Thu 21 January 2021: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday announced that China has promised to provide 500,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan by January 31. In a video message after a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Qureshi said China offered Islamabad to send an airplane and airlift the […]
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Thu 21 January 2021: South Africa’s six key priorities of the African Union (AU) have had to take a backseat due to COVID-19, with President Cyril Ramaphosa leading the continent’s response to the pandemic and ensuring collaboration in this important battle. While 2020 has been an unprecedented year, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation […]
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Thu 21 January 2021: Oxford scientists are preparing to rapidly produce new versions of their vaccine to combat emerging more contagious COVID-19 variants discovered in the UK, South Africa and Brazil, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. The team behind the vaccine from Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc is undertaking feasibility studies to reconfigure the technology, the […]
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Wed 20 January 2021: A self-styled holy man in Sri Lanka has apparently concocted a miracle potion to prevent Covid-19. However, the invention turned ‘sour’ after a minister drank it publicly and had to be hospitalised due to Covid, reports Al Jazeera. Thousands defied public gathering restrictions to swamp a village in central Sri Lanka last month […]
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Wed 20 January 2021: Faceless private equities and hedge funds control the firms essential to our health and survival. How often do you hear about Dodge & Cox, SSgA Funds Management, BlackRock, Mawer Investment or The Vanguard Group? Well, if you recently popped a Tylenol for a headache, took a Lantus insulin shot or got […]
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Tue 19 January 2021: The UK on Tuesday suffered its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with a further 1,610 deaths, according to official data. There were also a further 33,355 confirmed cases across the UK over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to nearly […]
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Tue 19 January 2021: While the country has seen some promising signs of declining new COVID-19 cases compared to the previous week, the second wave continues to put a massive burden on the healthcare system. This is according to the Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, who was speaking during the opening address on the update […]
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Tue 19 January 2021: Up to 70% of adults in the European Union should be vaccinated against the coronavirus by summer, according to the European Commission. The Brussels-based body plans to publish a corresponding proposal on Tuesday, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) learned in advance. By March, the commission wants an interim goal of 80% of people […]
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Mon 18 January 2021: Higher education is the latest sector to delay its re-opening dates with 16 universities still finalising their academic year. Addressing the media on Monday, Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, announced that universities will start the academic year between early-March and mid-April. The re-opening of higher education institutions […]
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Mon 18 January 2021: With the green light from the FDA, Rockefeller scientists started human trials this week for a new monoclonal antibody drug as a potential treatment for COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies are mass-produced replicas of natural antibodies made by the immune system to fight viruses. Designed to prevent people with early COVID-19 from developing […]
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