SINGAPORE SAYS POLICE CAN USE COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING DATA FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Tue 05 January 2021: Singapore has admitted its law enforcers will be able to access the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing data for criminal investigations, a decision likely to increase privacy concerns around the system. Officials had previously explicitly ruled out the data would be used for anything other than the virus tracking. But parliament was […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: PREMIER LEAGUE TO CONTINUE DURING LOCKDOWN, MOST US COVID-19 VACCINES GO IDLE

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 Brazil remain the worst-hit […]

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UK PRIME MINISTER IMPOSES NATIONAL LOCKDOWN AS NEW COVID-19 VARIANT SPREADS

Tue 05 January 2021: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said England is adopting a national lockdown that he hopes will be tough enough to contain a new, highly contagious variant of Covid-19. In Johnson’s fourth address to the nation since the pandemic began, he said the new mutant variant of COVID-19 was “frustrating and alarming” as […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: UK TO MOVE TO HIGHEST ALERT LEVEL, ORTHODOX CHURCH TO DEFY LOCKDOWN IN GREECE

Mon 04 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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PM: JORDAN SECURES 3 MILLION DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE

Mon 04 January 2021: Jordan has struck a deal with Pfizer and partner BioNTech to buy 1 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine and another 2 million doses from the World Health Organization’s s COVAX programme, with talks underway for more, the prime minister said on Sunday, Reuters reports. In his address to parliament, Bisher al-Khasawneh did […]

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INDIA: THAROOR CRITICISES GOVT NOD TO BHARAT BIOTECH VAX WITHOUT PHASE-3 TRIALS

Mon 04 January 2021: India’s Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has criticised the government for giving the nod to Bharat Biotech’s Covid vaccine without phase-3 trials. The central licensing authority has granted permission to Bharat Biotech to manufacture ‘Covaxin’ for sale and distribution, after the indigenous coronavirus vaccine received regulatory approval for emergency use. Tharoor said, […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: S.AFRICA TO OBTAIN COVID-19 VACCINES BY FEBRUARY, ASTRAZENECA VACCINE ROLLED OUT IN BRITAIN

Mon 04 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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COVID-19 UPDATE: SAUDI ARABIA ENDS ENTRY BAN, US SURPASSED 350,000 COVID-19 DEATHS

Sun 03 January 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed nearly 1.83 million lives in 191 countries and regions since last December. Over 84.1 million cases have been reported worldwide, including more than 47.42 million recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US’ Johns Hopkins University. The US, India, and Brazil remain the worst-hit countries in […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: RUSSIA INOCULATES OVER 800,000 PEOPLE, VATICAN CITY PLANS SWIFT VACCINATION DRIVE

Sat 02 January 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 1.82 million lives in 191 countries and regions since it originated in China last December. Over 83.68 million cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 47.19 million recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US’ Johns Hopkins University. Israel vaccinates a million against […]

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