Sat 06 February 2021: The number of vaccinations against COVID-19 has now overtaken the number of reported infections globally, but more than three-quarters of vaccinations are in just 10 countries, the World Health Organization chief Tedros said on Friday. “In one sense, that’s good news and a remarkable achievement in such a short timeframe,” said […]
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Thu 04 February 2021: The National Consumer Commission (NCC) of South Africa has launched an investigation into allegations of price gouging relating to garlic and ginger. “The law defines price gouging as an unfair or unreasonable price increase that does not correspond to or is not equivalent to the increase in the cost of providing […]
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Thu 04 February 2021: The World Heath Organization is deploying teams across Syria for a vaccination programme that will be rolled out both in government-held areas and territory outside state control, perhaps as soon as April, it said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Dr Akjemal Magtymova, WHO representative in Damascus, said the body’s COVAX programme plans to immunize […]
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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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