Wed 03 March 2021: US President Joe Biden has announced that Merck & Co will help to produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine in a partnership similar to those seen during World War Two, Reuters has reported. A wartime law is being invoked to require Merck & Co to help produce the newly-approved vaccine. […]
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Wed 03 March 2021: Brazil on Tuesday posted its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 in a single day as political infighting exacerbated the country’s health crisis and the pace of its vaccination roll-out faltered. Data from Tuesday showed 1641 people died within the latest 24-hour period. The previous daily high was 1595 on July […]
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Tue 02 March 2021: The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should not be used to prevent infection in people who do not have COVID-19, say a WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel of international experts in The BMJ today. Their strong recommendation is based on high certainty evidence from six randomised controlled trials involving over 6,000 participants with and […]
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Tue 02 March 2021: Twitter announced in a blogpost on Monday, is designed to strengthen the social network’s existing Covid-19 guidance, which has led to the removal of more than 8,400 tweets and challenged 11.5m accounts worldwide. “We believe the strike system will help to educate the public on our policies and further reduce the spread […]
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Mon 01 March 2021: Israel will provide coronavirus vaccinations for 100,000 Palestinians who work in Israel or in its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel will start administering the Moderna vaccines in the coming days at crossings and in industrial zones throughout the occupied West Bank. “During the coming days, a vaccination campaign […]
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Mon 01 March 2021: Ukrainian medical facilities have thrown away some unused Covid-19 vaccines after doctors failed to show up for their own appointments to be vaccinated, ruling party lawmakers said on Monday. Ukraine is in the process of inoculating its 41 million citizens against COVID-19. Last week, the country received AstraZeneca shots made in […]
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Mon 01 March 2021: India’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday stated that no death has occurred due to Covid-19 vaccination in the country so far. Talking about the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccines, he said to ANI, “The side effects are minimal like swelling or fever. This sometimes happens during normal vaccination too. […]
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Mon 01 March 2021: With a fall in new COVID-19 cases, South Africa will move from Level 3 to Level 1 of the Risk Adjusted Strategy tonight. Addressing the nation on developments in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Cabinet had taken this decision earlier today. Under Level […]
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Sun 28 February 2021: Iran has received 250,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China as the country continues the nationwide vaccination of priority groups. The vaccine consignment arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Sunday morning. The cargo of 250,000 doses of the vaccine, donated by China, was handed over to the Health […]
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Sun 29 February 2021: Education budgets were cut by 65 per cent of low and lower-middle income countries after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while only 33 per cent of high and upper-middle income countries did so, according to a report by the World Bank. The report, compiled in collaboration with UNESCO’s Global Education […]
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