Fri 21 May 2021: UNICEF on Friday said it urgently requires $164 million in medical support for South Asia amid the coronavirus pandemic. The fund will be used for procuring oxygen and testing supplies, medical equipment, personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control material “to help save lives amid a deadly wave of COVID-19 […]
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Fri 21 May 2021: India has reported 259,551 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths have risen by 4,209 with rising cases of mucormycosis, a fungal disease also known as “black fungus”, further complicating treatment. The South Asian nation’s infection tally stands at 26.03 million, with a death toll of 291,331, health […]
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Thu 20 May 2021: The Council of the European Union recommended on Thursday allowing EU entry for foreign travelers who were fully inoculated against the coronavirus with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or the World Health Organization (WHO) at least 14 days before arrival. “If member states accept proof of […]
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Thu 20 May 2021: The nauseating scenes are being witnessed at the banks of Ganga in Prayagraj (Allahabad) where dogs are digging out the dead bodies from the makeshift graves and devouring them “This is sickening to see dogs digging the make shift graved and pulling out the dead bodies and later feasting on them. […]
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Wed 19 May 2021: India reported the highest daily figure for deaths due to the coronavirus on Wednesday, the country’s Health Ministry said. With 4,529 new deaths, the nationwide tally has reached 283,248. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s top research body, said that 2,008,296 people were tested on Tuesday. So far, […]
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Wed 19 May 2021: The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) has pulled the plug on all contact sports with immediate effect, following COVID-19 cluster outbreaks in public schools. According to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the decision was taken during a virtual meeting held on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the department said non-contact sports training […]
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Tue 18 May 2021: Serum Institute chief Adar Poonawalla today said his firm has “never exported vaccines at the cost of the people of India”. India’s vaccination drive, he said, cannot be completed in two or three months given the huge population. It is Important to “stay united to fight the pandemic”, read his statement […]
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Tue 18 May 2021: Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, says it is all systems go as the country embarks on its second day of the COVID-19 mass vaccination rollout plan. Despite a successful first day on Monday, Mkhize acknowledged that some provinces experienced a few challenges. Speaking at the Royal Showgrounds mass vaccination centre […]
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Tue 18 May 2021: Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has urged the elderly to sign up for their COVID-19 vaccine, as the country implements the second phase of the vaccination rollout plan on Monday. “All services are zero-rated and do not need airtime, data or money to use the services,” the Minister said on Sunday. […]
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Tue 18 May 2021: Highlighting the gap of vaccinations between high-income countries and low and lower-middle countries, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that the world is at risk of ‘vaccine apartheid’. Speaking at the Paris Peace Forum Spring Meeting, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “I think I would go one […]
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