Tue 08 June 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) says it is in talks with the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency halted the production of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine. The FDA is currently investigating potential good manufacturing practice (GMP) violations in the United States factory. “SAHPRA […]
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Mon 07 June 2021: With public fear about contracting the coronavirus way down in the wake of rising vaccinations, Americans are easing up on their social distancing and venturing out more to stores, restaurants, doctors’ offices, pharmacies and salons. Less than a quarter of all adult Americans are now practicing strict social distancing, according to a new […]
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Mon 07 June 2021: KwaZulu-Natal will this week open a further 21 new COVID-19 vaccination sites to accommodate teachers, who will be vaccinated from Wednesday, 09 June 2021. Addressing the media on the latest developments regarding COVID-19 and other related matters on Sunday, KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala said the province will be receiving 110 400 […]
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Mon 07 June 2021: Over 200 former prime ministers, presidents and foreign ministers are among 230 prominent figures calling on the leaders of the powerful G7 countries to pay two-thirds of the $66 billion needed to vaccinate low-income countries against Covid, Report informs referring to the Guardian. “Support from the G7 and G20 that makes […]
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Sat 05 June 2021: The number of coronavirus cases across the UK is beginning to increase again, as the Indian variant of the virus continues to spread across the country and becomes its most dominant strain. On Friday, the country recorded 6,238 new cases and between May 29 and June 4, 29,028 people had a […]
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Sat 05 June 2021: The coronavirus death toll in Brazil has exceeded 470,000 people, the country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement. According to the ministry, the overall number of registered cases of COVID-19 in the country stands at 16,841,408, with 470,842 deaths. Over the past 24 hours, doctors in Brazil have recorded […]
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Fri 04 June 2021: Employees at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, whose medical histories were urged to be made public by the chief infectious disease specialist of the US, Anthony Fauci, are not related to the initial phases of COVID-19 spread, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday. The Financial Times reported that […]
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Fri 04 June 2021: The Indian strain of the coronavirus has overtaken the British one as the dominant variant in the United Kingdom, with cases linked to the Delta mutation rising by 5,472 since last week to 12,431, Public Health England said Thursday. “Although there is some regional variation, PHE experts now believe that […]
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Fri 04 June 2021: A study with cell cultures suggests that the experimental drug Tempol may be a promising antiviral treatment for COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Thursday. “Tempol can limit SARS-CoV-2 infection by impairing the activity of a viral enzyme called RNA replicase,” the NIH said in a press release. […]
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Fri 04 June 2021: Donald Trump responded to newfound credibility of allegations that China created the novel coronavirus in a biological research laboratory by putting a price on damage to the United States and the world at $10 trillion, according to a statement issued by the former US president’s Save America organization. “Now everybody, […]
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