Sat 22 August 2020: The World Health Organization on Friday recommended that children over 12 should wear masks in the same contexts as adults in the bid to rein in the coronavirus pandemic. “Children aged 12 and over should wear a mask under the same conditions as adults, in particular when they cannot guarantee at […]
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Sat 22 August 2020: BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus crisis will end in less than two years, its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday. More than 22.8 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 around the world, and more than 797,000 have died, according to data from US-based Johns […]
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Sat 22 August 2020: Health and economy are inseparable, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus GENEVA – The WHO chief said Friday he hopes the world can finish the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was answering questions about the comparison between the last century’s Spanish flu, and the novel coronavirus afflicting the world […]
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Fri 21 August 2020 Sittwe city becomes COVID-19 hotspot with 16 cases of local transmission in just 6 days after month-long hiatus YANGON, Myanmar – Authorities in Myanmar on Friday imposed a night-time curfew in the capital city of the country’s western Rakhine state due to a surge in local cases novel coronavirus cases. The […]
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Fri 21 August 2020 48 inmates test positive in Kericho GK Prison A prison in Kenya has been placed under lockdown after 48 inmates tested positive for the novel coronavirus, local media reported on Friday. In a notice to authorities of Kericho GK Prison, the health department barred movement in and outside the correctional facility, […]
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Fri 21 August 2020: Vaccine candidate under development by Pfizer, BioNTech on track to seek regulatory review German-based biotech firm BioNTech announced late Thursday that vaccine candidate for COVID-19 with US drug giant Pfizer was on track for regulatory review as early as October. “Assuming clinical success, Pfizer and BioNTech are on track to seek […]
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Thu 20 August 2020 While infections in India rise by 50,000 daily, Health Ministry says recovery rate is also scaling to peak NEW DELHI – As India approaches three million cases of the novel coronavirus, adding over 50,000 infections each day since late July, health experts cite setbacks in primary health care to contain the […]
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Thu 20 August 2020: Africa director says decision to open schools difficult one YAOUNDE, Cameroon – As schools re-open in many African states, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday stressed the need to continue preventive measures against coronavirus. In a media briefing, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Africa director of WHO, said the issue needs to […]
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Thu 20 August 2020: Madrid teachers announce strike in September as Spain’s daily virus cases hit 6,680 OVIEDO, Spain – Over 6,600 more COVID-19 infections were reported in Spain on Wednesday, reaffirming that the country has again become one of the worst-affected regions in the world. Spain’s Health Ministry confirmed a total of 6,680 more […]
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Thu 20 August 2020: “What I worry about for the moment is that the market implies a really high percentage rate of success and each of these companies is going to sell billions of dollars worth of products,” the expert said. “That just seems unlikely to me.” With the race on to find a coronavirus […]
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