Sun 20 June 2021: The number of COVID-19 jabs administered in China has passed the one billion mark, health officials said Sunday, more than a third of the doses given worldwide. The announcement by the National Health Commission comes after the number of shots administered globally surpassed 2.5 billion on Friday, according to an AFP […]
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Sat 19 June 2021: Police officers are next in line to get vaccinated after the inoculation of teachers. This is according to the Health Department’s Dr Nicholas Crisp, who said this second major vaccination programme is now at an advanced stage of planning. “It will be rolled out immediately upon the completion of the teacher […]
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Sat 19 June 2021: Over 2.58 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given worldwide so far, figures compiled by Our World in Data, a tracking website, showed on Saturday. China leads the global count with over 990.26 million jabs, followed by the US with 316.50 million. India has administered 272.38 million shots, Brazil 85.39 […]
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Sat 19 June 2021: Senegalese President Macky Sall urged his country to get vaccinated to avoid serious illness from the coronavirus, media reports said Friday. “The trend of new contaminations is increasing,” he said late Thursday. Sall’s remarks were made during an economic tour following the announcement of an increase in new infections made by […]
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Thu 17 June 2021: Following a further public health assessment of the COVID-19 outbreak in greater Melbourne, New Zealand’s quarantine-free travel pause with Australia’s Victoria state will lift next Tuesday, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said on Thursday. It has been determined that the risk to public health in New Zealand continues to decrease and, […]
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Thu 17 June 2021: The National Health Department says it is ready to start vaccinating teachers in their numbers from next week. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines are expected to arrive in the country tomorrow afternoon. This is according to the department’s Technical Advisor, Dr Aquina Thulare, who was briefing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on […]
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Thu 17 June 2021: The UK registered more than 9,000 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, its highest total since February. Government data showed the UK recorded 9,055 new infections, the highest figure since Feb. 25, when 9,985 cases were reported. Wednesday’s figure brings the country’s total number of cases since the start of the pandemic […]
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Wed 16 June 2021: Exposure to the virus that causes common cold can provide protection against infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind COVID-19, according to a study. The research, published on Tuesday in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, found that rhinovirus, the common respiratory virus, jump-starts the activity of interferon-stimulated genes. These genes trigger early-response […]
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Wed 16 June 2021: Vaccination against the coronavirus in Russia is not mandatory and the authorities do not plan to force citizens to get the injection, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Russian consumer rights watchdog announced that companies in Moscow and the Moscow Region were asked to vaccinate […]
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Wed 16 June 2021: Deputy President David Mabuza says negotiations with the manufacturers of Sputnik V and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines are at an advanced stage. The Deputy President said this when he responded to oral questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Tuesday. “Further interventions being implemented to save lives are ongoing. Negotiations […]
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