ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY 3RD IN WORLD IN DEVELOPING LOCAL VACCINES

Mon 10 August 2020: ANKARA – After the US and China, Turkey has become the 3rd country to develop vaccines locally, according to the World Health Organization data, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday. Speaking at the opening of TUBITAK (Turkey’s Scientific and Technological Research Council) Excellence Centers in the Gebze district of the […]

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INDIA’S COVID-19 RECOVERIES CROSS 1.5M, 54,859 HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY RECOVERIES

Mon 10 August 2020: Experts have believed that India’s coronavirus peak is yet to come. As per World Health Organization data, India has been recorded more coronavirus cingle-day cases than the United States or Brazil for past four days. NEW DELHI – India’s recoveries from the novel coronavirus rose to 1,530,070 on Monday, accounting for […]

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SITUATION CAN TURN “DANGEROUS” IF HEALTH PROTOCOLS ARE NOT OBSERVED, ROUHANI SAYS

Sun 09 August 2020: Iran confirms 2,020 new COVID-19 infections and 163 deaths TEHRAN – The Iranian president said on Sunday that the application of tough measures in the country to stem the spread of coronavirus was “not possible.”  Speaking during a meeting of Iran’s anti-coronavirus task force in Tehran, Hassan Rouhani opted for a […]

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COVID-19: ENGLAND ANNOUNCES NEW RULES AS HEALTH WORKERS PROTEST FOR FAIR PAY

Sun 09 August 2020: For every 3 deaths from COVID-19 in England, national lockdown may have caused another 2, says official report LONDON (AA) – New regulations in fighting the novel coronavirus came into force in England on Saturday, as the pandemic continues to send shockwaves throughout the country. British authorities announced that a further 55 […]

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BRAZIL COVID-19 DEATH TOLL HITS 100,000 MEXICO JOB LOSSES PILE UP

Sun 09 August 2020: The novel coronavirus claimed 905 more lives in Brazil and 695 others in Mexico in the last 24 hours, health authorities said on Sunday. The second-hardest hit by the virus worldwide, Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 100,477, while the tally of cases surged to over 3.01 million, including 49,970 […]

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COVID 19 AND PREGNANCY: OVER 95% BABIES BORN HEALTHY TO MOTHERS WHO CONTRACT VIRUS

Sun 09 August 2020: Over 95% babies born healthy to mothers who contract virus, says gynaecologist Pregnant women and new mothers are unlikely to transmit coronavirus to their babies, a Turkish doctor has said. The ongoing pandemic has fueled anxiety amid a public health crisis and economic turmoil. Moreover, 116 million babies are expected to […]

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COVID-19 MAY HAVE LONGER INCUBATION PERIOD THAN PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED, SAYS SCIENTISTS

Sat 08 August 2020: The incubation period of Covid-19, which is the time after which those infected with the novel coronavirus start showing the first symptoms, could be as much as eight days — longer than previous estimates of four to five days — says a new study which involved the largest amount of patient samples to date in such an […]

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ETHIOPIANS FACE CHALLENGES TO COPE WITH JOB SECURITY, PEACE, AND UNITY

Sat 08 August 2020: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – On a cold blustery summer morning, heightened fears of the COVID-19 pandemic blended with a glimmer of hope shroud the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The wailing sirens of the speedy emergency ambulances that transport COVID-19 patients from different corners of the city to treatment and quarantine centers […]

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THE RACE IS ON: CHINA AND INDIA CONDUCT TRIALS FOR COVID-19 VACCINES

Fri 07 August 2020: 27 potential vaccines are tested around the world, some 139 are in development phase pre-trial, according to WHO data A coronavirus vaccine developed by German firm BioNTech, whose co-founder is Turkish scientist Dr. Ugur Sahin, has started trials on humans in China after Germany and the US. Shanghai-based Fosun Pharma drug […]

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