Sat 03 September 2022: Russia recorded more than 50,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for the second day running on Saturday, the government’s coronavirus task force said. Over the last 24 hours, 51,699 cases were detected across Russia – the most in a single day since March 9. On Friday, Russia’s caseload passed the 50,000 mark […]
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Wed 31 August 2022: Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. A statement from Mahathir’s office said he had been confirmed to have the virus on Wednesday morning and had been admitted to the National Heart Institute “for observation for the next few days as advised […]
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Tue 30 August 2022: In order to restrict Covid-19 ahead of a significant ruling Communist Party meeting this year, officials enforced a lockdown on millions of people in the districts surrounding China’s capital on Tuesday, AFP reported. As authorities scramble to contain a small virus flare-up, nearly four million residents of Hebei province, which encircles […]
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Fri 26 August 2022: Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech are being sued by Moderna for alleged patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified monetary damages, claims they copied technology developed by Moderna years before the pandemic. Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel […]
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Mon 22 August 2022: Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service. Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States who emerged as the public face of the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response, has announced that he will step down in December. Fauci […]
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Fri 19 August 2022: The coronavirus pandemic resulted in over 8,000 excess suicide deaths in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Wednesday, citing a recent study. A group of researchers compared the expected number of suicides based on past trends with the actual number of suicide deaths over […]
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Mon 15 August 2022: The top executive of Pfizer, a major COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer, has tested positive for the virus but reports only very minor symptoms. Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, announced on Monday that he has begun taking the Paxlovid medication and is isolating himself until he recovers. Bourla has had four […]
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Sun 07 August 2022: After testing positive for COVID-19 for over a week, U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for the virus for the second day in a row on Sunday and will come out of isolation, according to the White House doctor. Following his negative test, Biden will return to public engagement and travel, Dr. […]
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Sat 06 August 2022: One of the primary signs that has served as a coronavirus (COVID-19) indicator since the beginning is the loss of smell. In late 2019, when the deadly virus was first discovered, no one was aware of its symptoms. The early signs of Covid at the time were probably loss of taste […]
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Sat 06 August 2022: Dr. Anthony Fauci was threatened with death because of his position as the president of the United States’ chief medical advisor during the Covid-19 outbreak. The West Virginia man who made the threat has received a sentence of more than three years in prison. For sending encrypted emails to the head […]
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