Sat 13 February 2021: The University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the COVID-19 vaccine it has developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children for the first time, it said on Saturday. The new mid-stage trial will determine whether the vaccine is effective on people between the ages […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: People eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine among the over-70 most at-risk groups who haven’t yet had their jab are being urged by the National Health Service (NHS) to come forward this weekend in a renewed drive as the UK government nears its target of vaccinating the top priority groups by Monday. […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: The independent expert team sent by the World Health Organization (WHO) to study the origins of the novel coronavirus was questioned Friday about its investigation in the Chinese city of Wuhan as it was conducted a full year after the outbreak erupted. “I think we have been successful. In many ways, […]
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Fri 12 February 2021: All the COVID-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused by minuscule viral particles. Using global rates of new infections with the pandemic disease, coupled with […]
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Thu 11 February 2021: Cabinet has reassured citizens that the vaccination programme is still on track after the country halted its rollout plan o AstraZeneca. “The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will now be used instead of the AstraZeneca vaccine,” Cabinet said on Wednesday. The Executive has once again reiterated that the change of plan follows comprehensive […]
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Thu 11 February 2021: The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease was found to be circulating in France since November 2019, a new study by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) has revealed. The first case of COVID-19 infection, or patient zero, was […]
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Wed 10 February 2021: Government will go ahead with its planned phase one of vaccination targeting healthcare workers – using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine instead of an AstraZeneca jab. Updating the country on the latest developments, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been proven effective against 501Y.V2, while […]
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Tue 09 February 2021: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to decide on the emergency use listing of the AstraZeneca vaccine, for the two sites in India and the Republic of Korea, which will produce it for COVAX. The announcement comes after results showed that the two-dose regimen of the University of Oxford’s AstraZeneca […]
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Tue 09 February 2021: A joint World Health Organisation (WHO) and Chinese expert mission stated on Tuesday that there is not enough evidence indicating that coronavirus was spreading in China’s central Wuhan before December 2019. The joint mission has been investigating the origins of COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. The WHO team arrived in Wuhan […]
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Tue 09 February 2021: Facebook announced Monday that the company would take action against users and groups on Facebook and Instagram that spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine or vaccines in general. The company is acting on advice from the World Health Organization and other groups to expand its list of false claims that are harmful. “We […]
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