SAUDI ARABIA ADVISES UMRAH PILGRIMS TO WEAR FACE MASKS AS NEW COVID VARIANT SPREADS

Wed 16 August 2023: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has advised Umrah pilgrims to wear face masks while visiting Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday, August 14, the authorities said, “Wearing a mask in the two holy mosques, in Makkah and Madinah […]

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RICH COUNTRIES SHOULD PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN FIGHTING PANDEMICS: WHO

Wed 26 July 2023: Richer countries should be asked to better pull their weight in helping the world cope with pandemics, according to a new draft of a treaty being negotiated at the World Health Organization. Countries with more “capacities and resources” should bear a “commensurate degree” of responsibility for preparing for and responding to global […]

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FIRST COURT HEARING ON ALLEGED SIDE EFFECTS OF BIONTECH’S COVID VACCINES POSTPONED

Tue 13 June 2023: Following a petition by a plaintiff’s lawyer, the first court hearing in Germany on the alleged side effects of BioNTech’s COVID vaccine was postponed on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. According to a representative for the Hamburg Regional Court, the plaintiff’s counsel requested that the court be heard by a panel of […]

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CHINA BATTLES NEW WAVE OF COVID VARIANT, MAY SEE 65 MILLION CASES WEEKLY: REPORT

Sat 27 May 2023: The Chinese authorities are rushing to push out vaccines to combat an ongoing new wave of the coronavirus that is expected to peak in June and infect as many as 65 million people a week since the new XBB variants of the virus are evolving to overcome the immunity developed after […]

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WEAR MASKS, AVOID GATHERING: DELHI COURT TO STAFF, LAWYERS AS COVID CASES RISE

Fri 21 Apr 2023: The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on Thursday instructed all staff members, litigants and lawyers to wear a mask and avoid being gathered in groups while in court premises. The direction has been issued in view of the rising number of covid cases in the national capital, which on Thursday […]

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CAPE TOWN’S MRNA VACCINE TECH HUB IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED BY WHO

Thu 20 Apr 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally opened its mRNA vaccine technology centre in Cape Town, which was built during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist poorer countries with gaining access to life-saving drugs. The WHO selected South African biotech firm Afrigen Biologics for a pilot project in 2021 to provide low- […]

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HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE XBB.1.116 COVID SUBVARIANT ‘ARCTURUS’ SPREADING IN US: CDC

Sun 16 Apr 2023:  Since the pandemic began more than three years ago, numerous variants have emerged as the virus that causes COVID-19 evolved. As the COVID public health emergency ends, case numbers drop and concerns subside, another new variant has caught the attention of scientists. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

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