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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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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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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Wed 13 January 2021: The Google News Initiative on Tuesday launched a global open fund to fight misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, worth up to $3 million. The “COVID-19 Vaccine Counter Misinformation Open Fund” aims to support journalistic efforts to effectively fact-check misinformation about the COVID-19 immunization process, the initiative belonging to Alphabet’s Google said in […]
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Tue 12 January 2021: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 12, 2021, 19:58 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 91,740,517 Deaths: 1,963,368 Recovered: 65,612,144 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ India’s approval of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin draws Criticism India’s Bharat Biotech has signed an agreement with a medicine distributor to supply its vaccine to Brazil, it has said, even as the shot’s […]
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Tue 12 January 2021: A coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac showed “general efficacy” of 50.4% in a late-stage trial in Brazil, researchers have said, barely enough for regulatory approval and far short of earlier indications. The latest results are a major disappointment for Brazil, as the Chinese vaccine is one of two that the […]
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Tue 12 January 2021: COVID-19 pandemic causes so many problems for healthcare systems it is actually incredible. Resources became scarce and even the personnel was stretched thin. Having so many infected patients in hospitals means that making decisions about individual treatment is extremely hard. But now UK’s NHS workers will be able to use an […]
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Tue 12 January 2021: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called Monday for a collective commitment so that within the next 100 days, coronavirus vaccination for health workers and those at higher risk in all countries can begin, with one official saying the hope is for a rollout during February. At a bi-weekly […]
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COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 11, 2021, 19:34 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 90,990,108 Deaths: 1,948,269 Recovered: 65,007,883 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Fake vaccines for COVID-19 selling for $2,000 on dark web: Experts The slow rollout of vaccines has left long waiting lines for the life-saving drugs, leaving an opening for traffickers and criminals to exploit, often with light […]
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Ramaphosa said the country would remain on an adjusted level 3 lockdown, but announced additional measures to contain the virus President Ramaphosa said, The pandemic in our country is now at its most devastating. The number of new infections, hospital admissions and deaths is higher now than it has ever been since the first case […]
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