Mon 12 April 2021: On Monday, India’s Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation recommended the Emergency Use Authorization of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. If the Drugs Controller General of India accepts this recommendation, it will become the 3rd approved COVID-19 vaccine in India after COVAXIN and COVISHIELD amid surging novel coronavirus […]
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Mon 12 April 2021: The UK could fully vaccinate three-quarters of its population by August despite ensuing vaccine shortages and rising concerns over a possible link between the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots, Anadolu Agency reported. Airfinity, which tracks global vaccination programs, has said on Sunday that 75% of the UK population could be […]
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Mon 12 April 2021: India has reported a record 169,000 COVID-19 infections overnight, data from the health ministry showed, overtaking Brazil to become the second-most affected country globally by the coronavirus. India’s total cases have reached 13.52 million, according to the country’s Health Ministry, while US-based John Hopkins University put the total number of cases […]
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Sat 10 April 2021: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has tested positive for coronavirus, the organisation tweeted on its official handle. Mr Bhagwat, 70, has been showing commons symptoms of coronavirus infection, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) tweeted. “He is currently having common symptoms of COVID-19 and has been admitted to Kingsway Hospital in […]
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Sat 10 April 2021: India on Saturday witnessed an unprecedented surge of 1,45,384 coronavirus cases, the highest since the start of pandemic, as the country’s tally surged to 1,32,05,0926. Night curfews and restrictions are back in many parts amid concerns over second Covid wave. While the death toll stands at 168,436 which includes 794 new […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: The Brazilian Senate will open an inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as President Jair Bolsonaro continues to resist lockdown measures even with Covid-19 deaths at new records. A judge from the country’s supreme court on Thursday ordered the Senate to create a commission for the inquiry, after […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally have been in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) office said on Thursday. The African countries started to receive vaccines only five weeks ago and in small quantities. “Although progress is being made, many African countries have […]
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Fri 09 April 2021: Native Americans in the US state of Montana died from COVID-19 at rates nearly four times the rate of whites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report. “During March 13 – November 30, 2020, COVID-19 incidence and mortality among AI/AN [Native American] persons in Montana were approximately twice and nearly four times those among White persons, […]
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Thu 08 April 2021: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed on Thursday that vaccination passports must not limit the right to travel. “I agree that vaccination passports must not restrict human rights, including the right to travel. However, exactly this kind of idea was initially discussed in the European Union. The question remains acute. And we need, […]
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Thu 08 April 2021: Africa should be able to have capacity to manufacture and distribute its own biotechnology to develop vaccines as COVID-19 continues to sweep the globe. Speaking during the webinar on World Health Day on Wednesday, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said depending on other continents should be the thing of the past. […]
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