Tue 07 December 2021: The African Union (AU) has condemned and called for the lifting of travel bans on Southern African countries, most notably South Africa, following the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The variant was detected and announced by South Africa’s National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in November and was declared […]
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Tue 07 December 2021: The World Bank announced on Monday that its support had assisted in the delivery of 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines around the world, with the total projected to reach 150 million by the end of the month assuming doses arrive on time. President David Malpass of the World Agency said […]
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Tue 07 December 2021: In a statement released on Monday, the European Medicines Agency recommended the use of an anti-inflammatory arthritis drug for severe COVID-19 patients because it lowers the risk of death. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) human medicines committee “has recommended extending the indication of RoActemra to include the treatment of adults with […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: The coronavirus vaccination rate worldwide has reached 44%, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. “At this point, 44% of the world population is vaccinated,” von der Leyen said in a video message, stressing that the European Union has been the world’s biggest donor of COVID-19 vaccines, having […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that hospitals are preparing for increased admissions as the country enters a fourth COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron coronavirus strain. “As the country heads into a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, we are experiencing a rate of infections that we have not seen since […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: The majority of the patients who were treated for COVID-19 at Tshwane public hospitals were unvaccinated. The information is contained in a report on the early experience of the patient profile at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital and Tshwane District Hospital (SBAH-TDH) complex, in the heart of the Tshwane District. The […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: On Sunday, health officials in the United Kingdom confirmed that 86 more cases of Omicron Covid had been reported in the country. This brings the total number of cases in the United Kingdom to 246. On Saturday, however, there were 160 Omicron cases, an increase of more than 50% in one […]
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Mon 06 December 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa is awaiting a report on South Africa’s possible introduction of vaccine mandates. “We are expecting a report from the Task Team we have set up as well as the Inter-Ministerial Council,” said the President on Sunday. The President emphasised the need to act with speed “so that Cabinet […]
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Sun 05 December 2021: After two states amended their fatality numbers, India reported the most single-day COVID-19 deaths since July on Sunday. On Sunday, the eastern state of Bihar had 2,426 unrecorded deaths, while the southern state of Kerala recorded 263 deaths, according to a federal health ministry official. According to a Reuters tally, single-day […]
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Sun 05 December 2021: Thousands of people gathered on Friday to protest the government’s new guidelines, which were issued for the third week in a row as an avalanche of new cases strains the country’s health services, depriving individuals with other life-threatening conditions of treatment. The “Liberty Walk Act 2” protest opposed restrictions imposed in […]
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