Tue 28 December 2021: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not vaccinate his 11-year-old daughter against COVID-19, he said on Monday, maintaining the firm anti-vaccine stance that has drawn criticism from public health experts and hit his poll numbers. The right-wing leader added that the nation’s health minister, Marcelo Queiroga, will divulge on January 5 the manner […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: China put hundreds of thousands more people under lockdown Tuesday to try and stamp out a worsening coronavirus outbreak, as infections hit new highs in multiple US states and Europe. Covid surges have wreaked havoc around the world, with many nations in Europe and North America trying to strike a balance […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: South Africa has recorded at least 3 782 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24-hour reporting cycle, with 15 more fatalities reported. This brings the total number of infections to 3 417 318, with the national death toll reaching 90 829. There were 150 more hospitalisations due to the virus. According to the […]
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Mon 27 December 2021: New York has reported an alarming increase in child hospitalizations as the White House struggles to control the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the United States. New York State Department of Health has issued a warning regarding “an upward trend in pediatric hospitalizations associated with COVID-19”. “NYSDOH is […]
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Mon 27 December 2021: The biggest vaccination campaign in history is underway. More than 8.95 billion doses have been administered across 184 countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. The latest rate was roughly 43.4 million doses a day. In the U.S., 500 million doses have been given so far. An average 1.26 million doses per day were administered over the last week. More than 8.95 billion doses have […]
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Sun 26 December 2021: According to Anthony Fauci, the chief US epidemiologist, a surge of infections released by the Omicron coronavirus variant could outweigh the benefits of a decrease in its severity, finally overwhelming hospitals. “Every day it goes up and up. The last weekly average was about 150,000 and it likely will go much […]
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Sun 26 December 2021: On Saturday, France reported a new high of 104,611 COVID-19 infections, breaking the 100,000 mark for the first time since the outbreak began. Saturday’s tally was the third day in a row that numbers had surpassed previous highs. They come ahead of a Monday video conference with President Emmanuel Macron and […]
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Sat 25 December 2021: To address shortages in the healthcare sector, the UK government is aiming to hire a large number of foreign caregivers. The news comes as the country experiences a significant increase in coronavirus cases due to the spread of the Omicron type. It has put a lot of strain on the healthcare […]
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Sat 25 December 2021: Canada’s health agency admitted that it accessed data on 33 million mobile devices to monitor people during the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a report published Friday. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) accessed mobility data, such as cell tower location, from 33 million devices, according to the daily National Post, […]
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Sat 25 December 2021: South Africa’s big three pathology groups, Pathcare, Lancet and Ampath, are expected to lower the price of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen tests to no more than R150 per test. This after a Competition Commission investigation found that the three groups may have contravened the Competition Act, which prohibits dominant companies from charging […]
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