Fri 08 January 2021: The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has formally declared an effective emergency in the UK capital, as it grapples with a soaring number of coronavirus cases and hospitals struggle to cope with the influx of patients. Facing continuing surge of new Covid-19 cases, London mayor Sadiq Khan on Friday declared a ‘major incident’ […]
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Fri 08 January 2021: An arthritis drug has been found to reduce the risk of death for people with the most severe cases of COVID-19 by a quarter, if they are given the treatment within 24 hours of entering intensive care, a British study of treatments for the disease has found. The REMAP-CAP clinical trial, […]
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Fri 08 January 2021: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 08, 2021, 08:28 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 88,560,192 Deaths: 1,907,702 Recovered: 63,656,375 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Pfizer Says Its Vaccine Appears Effective Against New Coronavirus Variant Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus […]
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COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 07, 2021, 17:54 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 87,992,439 Deaths: 1,898,356 Recovered: 63,340,169 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Vaccine deliveries under the Covax facility could start this month Vaccine deliveries under the Covax facility coordinated by the World Health Organization to support lower-income countries could start this month, O’Brien has said. We need about […]
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Thu 07 January 2021: South Africa will receive 1.5 million Covid-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India, the country’s health minister Zweli Mkhize announced Thursday. Mkhize said the first million doses will arrive this month, with the remainder delivered in February. Vaccination priority in the first round of inoculations will be given to the nation’s more […]
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Thu 07 January 2021: Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council aims to issue a ruling on whether a vaccine is halal, or permissible under Islam, before the country is due to start a mass inoculation programme using a Chinese vaccine next week. The world’s largest Muslim-majority country plans to launch vaccinations on Janaury 13 after obtaining […]
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Wed 06 January 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 1.83 million lives in 191 countries and regions since it originated in China in December 2019. Over 84.76 million cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 47.70 million recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US’ Johns Hopkins University. The US, India, and […]
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Wed 06 January 2021: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Muhammad Saleh Benten said that it is advisable for those who wish to perform Umrah to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Benten made the remarks while speaking to Al-Arabiya channel after receiving coronavirus vaccine dose in Jeddah. “Anyone who registers to receive coronavirus vaccine through […]
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Wed 06 January 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 1.83 million lives in 191 countries and regions since it originated in China in December 2019. Over 84.76 million cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 47.70 million recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US’ Johns Hopkins University. The US, India, and […]
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The director of Umvoti Light newspaper and member of the Tactical Shooting Team (TST) Rivaj Ramdas whose initiative to broadcast the athan on loudspeakers and protest against the banning of the Athan (Islamic call to prayer) in Isipingo Beach has passed away. According to a post on social media, Ramdas passed away on Tuesday after […]
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