Thu 10 June 2021: The rollout of Germany’s much-anticipated digital vaccine certificate will begin from Thursday, June 10. German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday that Germany will roll out a digital immunity certificate “CovPass” by the end of June, making it easier to definitively prove that a person has been fully vaccinated. The […]
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Thu 10 June 2021: Iran’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed the three-million mark on Thursday, the health ministry said, while daily cases and deaths continued a downward trend after peaking in April. In the past 24 hours, the country officially recorded 12,398 new infections and 153 fatalities, bringing total cases and deaths to 3,003,112 and 81,672, […]
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Thu 10 June 2021: The US administration of Joe Biden will purchase 500 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to donate globally, according to a report Wednesday. Under to the scheme, which Biden is expected to announce in the UK on Thursday, the US would pay for the vaccines at cost price. The first 200m […]
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Wed 09 June 2021: The United States on Wednesday announced an agreement with Merck to buy 1.7 million courses of an experimental antiviral pill against Covid-19. The $1.2 billion Dollar deal is for a drug called molnupiravir, which is currently being tested in a global Phase 3 clinical trial of 1,850 people, with results expected […]
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Wed 09 June 2021: The United Kingdom’s single-day coronavirus increase surged to the highest level since February 27, as 7,540 new cases were confirmed, the department of health said on Wednesday, adding that six COVID-19-related fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours. A day earlier, the country confirmed 6,048 new cases and 13 […]
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Wed 09 June 2021: Over 2.22 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given worldwide so far, figures compiled by Our World in Data showed on Wednesday. China leads the global count with over 808.96 million jabs, followed by the US with 303.92 million, according to the tracking website. India has administered 233.68 million shots, […]
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Wed 09 June 2021: A hospital pharmacist who admitted he was skeptical about COVID-19 vaccines received a 3 year jail sentence for tampering with a batch of Moderna inoculations by removing them from refrigeration, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. Steven Brandenburg, of Grafton, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in February to two felony […]
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Wed 09 June 2021: As many as 30,000 nurses in New Zealand went on an eight-hour nationwide strike on Wednesday, demanding that the government put an end to underfunding of health care system and inadequate staffing. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) announced the eight-hour strike on Monday after it rejected the second pay offer […]
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Tue 08 June 2021: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday hinted at the possibility of making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for medical workers, Ekathimerini news reported. While speaking at a debate on a bill on electronic COVID-19 certificates, Mitsotakis said that the government will soon change its persuasion strategy to an “official position” on mandatory […]
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Tue 08 June 2021: A record number of fake online pharmacies have been shut down under Operation Pangea XIV targeting the sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines and medical products. The operation coordinated by INTERPOL involved police, customs and health regulatory authorities from 92 countries. It resulted in 113,020 web links including websites and online […]
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