Wed 01 December 2021: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that mandatory COVID-19 immunization should be explored within the European Union. “It is appropriate to lead this discussion now how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the EU, this needs discussion,” von der Leyen told a press conference. Speaking […]
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Wed 01 December 2021: The University of Oxford on Tuesday said there was no evidence that vaccines would not prevent severe disease from Omicron, but that it was ready to rapidly develop an updated version of its vaccine developed with AstraZeneca if necessary. Earlier on Tuesday, the head of drugmaker Moderna said that COVID-19 shots […]
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Wed 01 December 2021: South Africa recorded 4 373 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, of which 3 143 were reported in Gauteng alone. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this means there is now a total number of 2 968 052 laboratory-confirmed cases. Meanwhile, data shows that the latest infections represent an […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: According to top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, there are at least 226 confirmed cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus in 20 countries. “This mutational profile is very different from other variants of interest and concern, and although some mutations are also found in delta, this is […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: According to Dutch health officials, the Omicron variant was already present in the Netherlands when South Africa notified the World Health Organization last week. It remains unclear where or when the variant first emerged — but that has not stopped wary nations from rushing to impose travel restrictions, especially on visitors […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: Miss France Clémence Botino tested positive for coronavirus shortly after arriving in Israel to participate in the Miss Universe 2021 pageant, Israel Hayom reported. The paper quoted informed sources as saying that Botino was taken in an ambulance to a government isolation hotel yesterday morning and she will most likely miss the competition […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed travel bans imposed on South Africa as countries around the world continue to react with apprehension to the emergence and reporting of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. He was speaking during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), hosted by the Republic of Senegal on Monday. President Ramaphosa […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: Amid widespread concern over the new Omicron coronavirus variety, Joe Biden has advised Americans to receive COVID-19 vaccines. However, the US president says the strain should be considered a “cause for concern, not a cause for panic.” Biden said senior US health officials are speaking with key vaccine makers and preparing […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: The word ‘vaccine’ has beaten out ‘insurgency’ as Merriam-word Webster’s of the year for 2021. Compared to 2019, when there was little urgency or chatter about vaccines, Merriam-Webster logged an increase of 1,048% in lookups this year. Debates over inequitable distribution, vaccine mandates and boosters kept interest high, Sokolowski said. So […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: France registered its biggest jump in coronavirus-related hospital admissions since the spring, according to official data, Reuters reports. The number of patients in intensive care units jumped by 117 to 1,749 people, the biggest increase since March-April, when the ICU number rose by more than 100 per day on several days. […]
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