Mon 11 January 2021: Palestinian Authority has approved the main Russian vaccine against Covid-19, known as Sputnik V, for use in Palestinian self-ruled territory, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has said. In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila confirmed that her ministry had granted “emergency approval” for the Russian vaccine to be administered […]
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Mon 11 January 2021: Lobby groups say the 4.6 billion pounds ($6.2bn) announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak as emergency aid at the start of the lockdown is not enough. An industry group says at least 250,000 small firms in the United Kingdom could close unless the government gives them more financial help. The Federation of […]
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Mon 11 January 2021: Monday marks a year since the first coronavirus death was announced in Wuhan. China announced the first death from a new virus in Wuhan on 11 January 2020. Twelve months later, Covid-19 has claimed 1.9 million lives worldwide. COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 11, 2021, 10:02 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 90,750,054 Deaths: 1,944,418 […]
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Mon 11 January 2021: Chinese authorities have said a World Health Organization (WHO) team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic will arrive in China on Thursday. Lack of authorisation from Beijing had delayed the arrival of the 10-strong team on a long-awaited mission to investigate early infections, in what […]
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COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 10, 2021, 19:04 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 90,429,982 Deaths: 1,939,630 Recovered: 64,651,435 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ US lawmakers may have been exposed to coronavirus during siege on Capitol House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone testing positive for Covid-19 while they sheltered at an undisclosed location during the Capitol siege by […]
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COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 09, 2021, 09:18 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 90,142,202 Deaths: 1,936,026 Recovered: 64,541,017 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ French President Macron’s wife tested positive for COVID-19 in December The wife of French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 towards the end of December but resumed normal activities after a second test proved negative, […]
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Sat 09 January 2021: The Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip have been vaccinated against Covid, joining more than a million people in the UK who have been given the jab. In an unusual move, Buckingham Palace – which rarely comments on the private health matters of the couple – announced that the […]
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Sat 09 January 2021: More than three-quarters of people hospitalised with Covid-19 still suffered from at least one symptom after six months, according to a study that scientists said shows the need for further investigation into lingering virus effects. The research, which was published in the Lancet medical journal and involved hundreds of patients in […]
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Sat 09 January 2021: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 09, 2021, 10:23 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 89,451,806 Deaths: 1,924,037 Recovered: 64,103,954 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Brazil’s Bolsonaro asks India’s Modi to speed vaccine shipment Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking to expedite a shipment of two million doses […]
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Fri 08 January 2021: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 08, 2021, 17:32 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 88,893,089 Deaths: 1,913,630 Recovered: 63,807,739 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Indonesian clerics declare Sinovac’s vaccine halal A Covid-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech has been deemed halal, or permissible under Islam, Indonesia’s Ulema Council said, days before the country is scheduled to […]
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