Fri 25 June 2021: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has received the first coronavirus vaccine developed by Iran, state TV reported Friday. Khamenei said that he was not interested in taking foreign-made vaccines, because it is better to “wait for the Iranian vaccine because we have to be proud of this national honor.” In January, Khamenei […]
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Fri 25 June 2021: Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, has announced that those aged 50 and above will get the chance to receive their COVID-19 vaccines from 15 July 2021. The Acting Minister announced this on Friday, following approval by the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Vaccines. Registration will open from 1 July. The Minister also […]
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Fri 25 June 2021: Over 2.84 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have so far been given worldwide, figures compiled by Our World in Data, a tracking website, showed on Friday. China leads the global count with more than 1.12 billion jabs, followed by the US with 320.69 million. India has administered 300.05 million shots, Brazil […]
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Fri 25 June 2021: The UK government has announced Malta is being added to the green list and green watch list from June 30 along with Madeira, the Balearic Islands, several UK Overseas Territories and Caribbean Islands including Barbados. Israel and Jerusalem are also added to the green watchlist. All additions to the green list, […]
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Fri 25 June 2021: The advancing monsoon and the increasing water level in Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj town have thrown up a challenge for authorities: Dealing with the mass graves in the sandbanks, suspected to be of Covid patients. As the water level rises and the sand banks crumble, the bodies are floating up. […]
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Fri 25 June 2021: Africa is in the midst of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as cases surge weekly and are on course to overtake the second wave at its peak if the trend continues, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday. “Africa is facing a fast-surging third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, […]
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Thu 24 June 2021: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Thursday announced the end of the registration period via the online portal for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, adding that 558,270 people have applied to perform the Muslim pilgrimage. The ministry said the second phase of registration and selection of packages will start on […]
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Thu 24 June 2021: The Department of Basic Education says it is satisfied with the first day of the vaccination programme in the basic education sector, which saw more than 48 000 educators and staff vaccinated. According to the preliminary report from the Department of Health, more than 48 000 educators and staff were vaccinated on the […]
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Wed 23 June 2021: Hand sanitizers, an ubiquitous presence during the coronavirus pandemic, threatens users with nausea, dizziness and occasional adverse events requiring treatment by healthcare providers, the US food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned on Tuesday. “FDA reviewed case reports submitted to FDA and cases from calls to US poison control centers of adverse […]
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Wed 23 June 2021: Up to 10% of France’s newly-registered coronavirus cases are the Delta variant, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday. The Delta strain of the coronavirus was first identified in India in December 2020. “There are concerns about the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus strain Delta found in India, which is […]
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