INDIA RECORDS OVER 6,000 NEW COVID CASES FOR SECOND STRAIGHT DAY

Sat 08 Apr 2023: India today recorded 6,155 fresh COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases increased to 31,194, according to Union health ministry data. India’s COVID-19 tally now stands at 4.47 crore (4,47,51,259). The death count climbed to 5,30,954 with 11 deaths, including two reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am […]

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WHO CHIEF URGES CHINA TO SHARE INFORMATION ON ORIGINS OF COVID-19

Fri 07 Apr 2023: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has pressed China to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying until that happened all scenarios remained on the table. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday the global health body had asked China to cooperate with it to help […]

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WHO: MEDIUM-RISK ADULTS DON’T NEED AN EXTRA BOOSTER FOR COVID-19

Wed 29 March 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses are no longer recommended for regular, medium-risk adults because the benefit is marginal. There is no risk in having additional jabs for people who have had their primary vaccination course and one booster dose, according to the WHO’s […]

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POST-CORONAVIRUS PHYSICALLY AFFECTS WOMEN MORE THAN MEN, SAYS LATEST STUDY

Thu 23 March 2023: Post-coronavirus has more physical effects on women than men, particularly creating respiratory and cardiovascular complications in the following weeks, according to a recent study conducted by a Bangladeshi research organization. The study, titled “Features and risk factors of post-COVID-19 syndrome: Findings from a longitudinal study in Bangladesh,” is the first of […]

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ISRAEL DISCOVERS TWO CASES OF AN UNIDENTIFIED COVID VARIANT

Fri 17 March 2023: The Israeli Health Ministry reported a new coronavirus variant on Friday. Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this new variant has taken the world by surprise. According to local media reports, two people returning from abroad were infected with the new Covid variant. Upon their return to Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport, the […]

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CONSTRUCTION OF BIOVAC ULTRA-COLD STORAGE FACILITY COMPLETED IN CAPE TOWN

Biovac hosted DTIC Min. Ebrahim Patel, US Consul Gen. Todd P. Haskell & guests at the unveiling of the Biovac Freezer Farm in Cape Town. Sun 12 March 2023: The commitments made towards investing in South Africa by Pfizer have been realised through the completion of the construction of a Freezer Farm facility at the […]

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THREE YEARS LATER, WHAT WE KNOW: HOW DID COVID START?

[Nataliia Shulga/Al Jazeera] Sun 12 March 2023: Scientists lean towards a natural spillover from animals, but China’s opacity means a lab leak can’t be ruled out. Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, questions linger about the origins of the virus that shut down borders, forced humanity […]

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LEAKED WHATSAPP MESSAGES SHOW UK’S HANCOCK WANTED TO DEPLOY NEW VARIANT TO “FRIGHTEN THE PANTS OFF EVERYONE”

Sun 05 March 2023: Former British Health Secretary Matt Hancock is continuing to face criticism because of the leak of WhatsApp messages sent between him and other ministers and officials at the height of the Covid pandemic. The messages, which were leaked by the Daily Telegraph, now show that Hancock wanted to announce a new virus variant […]

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‘HUGE QUANTITIES’ OF EXPIRED COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES DESTROYED IN BULGARIA

Sun 05 March 2023: Bulgaria is destroying large quantities of expired Covid-19 vaccine doses and has no plans to replenish its stocks, the EU country’s health care chief said on Saturday. “At this point, there are no vaccinators at all,” caretaker Health Minister Assen Medzhdiev said in an interview on state television in Sofia. Having already destroyed “huge quantities” […]

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