Wed 22 December 2021: While the Omicron variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in South Africa, findings are showing that it is less severe, with fewer hospitalisations compared to the previous waves. The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) revealed this during a media briefing on Wednesday. According to the NICD’s Professor Cheryl […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the US Secret Service said Tuesday. The estimate is based on Secret Service cases and data from the Labor Department and the Small Business […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: In a series of tweets aimed at alerting the public to the alarming rise in Omicron around the world, Bill Gates warned on Tuesday of the need for extreme caution as we approach the holiday season’s peak, sharing that he, too, has canceled most of his holiday plans. The billionaire Microsoft […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: South Africa has recorded 15 424 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal remains the hardest-hit province after recording 4 009 new infections. The province is followed by 3 324 cases in the Western Cape, 3 316 in Gauteng and 1 442 […]
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Wed 22 December 2021: Concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have prompted Israel to offer a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to health workers and people over the age of 60. Late Tuesday, a Health Ministry expert panel recommended the fourth shot, which Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hailed as […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: Since their introduction this summer, French police have discovered 182,000 fake COVID passes, according to the interior ministry. The latest figure is significantly higher than the government’s Friday estimate of 110,000 people. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, according to his entourage, ordered the police and gendarmerie directors general to tighten controls last […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: According to Reuters, the European Commission adopted rules on Tuesday that will make the European Union COVID-19 certificate valid for travel nine months after the primary vaccination schedule is completed. The new rules will take effect on February 1 and will apply to all 27 EU member states, according to the […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: Despite an increase in Covid cases, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the country will not be put on lockdown until at least Christmas. British scientists, on the other hand, disagree with him. Leading medical experts have stated that imposing a lockdown in the country until the New Year or […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: KwaZulu-Natal is now the epicentre of COVID-19 after the majority (or 2 496) new infections were detected in the province on Monday. On Sunday, the province also recorded the highest number of infections after 4 135 people tested positive for the disease. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: COVID-19 has claimed the lives of over 3.3 million people this year, more than HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis combined in 2020, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general. The novel coronavirus continues to claim around 50,000 lives every week, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus, but he told journalists that […]
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