Sun 05 December 2021: Hospital admissions in South Africa are not on the rise, despite a jump in active COVID-19 cases triggered by the new Omicron coronavirus strain, the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, told reporters. “Our hospital admissions are not increasing at an alarming rate meaning that people (who) may be testing positive are not […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: Two hippos at the Antwerp Zoo in northern Belgium have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the zoo. “The national veterinary laboratory of Sciensano (national public health institute of Belgium) just confirmed the laboratory test results: two hippos Imani and Hermien contracted COVID-19,” Zoo Antwerpen said in a statement on Friday […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: As more countries report cases of the Omicron variant, misinformation about the virus spreads at an alarming rate. Untruths, unverified messages, and conspiracy theories about the virus’s “planned” have resurfaced. A movie poster titled ‘The Omicron Variant: The Day The Earth Was Turned Into A Cemetery (sic)’ has gone viral with […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: Experts have revealed that Covid-related death rates are higher in unvaccinated Black and South Asian people. Keeping this in mind, doctors have urged unvaccinated Black and south Asian population to get Covid jabs as soon as possible. The data was revealed in a government report on Friday that tackled the issue […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: One in every 60 people in England tested positive for coronavirus in the week ending November 27, with an estimated 898,900 people infected, according to the Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom. Latest #COVID19 data shows infections increased in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland in the most recent week. […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: Ministry of Hajj and Umrah Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced that foreign Umrah pilgrims can stay up to 30 instead of 10 days. “According to details, foreign pilgrims were allowed to stay up to 30 days in Saudi Arabia. When the temporary ban on Umrah pilgrims was lifted and the service resumed on November […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: Israel has decided to end the controversial practice of tracking Omicron variant cases via mobile phones, which was developed by the country’s intelligence agency. Following the discovery of Omicron cases in the country last week, Prime Minister Bennett authorized the use of the technology. However, it will not be renewed on […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: After two cases of the Omicron variant were discovered at an international school, the Swiss cantons of Geneva and Vaud quarantined 2,000 people, the majority of whom were children. “Following two confirmed cases of the Omicron variant which attended the Chataigneraie campus of the International School of Geneva this week, the […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: According to Germany’s health minister, more than 1% of the population is currently infected with the coronavirus, and citizens should get vaccinated if they haven’t already. The country reported 74,352 new Covid-19 cases per day, with 390 deaths. According to the Robert Koch Institute, there are approximately 925,800 people in Germany […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: The fourth wave has sparked an increase in hospital admissions in children under the age of five, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said. In a briefing led by Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, the NICD’s Dr Waasila Jassat said there has been a rise in children who are in […]
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