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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Tue 06 July 2021: Between April and early June, India was hit by a second wave of COVID-19, which infected millions and killed tens of thousands across the country. Daily infections have gradually decreased since peaking in May, allowing authorities to ramp up their vaccination programme as the country recovers. Thousands of Indian citizens were […]
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Mon 05 July 2021: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom could reach 50,000 per day within coming days as he confirmed that the government is planning to go ahead with the final stage of its roadmap out of lockdown and lift all restrictions by July 19. […]
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Mon 05 July 2021: The Indonesian government is planning to import medical oxygen tanks as the country is fighting the second wave of COVID-19 cases, xinhua repoted The plan was announced by the country’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin in a hearing on Monday with lawmakers of the House of Representatives. Sadikin said the ministry […]
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Mon 05 July 2021: A survey in the United Kingdom has found people are more aware of cleanliness because of the coronavirus pandemic, but there is still room for improvement. Harrison Wipes wanted to understand to what extent attitudes toward cleaning have changed in the UK public and what the situation will look like post-COVID. […]
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Mon 05 July 2021: Government’s COVID-19 vaccination programme reached a milestone on Monday, with government rolling out the inoculation of the security sector. Police Minister Bheki Cele and National Police General Khehla Sitole were the first to receive their jabs at the launch of the programme at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, on Monday. The […]
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Mon 05 July 2021: Uganda on last Tuesday approved a local herbal medicine as a supporting treatment for viral infections including COVID-19, Anadolu Agency reported. The WHO has not approved the substance for COVID-19 treatment, but Ugandan pharmacists say they have little choice because drugs authorized for emergency use in developed countries are not available. […]
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Mon 05 July 2021: Pfizer-BioNTech jabs are 70% effective against the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19, according to a study conducted in Israel. The results of Hebrew University’s research on the vaccine’s efficacy were published by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) on Sunday. The new finding is compared to the 95% rate of […]
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Sun 04 July 2021: The United States is ready to use COVID-19 booster shots once experts recommend doing so, Jeffrey Zients, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said on Sunday. As the so-called Delta variant of the coronavirus continues spreading across the globe, some countries, such as the United Kingdom and Germany, are preparing to […]
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Sun 04 July 2021: Scientists at NMIMS University, Mumbai, have developed a battery-operated reusable mask that offers protection from airborne human pathogens. While regular masks protect from aerogel and large dust particles, they do not protect against most human pathogens. On the contrary, the new mask is four-layered cotton with a metallic mesh, which acts […]
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