Thu 04 February 2021: A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy. The dogs are conditioned to scent out the “corona odor” that comes from cells in infected people, said Esther Schalke, a vet at Germany’s armed forces school for service dogs. Filou, […]
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Wed 03 February 2021: Clinicians can now self-register to get their COVID-19 inoculation, as government prepares for its historic vaccination rollout in the next coming weeks. Launching the Electronic Vaccine Data System (EVDS) on Wednesday, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said more than 34 000 frontline workers have already registered. Healthcare workers can register on http://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za. In […]
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Wed 03 February 2021: China on Wednesday said it will offer 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the international consortium of vaccines led by World Health Organization (WHO). “At the request of the WHO, China has decided to offer 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to WHO’s COVAX, to meet the urgent need of developing […]
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Wed 03 February 2021: A team of investigators working on behalf of the World Health Organization visited on Wednesday a major virus research laboratory in China’s central city of Wuhan, seeking clues to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Driving through thick morning mist, the team, led by WHO virus expert Peter Ben Embarek, arrived […]
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Wed 03 February 2021: Palestinians launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday, with health workers receiving the first shots after the delivery of doses from Israel and international shipments expected within days. Israel, which is carrying out an aggressive inoculation campaign for its own citizens, has faced mounting global pressure in recent weeks, including from the United […]
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Wed 03 February 2021: Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has died after he was hospitalized with COVID-19, his family said Tuesday. Hannah Ingram-Moore revealed in a statement Sunday posted on Twitter that her father, widely […]
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Tue 02 February 2021: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday evening oversaw the start of Pakistan’s coronavirus vaccination campaign, with the first jab administered to a doctor in Islamabad. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the launch of the drive, the premier congratulated his government’s health team for moving rapidly to secure the vaccine and […]
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Tue 02 February 2021: South Africa’s president confirmed late Monday that no one will be forced to take the coronavirus vaccine against their will, nor will it be administered in secret. “I want to be clear. Nobody will be forced to take this vaccine. Nobody will be forbidden from travelling, from enrolling at school, or […]
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Tue 02 February 2021: WHO on Monday cheered the falling rate of global coronavirus cases but warned governments and individuals to keep their guard up as new variants spread, advising continued vigilance against the lethal virus. “There are still many countries with increasing numbers of cases, but at the global level, this is encouraging news,” […]
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Tue 02 February 2021: South African Department of Health has developed an Electronic Vaccine Data System to streamline the vaccine registration and rollout process President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan as the country has officially received its first shipment of one million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, also known as Covishield. The first […]
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