Sat 17 April 2021: Pregnant women in Britain should get a COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer or Moderna because there is more real-world data to show they are safe, the British public body that advises on vaccinations said on Friday. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said around 90,000 pregnant women had been […]
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Sat 17 April 2021: Brazil asked women on Friday to delay getting pregnant until the worst of the pandemic passes, saying the virus variant that is devastating the South American country appears to affect expectant mothers more than earlier versions of the coronavirus. The recommendation comes as Brazil continues to be one of the global […]
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Sat 17 April 2021: India on Saturday recorded a new high of more than 234,000 daily coronavirus cases, according to Health Ministry figures. The figures show 234,692 cases were registered, which pushed the total to 14.5 million. There were 1,341 new deaths, taking the number of fatalities to 175,649. Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The number of Covid-19 infections in England fell by a third in the week ending April 10 to levels not seen since September last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Friday. The latest level equates to one in 480 people. It is the lowest figure since the week […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: South Africa launched on Friday an electronic platform where citizens aged 60 and older can register to get vaccinated against COVID-19, marking the first time in the country’s democratic history that a major public health campaign is supported by a one-for-all digital system. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize described the launch of […]
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Thu 15 April 2021: The World Health Organization expressed concern Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic could worsen in the Middle East and North Africa during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Detected cases of COVID-19 infection in the region rose 22% last week, while deaths rose 17%, said Ahmed al-Mandhari, the Cairo-based chief of the […]
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Thu 15 April 2021: A new study says leaving middle seats open could give airline passengers more protection from the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers said the risk of passengers being exposed to the virus from an infected person on the plane could be reduced by 23% to 57% if middle seats are empty, compared […]
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Thu 15 April 2021: India has reported a record 200,000 new daily COVID-19 cases, with the financial hub of Mumbai going into lockdown and hospitals treating coronavirus patients reporting severe shortages of beds and oxygen supplies. According to figures released Thursday by the Health Ministry, a total of 206,793 cases were registered, which pushed the country’s total […]
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Wed 14 April 2021: Iran hopes to receive more doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday. “I would like to thank the Russian Federation for vaccine delivery, and I hope that through the cooperation between our countries we will be able to license the manufacturing […]
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Wed 14 April 2021: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating himself, he tweeted this afternoon. The announcement comes a day after he went under isolation following some of his officials of his office testing positive for the virus. The 48-year-old said all activities of the state government […]
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