaccine Shipments Amid J&J Burst"><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'>15.2 million doses</span></a> next week for shipment to states, up from 14.5 million allocated this week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday after the administration held its regular call with governors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The government also announced that 2.8 million J&J shots were sent to states, marking the first time they’ve shown how they’ll divide an initial tranche of the newly authorized shot. The U.S. received a stockpile of 3.9 million J&J doses. Psaki’s statement suggests the remainder, about 1.1 million, will be sent to pharmacies and community health centers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=ireland-has-fewest-cases-since-december-1250-pm-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Ireland Has Fewest Cases Since December <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Ireland reported the fewest new cases since December, in a latest sign that the virus there is easing. There were 359 newly confirmed cases, the health ministry said. That’s the least since Dec. 15. The drop is welcome, deputy chief medical officer Ronan Glynn said, although he warned it may be attributable to a so-called “weekend effect.” The country also reported 14 more deaths.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Merkel Urges Lockdown Easing <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Chancellor Angela Merkel <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-02/germany-to-broadly-extend-lockdown-to-march-28-draft-shows" target="_blank" title="Merkel Urges Lockdown Easing as She Gives In to Public Pressure"><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'>said</span></a> it was necessary to cautiously relax Germany’s anti-virus restrictions despite a stubbornly high infection rate, as she acknowledged that people are getting tired after a four-months long lockdown.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=ema-panel-to-rule-on-jj-vaccine-march-11-1150-am-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><br>EMA Panel to Rule on J&J Vaccine March 11 <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee is expected to give its recommendation for the vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen on March 11, EMA said in a tweet. The panel has an extraordinary meeting scheduled for that day, <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>aiming to</span> conclude the evaluation.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=danish-pm-says-plant-with-israel-possible-1030-am-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Danish PM Says Plant With Israel Possible <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Denmark may become a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-02/danish-pm-says-joint-vaccine-plant-with-israel-is-a-possibility" target="_blank" title="Danish PM Says Joint Vaccine Plant With Israel Is a Possibility"><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'>joint owner</span></a> of a coronavirus vaccine facility in Israel as a way to dramatically ratchet up capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Joint ownership of such a plant would help Denmark to “significantly” up its game and inoculate people repeatedly over several years, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=no-sign-brazil-variant-has-spread-further-in-uk-9-am-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>No Sign Brazil Variant Has Spread Further in U.K. <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>“We have no information to suggest the variant has spread further,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons. He said a search has narrowed to 379 households in the south of England as the government tries to find the unidentified individual who tested positive for the variant.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>“We’ve identified the batch of home tests in question,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=dutch-case-tally-climbs-for-third-week-851-am-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Dutch Case Tally Climbs for Third Week <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose for a third consecutive week in the Netherlands, though the tally remains below peak levels. In the week ended March 2, 31,984 people with Covid-19 were confirmed, up from 29,977, health agency RIVM said. The number of fatalities fell.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Meanwhile, bar owners are among businesses calling for less-strict lockdown rules. Two establishments in Amsterdam and the city of Breda in the south of the country briefly reopened outdoor seating areas on Tuesday in protest, defying nationwide rules, according to local <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>media reports</span>.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=switzerland-may-allow-selftesting-820-am-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Switzerland May Allow Self-Testing <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Switzerland is considering allowing Covid-19 self testing, according to the Federal Office of Public Health. Director Anne Levy said it would require a change to the law, and some issues related to test effectiveness would need to be sorted out.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Switzerland has now vaccinated a quarter of people at risk, according to local authorities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.25pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px' id=ukraines-president-gets-vaccinated-607-am-ny><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Ukraine’s President Gets Vaccinated <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced his vaccination in a tweet on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></h3></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:10.05pt'><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:10.05pt'><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:10.05pt'><td width=914 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=914 colspan=4 style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>INVESTORS DIARY 2021</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=217 style='width:163.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:12.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Company</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=201 style='width:150.95pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Event</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=304 style='width:228.2pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Venue</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=191 valign=bottom style='width:143.0pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Date & Time</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=217 valign=top style='width:163.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=201 style='width:150.95pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=304 style='width:228.2pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US st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style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>ART<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=304 style='width:228.2pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>PPC<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=191 valign=bottom style='width:143.0pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Dairibord<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=419 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:313.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Starafrica<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=304 style='width:228.2pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Fidelity<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=191 valign=bottom style='width:143.0pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Turnall<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=419 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:313.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Medtech<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=304 style='width:228.2pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Zimre<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=191 valign=bottom style='width:143.0pt;border:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Nampak Zimbabwe<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=914 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#1F497D;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=914 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#1F497D;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>D<span style='color:white'>ISCLAIMER: This report has been prepared by Bulls ‘n Bears, a division of Faith Capital (Pvt) Ltd for general information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities. The information contained in this report has been compiled from sources believed to be reliable, but no representation or warranty is made or guarantee given as to its accuracy or completeness. All opinions expressed and recommendations made are subject to change without notice. Securities or financial instruments mentioned herein may not be suitable for all investors. Securities of emerging and mid-size growth companies typically involve a higher degree of risk and more volatility than the securities of more established companies. Neither Faith Capital nor any other member of Bulls ‘n Bears nor any other person, accepts any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from any use of this report or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith. Recipients of this report shall be solely responsible for making their own independent investigation into the business, financial condition and future prospects of any companies referred to in this report. Other  Indices quoted herein are for guideline purposes only and sourced from third </span>parties.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=914 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=914 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(c) 2021 <b>Web</b>:<a href="http:// www.bullszimbabwe.com "><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'> www.bullszimbabwe.com </span></a><b>Email:</b> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:info@bulls.co.zw"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>info@bulls.co.zw</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <b>Tel:</b> +263 4 2927658 <b>Cell:</b> +263 77 344 1674<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=914 colspan=4 valign=bottom style='width:685.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid white 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>