Sat 30 April 2022: Pfizer said Friday that results from a study, which evaluated the Paxlovid for post-exposure preventive use, were not statistically significant. The primary endpoint of reducing the risk of confirmed and symptomatic Covid-19 infection in adults who had been exposed to the virus through a household contact was not met in the study. The analysis evaluated data […]
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Fri 29 April 2022: According to Reuters calculations based on new data from the Rosstat state statistics department, Russia’s overall number of COVID-related deaths has surpassed 803,000 since the pandemic began in April 2020. In March, 35,584 persons died from COVID-19 or linked causes, down from 43,543 in February, according to Rosstat. Reuters calculations also […]
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Fri 29 April 2022: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says while the country is still at great risk of COVID-19, government is observing the daily new infections and remains on high alert. Phaahla said the next seven days until 6 May will give an indication as to whether the 5th wave of the pandemic has started. […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: According to the World Health Organization, Africa is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, which is mostly driven to a doubling in cases recorded in South Africa. “This week new COVID-19 cases and deaths on the continent increased for the first time after a decline of more than two months for […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s main medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stated on PBS’s “NewsHour” on Tuesday that the United States is “certainly, right now, in this country, out of the pandemic phase.” “Currently we don’t have thousands of deaths and tens […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: South Africa has recorded 6 372 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3776298. According to data provided by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this increase represents a 21.1% positivity rate. “The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 21.1%, and […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: According to a new survey released on Tuesday (April 26), more than half of Americans had previously been infected with Covid. Three out of every four children displayed such signs, according to the survey. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the report (CDC). Researchers looked at blood samples […]
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Mon 25 April 2022: According to reports, a Japanese antiviral tablet demonstrated “rapid clearance of the infectious COVID-19 virus.” Phase two results revealed improvement in respiratory and feverish symptoms, according to Shionogi & Co Ltd, with the phase three study slated for worldwide testing with US government backing. The pill, S-217622, “demonstrated rapid clearance of […]
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Mon 25 April 2022: A subsidiary of Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has closed two factories outside of Shanghai after new COVID-19 cases were reported on site, the company said on Monday. The factories operated by Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited, also known as FIT, are located in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, a small city situated between […]
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Mon 25 April 2022: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported at least 3 222 new COVID-19 cases in the country over the past 24 hour reporting period. The new cases represent a positivity rate of some 16.7% – bringing the cumulative number of cases in the country to more than 3.7 million […]
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