Fri 11 December 2020: The UK government is expanding its COVID-19 Test and Trace plan to cover all secondary school students aged between 11 and 18 in and around London, as the city registered a spike in coronavirus infections in recent days. UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that more details of the so-called […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: Britain said on Friday it would cut the self-isolation period for COVID-19 to 10 days from 14, in a change which will apply to both those presumed to have been in contact someone with the virus within the country, and those arriving from abroad. “After reviewing the evidence, we are now […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: The Health Department will launch the COVID SA travel system, a digital screening platform that allows travellers to complete the required travel health questionnaire (THQ) on their personal devices ahead of their arrival at ports of entry. The COVID SA travel system will be live from noon on 15 December 2020. […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for more collaboration with communities in order to enhance the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines “once they become available,” as African states gear up for pandemic vaccination. “The success of any immunization campaign hinges on communities’ trust and acceptance. It is vital that we […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: Africa’s top public health official has said “it will be extremely terrible to see” rich countries receiving COVID-19 vaccines while African countries go without it, especially as a new surge in cases begins on the continent of 1.3 billion people. As the world watches mass vaccinations begin in Britain, Africa Centers for […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: South Africa has officially hit the second wave, with 6 709 COVID-19 new cases reported in the last 24 hours pushing the total number of cases to 828 598. In a special briefing on Wednesday night, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said the country now meets the resurgence criteria formulated by scientists and […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: The US has set a new grim record of more than 3,000 COVID-19 related deaths in a single day, reflecting a bleak reminder of the pandemic’s devastating toll, even as two coronavirus vaccine candidates appear to be on the verge of clearing the country’s final regulatory hurdles. According to The COVID […]
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Wed 09 December 2020: British regulators said people with a history of serious allergic reactions should not receive the BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Regulators revealed two reports of possible allergic reactions from people who received the shot on the first day of the country’s mass coronavirus vaccination program. “We’re looking at two case reports of allergic reactions,” […]
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Wed 09 December 2020: Russia is ready to produce a coronavirus vaccine in Algeria, Russian Ambassador to the North African country, Igor Belyaev, announced yesterday. “Russia is ready to cooperate with Algeria to design a vaccine on the local level,” Belyaev told Sputnik, adding that he had discussed the matter with the Algerian health and pharmaceutical […]
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Wed 09 December 2020: A new report has found that as many as 90 percent of the population in dozens of poorer countries will miss out on the coronavirus vaccine next year because most of the supply has already been taken by rich nations. Rich nations, home to 14 percent of the global population, have […]
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