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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Wed 16 June 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the country into stricter lockdown regulations, as government gears to tackle the third wave of COVID-19 cases. The President on Tuesday announced that the new measures will see the whole of South Africa move into alert level 3. In a bid to stop the spread […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: The World Bank (WB) and the African Union (AU)’s COVID-19 Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) on Monday announced a decision to work together to deploy vaccines for 400 million Africans. This came after the president of the World Bank, David Malpass, met with the AVATT to discuss ways to accelerate […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: As coronavirus has spread across continents, our way of life has completely changed. Planes have ground to a halt, borders closed off and families separated. But now, as vaccination programmes surge ahead, the aviation industry is working with governments to try to secure safe and efficient ways to travel. A digital […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kolkata-based Scientist Dr Ramendra Lal Mukherjee, an engineer by profession has invented a highly portable battery operated ventilor which can be used by people who suffer from breathing problem, irrespective of their age. It can be charged through mobile charger which can last […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: Britains unemployment rate has fallen again as more people returned to work as pandemic restrictions were eased. Accordingly, the jobless rate dipped to 4.7% in the three months to the end of April, official data showed Tuesday. New figures released by the Office for National Statistics this morning show that 197,000 people […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: Aspen says it will release 300 000 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) doses earmarked for teachers soon. In a statement released on Monday, Aspen said it was “extremely disappointed” to learn that specific batches of the J&J manufactured at its Gqeberha production site have to be destroyed. This is due to the good […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: More than 450,000 people have registered for the upcoming Hajj, according to Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, within 24 hours of the registration platform opening. Around 60 per cent of applicants are males and the rest females. #إنفوجرافيك | 📊#وزارة_الحج_والعمرة تعلن تسجيل أكثر من 450 ألف طلب للحج، خلال […]
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