Mon 28 December 2020: Iran is due to start testing a domestically produced coronavirus vaccine on human subjects as the country continues to face difficulties in importing sufficient quantities of vaccines due to US sanctions. The only Iranian-made vaccine to clear animal trials so far, produced by Shifa Pharmed, aims to complete limited tests on […]
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Mon 28 December 2020: Fatalities nearly tripled in 1 month in Nigeria The number of people who died of COVID-19 in Nigeria this month has more than doubled compared to the figure in November, amid a second wave of the virus, local media reported Monday. Critical infections over the novel virus have also witnessed a […]
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Mon 28 December 2020: Zhang Zhan is one of a number of people facing trial for exposing the initial chaos of Wuhan’s COVID-19 response. A Chinese citizen journalist held since May for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the COVID-19 outbreak unfolded was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, almost a year after […]
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Mon 28 December 2020: China declared State of emergency China declared a state of emergency across all districts of its capital Beijing amid surging COVID-19 cases. Travel was halted in and out of areas where the virus was detected, while inspections and controls were tightened at all points, according to local media. The state of emergency continues in the capital […]
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Sun 27 December 2020: Sydney’s outbreak continued with more than a quarter million people in lockdown as Australia’s largest city awaited word on whether any public New Year’s Eve celebrations will be allowed. Seven cases of the new coronavirus were reported in New South Wales state, six linked directly to the outbreak in Sydney’s northern […]
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Sun 27 December 2020: Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state TV channel on Sunday. “He said he will be vaccinated, he made this decision and was waiting until all formalities are completed,” the spokesman was quoted as saying to Rossiya […]
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Sun 27 December 2020: Canada confirms two cases of COVID-19 variant first seen in UK Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the Canadian province. The cases, identified in a couple in southern Ontario with no known […]
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Sun 27 December 2020: As countries across the globe gear up for mass coronavirus vaccine campaigns, producers of the drugs have been touting percentages in the 90s in terms of how effective they believe their shot will be. But does that really mean nine out of 10 people who get the jab won’t get COVID-19? […]
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Sat 26 December 2020: The package, which Congress passed with bipartisan support on Monday after months of negotiations, would keep unemployment benefits in place until March and expand state benefits by $300 a week – as well as extending an evictions moratorium, providing federal loans to small businesses and $600 direct payments to many Americans. […]
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Sat 26 December 2020: COVID-19 vaccines developed by BioNTech and Pfizer have been delivered to all the EU countries that will begin vaccination on Sunday, the EU Commission president announced on Saturday. The Dec. 27 start date – confirmed by EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, Austria, Germany and Italy – will be almost […]
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