TURKEY: OVER 100,000 HEALTH WORKERS GET COVID-19 VACCINE JABS

Thu 14 January 2021: Over 100,000 health care staff in Turkey received the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the country’s health minister said on Thursday. “As of now, the number of health professionals getting the first doses crossed 100,000,” Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter at around 1.40 p.m. local time (1040 GMT), sharing a link […]

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28 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS WORLD VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 SO FAR, WHO SAYS

Thu 14 January 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that about 28 million vaccine doses have been administered so far in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic – largely in the wealthiest countries. WHO Emergencies Director Michael Ryan said around 46 countries had started their coronavirus vaccination campaigns – of which 38 were […]

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UK, SOUTH AFRICA COVID VARIANTS FOUND IN DOZENS OF COUNTRIES: WHO

Wed 13 January 2021: A highly infectious mutation of the novel coronavirus first recorded in the United Kingdom last month has spread to dozens of countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since being reported to the WHO on December 14, the UK-identified variant VOC 202012/01 has been found in 50 countries, territories and […]

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20, 000 ARRESTED IN S.AFRICA FOR CONTRAVENING LOCKDOWN REGULATIONS

Wed 13 January 2021: Police Minister Bheki Cele has called on South Africans to heed government’s call to adhere to the adjusted COVID-19 lockdown regulations. This comes as 20 000 people have been arrested and/or fined for contravention of the Disaster Management Act since the start of the Adjusted Level 3 Lockdown on 29 December […]

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INDIA GEARS UP FOR MEGA COVID VACCINATION DRIVE

Wed 13 January 2021: India has kicked off one of the world’s biggest inoculation programs that will be a crucial test of how quickly developing countries, with limited health and transportation infrastructure, can protect their populations against Covid-19. Refrigerated trucks and private planes, accompanied by police officers, fanned out from Pune on Tuesday to around […]

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