Thu 08 July 2021: Individuals who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of the UK’s mass immunization program will no longer have to self-isolate upon their return to England from countries on the UK’s so-called amber list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Thursday. “I can confirm today that from July 19, UK residents […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: Britain said on Wednesday it would provide genomic sequencing support to Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan to help identify, assess and track new variants of the novel coronavirus. The novel coronavirus, which has killed 4 million people globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, mutates around once every […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: More than 3.25 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to figures on Wednesday compiled by Our World in Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University. China leads the global count with more than 1.3 billion jabs, followed by India with 361.32 million. The list continued with […]
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Wed 07 July 2021: The City of Cape Town and Discovery Health on Tuesday conducted an oversight visit at the Cape Town International Convention Centre mass Vaccination Centre of Hope to check on its preparation ahead of its activation today. Between July and December this year, this mass vaccination centre is expected to administer over […]
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Wed 07 July 2021: The single-dose Janssen Covid vaccine has been approved for those aged 18 and older in New Zealand. “New Zealand’s regulatory authority Medsafe has granted provisional approval of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 18 years of age and older,” the press release read. The country secured 2 million doses through an advance purchase agreement last […]
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Wed 07 July 2021: U.S. President Joe Biden announced a new strategy to get more shots in arms. The plan includes making more vaccines available in health care settings, with an extra emphasis on COVID-19 hot spots. This comes as the Delta variant continues to spread across the U.S. Joe Biden announced a five-point plan […]
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Tue 06 July 2021: The Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread across Canada and is now responsible for the majority of new cases in the province of Ontario, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Tuesday. “The Delta variant continues to increase and now accounts for the majority of current COVID-19 […]
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Tue 06 July 2021: More deaths than births took place in the UK last year for the first time in nearly half a century, figures suggest. A total of 689,629 deaths were registered in 2020, while 683,191 live births were recorded. This means that natural change in the UK – the difference between births and […]
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Tue 06 July 2021: Fully-vaccinated people and children will no longer have to self-isolate after a close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19 after August 16 in England unless they also test positive, health minister Sajid Javid said on Tuesday. “From the 16th of August … anyone who’s a close contact of a […]
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Tue 06 July 2021: Cabinet Ministers, including Deputy Ministers, Premiers and MECs, and their direct staff are among the groups considered eligible for vaccination outside of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout eligibility criteria. The Department of Health said it has received requests to arrange vaccination against COVID-19 for special groups and individuals who are not currently […]
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