Sat 12 December 2020: The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) released new guidelines for the country’s airline industry. contains advice about the best hygiene practices to carry out on aircraft and in airports. China resumed most of its flights in August, this latest advice suggests far-from-ideal conditions for the cabin crew on board. “The […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: A new study conducted by research fellows from the University of Milan has found evidence of Covid-19 in a boy from the Milan area as early as the end of November 2019, months before the first identified coronavirus disease case in Italy and also earlier than the outbreak in Wuhan city, […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: South Africa’s chief justice on Friday vehemently defended a prayer he made against “satanic” COVID-19 vaccines, seeming to refer to a conspiracy theory that they could “infuse 666” into people’s DNA. Mogoeng Mogoeng, a devout Christian, came under strong criticism on social media following the prayer at an event in Johannesburg […]
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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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