Thu 11 March 2021: Health Minister, Dr Zwelini Mkhize, says government remains committed to vaccinate 65% of the population, or 40 million people, as per the original plan by the end of the year to help the country reach herd immunity. This, he said, is owing to vaccine doses being delivered by the manufacturing companies […]
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Thu 11 March 2021: Austria’s national medicines regulator has suspended use of a batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine after four patients were diagnosed with dangerous blood clotting conditions after receiving the jab, PA reports. Four other countries – Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia – have suspended its use to allow time for the EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk […]
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Thu 11 March 2021: Exodus looms as thousands of nurses die since WHO declared coronavirus a pandemic At least 3,000 nurses have died from Covid-19, the global nurses’ federation has said as it warned of a looming exodus of health workers traumatised by the pandemic. The World Health Organisation first described the virus as a […]
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Wed 10 March 2021: A senior World Health Organization official said that so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel because of numerous concerns, including ethical considerations that coronavirus vaccines are not easily available globally. At a press briefing on Monday, WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said there are “real […]
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Wed 10 March 2021: Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths from COVID-19 and may even cause unwanted damage, recent studies have found. According to the new Cochrane Review, the drug probably does not reduce the number of people needing mechanical ventilation. “In addition, they note that no new trials of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for treating COVID-19 […]
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Tue 09 March 2021: China has launched a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate for its citizens planning cross-border travels, joining other countries issuing similar documents as they seek ways to reopen their economies. The digital certificate, which shows a user’s vaccination status and virus test results, is available for Chinese citizens via a programme on Chinese […]
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Tue 09 March 2021: The number of health workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has risen to 107 054 as of 8 March, according to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize. While healthcare workers are top priority in the Sisonke Vaccine Programme, other sectors of the population – including those with comorbidities and essential service workers – will […]
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Tue 09 March 2021: Most of England’s pupils will return to the classroom this week after schools were forced to close their doors to all but the children of key workers in early January as coronavirus infections spiraled out of control. Fully reopening schools is the first stage in the U.K. prime minister’s four-step “roadmap” […]
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Mon 08 March 2021: South Korea said on Monday it had found no link between the coronavirus vaccine and several recent deaths, as it ordered nearly 100,000 foreign workers to be tested after clusters emerged in dormitories. Health officials had been investigating the deaths of eight people with underlying conditions who had adverse reactions after […]
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Sun 07 March 2021: Health officials in Austria suspended the use of a batch of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as a precaution as they investigate the death of one person and illness in another. “The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received two reports in a temporal connection with a vaccination from […]
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