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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Thu 01 June 2021: Cabinet has encouraged those in their 50s to register for the COVID-19 vaccination on the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) from today, to receive their shot from 15 July. People in this age group are urged to register using the https://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za or WhatsApp 0600 123456. Meanwhile, Cabinet has confirmed that police officers will be […]
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Thu 01 June 2021: A 10-week decline in new coronavirus infections across Europe has come to an end and a new wave of infections is inevitable if citizens and lawmakers do not remain disciplined, the head of WHO in Europe, Hans Kluge, told a news briefing on Thursday. Last week, the number of new cases […]
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Thu 01 June 2021: The World Bank announced it has increased its vaccine fund for developing countries to $20 billion. In addition, the bank’s private financing arm secured a $710 million package for a South African vaccine manufacturer to ramp up production, the institution announced. “Together the actions announced today on vaccine production, deployment and […]
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Thu 01 June 2021: Over 3.04 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have so far been administered worldwide, figures compiled by Our World in Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University, showed on Wednesday. China leads the global count with more than 1.23 billion jabs, followed by the India with 327.42 million. The US has […]
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Thu 01 July 2021: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his UAE counterpart, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at a meeting in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday have agreed to cooperate to allow fully vaccinated people to travel between the two countries without being quarantined, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The parties decided […]
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Wed 30 June 2021: The United Kingdom has recorded a further 26,068 cases of Covid-19, the highest daily figure since January 29 and sending the seven day-tally up 70 percent on the week before, official data showed. Despite the surge in new infections, Britain’s daily fatality figures have remained in low double digits. Fourteen deaths […]
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Wed 30 June 2021: The global economy could loose around $4 trillion due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry in 2020 and 2021, a report by the United Nations World Tourism Organization and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report on Wednesday. The report stated […]
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