Mon 15 March 2021: European countries France and Italy suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine over safety fears on Monday. Several EU countries have called a halt to the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports from Denmark and Norway of possible serious side-effects, including bleeding and blood clots. The WHO said its advisory panel was reviewing reports related to the […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: A growing list of countries have suspended AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shots amid fears over blood clots and other possible side effects, despite the company and the World Health Organization insisting there is no risk. Here’s a recap: – Nordic countries sound alarm – Denmark is the first country on March 11 to […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: Intensive care doctors in Germany warned Monday that the country would need to make an “immediate return” to partial lockdown if it is to avoid stumbling into a dangerous third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. “From the data we currently have and with the spread of the British mutation, we would […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: India has recorded 26,291 new coronavirus cases, its highest single-day spike this year, taking the total caseload to 11,385,339, according to official data. The number of deaths linked with COVID-19 increased to 158,725 with 118 more fatalities being recorded on the day, the federal health ministry update said on Monday. India, […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: Facebook Inc, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it has started adding labels to posts that discuss the safety of the shots and will soon label all posts about the vaccines. The social media company said in a […]
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Sun 14 March 2021: The progenitor of the novel coronavirus underwent “very little change” to adapt to humans from bats, according to a new study which suggests that the ability of the virus to spread from one person to another likely evolved in the flying mammal prior to it jumping to its new human host. […]
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Sun 14 March 2021: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says the Western campaign against the Russian coronavirus vaccine has been ongoing for several months. On Friday, a high-ranking source in the Kremlin told reporters that the information campaign that the US and its allies plan to stage against Russia’s Sputnik V is aimed at […]
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Sat 13 March 2021: Leaders of Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovenia have sent a letter to the heads of the European Commission and Council, calling for a discussion of disparities in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines, according to the letter circulated by media. On Friday, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz voiced his concern that some EU countries may have inked “secret […]
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Sat 13 March 2021: UK-based drugs company AstraZeneca insisted on Friday its coronavirus vaccine was safe, after some countries suspended its use in response to concerns about a potential link to blood clots. “An analysis of our safety data of more than 10 million records has shown no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary […]
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Fri 12 March 2021: Deputy President David Mabuza says traditional leaders and faith-based leaders will play a crucial role in the roll out of government’s large-scale COVID-19 vaccination programme. The Deputy President said this when he fielded oral questions in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday. “Traditional leaders and faith-based leaders have committed to […]
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