Sat 27 November 2021: According to South Korean news agency Newsis, South Korean government is considering making unvaccinated citizens pay a portion of the cost of COVID-19 treatment. The initiative aims to boost the country’s vaccination rate, which is currently at 79.4 percent for the general population and 91.2 percent for adults. However, the recent […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus results in mild disease, without prominent syndromes, Angelique Coetzee, the chairwoman of the South African Medical Association, told Sputnik on Saturday. The World Health Organization (WHO) identified on Friday the new South African strain as one of concern, as it is reported to carry […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: As international worry grows over a novel coronavirus strain discovered in South Africa, US President Joe Biden has called on countries attending a WTO meeting next week to relax intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines. Biden said in a statement on Friday that the finding of the new variation shows that […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: Fears of the spread of a new coronavirus strain discovered in South Africa, which has been designated as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO), have prompted countries around the world to impose travel restrictions. Early evidence suggests that the new B.1.1529 variant, called Omicron after a letter […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: According to local press, at least 58 cities in the southeast Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais have decided to cancel Carnival 2022 celebrations due to COVID-19 outbreaks. The famous Brazilian festival was canceled in 2021, in the midst of the country’s second wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths. […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease official, told CNN that the US will decide whether to ban travel from South Africa due to the risk of a new COVID-19 variant as soon as enough data is gathered. The US is in active communication with South African colleague scientists, he […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: South Africa confirmed on Thursday that it has detected the new Coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 in the country. The variant was discovered through collaborative efforts with private laboratories and the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) members. NGS-SA is a network of laboratories, scientists and academic institutions that have been […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: As a new Covid variant with more than 30 mutations spreads in South Africa, the United Kingdom is temporarily halting flights from six countries. The announcement was made by Sajid Javid, the UK’s minister of state for health and social care, just hours after the World Health Organization briefed on the […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: According to a preliminary review by the World Health Organization (WHO), only 27% of African health workers have been completely vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving the majority of the personnel on the frontlines of the pandemic vulnerable. According to the WHO, a recent survey of 22 mostly high-income countries found that more […]
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Thu 25 November 2021: Turkey’s Turkovac vaccine against COVID-19, which was developed in-house, has applied for emergency registration, according to Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. Speaking during the parliament’s Planning and Budget Commission meeting, Fehrettin Koca said the vaccine has been submitted to the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (TITCK). “We hope it will be […]
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