Fri 17 December 2021: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued advice on the emergency use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill called Paxlovid. The European Union (EU) drug regulator on Thursday said the medicine, which is not yet authorized in the EU, can be used to treat adults with Covid-19 who do not require supplemental oxygen […]
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Fri 17 December 2021: Nearly 70 million people also suffered from malnutrition in the Arab world last year, according to UN report. According to the United Nations, a third of the Arab world’s 420 million people do not have enough food to eat. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report released […]
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Fri 17 December 2021: The South African government, through the African Renaissance Fund (ARF), has signed an agreement with the African Vaccination Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to donate 2 030 400 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, valued at R288.6 million, to African countries. AVAT was formed following the establishment of the African Union’s COVID-19 […]
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Fri 17 December 2021: A Canadian molecular biologist on Wednesday told cross-party members of Parliament (MPs) on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan region of China is now the “more likely” origin of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Dr Alina Chan, specialising in gene therapy and […]
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Thu 16 December 2021: Late Tuesday, the US special envoy to Afghanistan announced that the US will donate 1 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to Afghanistan. “The United States has offered the people of Afghanistan one million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses through #COVAX,” Thomas West said on Twitter. With the additional vaccine doses, the total […]
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Thu 16 December 2021: According to the interior ministry, there are 110,000 fake health passes in circulation in France, and hundreds of investigations have been launched against the creators and users of the forged documents. Access to public transportation, restaurants, and cultural events requires a health pass that shows proof of vaccination, Covid recovery, or […]
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Thu 16 December 2021: As the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) retains the lockdown restrictions at Adjusted Alert Level 1, Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has called for responsible behaviour and stronger compliance with COVID-19 prevention and treatment protocols during the festive season. “The NCCC has reflected on the current COVID-19 situation and deliberated on […]
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Thu 16 December 2021: The “extremely rapid” rise in Omicron COVID cases in the UK has prompted a ban on British tourists visiting France. France has banned travel to and from the United Kingdom without “compelling reasons” as of Saturday morning. Those reasons do not include travel for tourism and business, Paris said. UK Transport […]
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Thu 16 December 2021: The World Bank’s fund to assist the world’s poorest countries received a $93 billion injection of cash on Wednesday to help scale up funding for pandemic recovery and other projects. The International Development Association (IDA), located in Washington, said it was the largest ever replenishment for the development lender, which gives […]
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Thu 16 December 2021: According to a new study, the novel omicron COVID-19 variation multiplies 70 times faster in human airways than the delta variant. “The researchers found that Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infects and multiplies 70 times faster than the Delta variant and original SARS-CoV-2 in human bronchus, which may explain why Omicron may transmit faster […]
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