Fri 09 July 2021: UNICEF has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply up to 220 million doses of the J&J single-dose vaccine for all 55 Member States of the African Union (AU) by the end of 2022. Some 35 million doses are to be delivered by the end of this year. Some 35 million doses are […]
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Fri 09 July 2021: Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they would seek authorization for a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine to boost its efficacy, as the Delta variant drove devastating outbreaks in Asia and Africa and cases rose again in Europe and the United States. With the pandemic once again regaining intensity, Japan banned […]
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Fri 09 July 2021: Ottawa will not allow unvaccinated international travelers entry into Canada for the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. “You did mention wondering when unvaccinated tourists can start coming to Canada, I can tell you right now that’s not going to happen for quite a while,” Trudeau said in […]
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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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