Sun 04 July 2021: The world is in a very “dangerous period” of the coronavirus pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta — first detected in India — which is continuing to evolve and mutate, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned. “In countries with low COVID-19 vaccination coverage, terrible […]
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Sun 04 July 2021: Students in the United Kingdom are using TikTok to learn and share tips for faking positive Covid-19 tests as hundreds of thousands of pupils in “bubbles” are already being forced to miss school, The Guardian reported on Saturday. One UK science teacher told the publication students “say it’s a great way […]
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Sun 04 July 2021: Bangladesh received 4.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccines produced in the US and China early on Saturday morning, according to officials. Of these, 2.5 million were doses of the Moderna jab provided by the US as a gift through the COVAX facility, while 2 million were Chinese Sinopharm vaccines purchased by […]
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Sat 03 July 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on Saturday announced that it had authorized the use of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The latest vaccine approval was based on the “safety, quality and efficacy data” submitted to the regulator between March 22 and June 22, it said in a statement. “The authorisation […]
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Fri 02 July 2021: A study on vaccine efficacy against COVID-19 variants has shown that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine works better against the Delta variant, and gets better over time with both Delta and Beta variants. This follows a study conducted where 10 participants received one dose, and 10 participants received two doses of […]
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Fri 02 July 2021: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 5,551,886 as of Friday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the 55-member African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 143,779 while 4,841,460 patients across […]
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Fri 02 July 2021: The 19-member eurozone’s unemployment rate fell to 7.9 percent in May from 8.1 percent in April, the European Union’s (EU) statistical bureau Eurostat said on Thursday. In the EU, the unemployment rate was 7.3 percent in May, declining 0.1 percentage point over a month. About 15,278 million people were unemployed in […]
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Fri 02 July 2021: EU Council adds 10 countries and one entity/territorial authority to the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted EU governments agreed to add Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Canada, Jordan, Montenegro, Qatar, Moldova and Saudi Arabia to the bloc’s free travel list, said the European Council, the […]
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Fri 02 June 2021: We’ve been hearing concerns about COVID variants since the outbreak began but none are as worrying as the Delta strain. At least, so far. From Asia to Africa to South America the vaccinated, under vaccinated and unvaccinated are all reaching for their masks. Why does this variant seem so much more alarming […]
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Thu 01 June 2021: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky issued her gravest warning yet Thursday about the highly contagious Delta variant, which has driven a sharp increase in new Covid-19 cases across the country. The Delta variant is the second most prevalent coronavirus mutation in the United States and is predicted […]
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