Tue 23 November 2021: The World Health Organization has warned that another 700,000 COVID-19 deaths could occur in Europe and Central Asia by March 1. The same body warned two and a half weeks ago that excess fatalities could reach 500,000 by February 1. It reported that COVID-19-related deaths increased to nearly 4,200 per day […]
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Tue 23 November 2021: The Department of Health has announced that rapid antigen tests will now be included in the COVID-19 statistics with effect from Tuesday. Initially, all COVID-19 positive cases were diagnosed through the “gold standard” of a laboratory-confirmed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. However, since the approval of rapid antigen tests by the […]
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Tue 23 November 2021: On Tuesday, Prince Charles will formally launch a new AstraZeneca research and development (R&D) center worth 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion), as the company seeks to expand its medication pipeline. AstraZeneca has distributed two billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, which was developed at Oxford University, and is also working on […]
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Tue 23 November 2021: COVID-19 has struck every country, and people on the move have been particularly disadvantaged by the pandemic’s severe socioeconomic effects, according to a report released on Monday by an international humanitarian network. According to new study released by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the epidemic […]
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Mon 22 November 2021: South Africa’s national health laboratory service said on Monday, that Covid infections are on the rise in South Africa, weeks ahead of an expected fourth wave in December. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported a “sustained” increase over the past seven days, with the majority of cases discovered in […]
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Mon 22 November 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) says it has received an application for the Pfizer booster shot on 17 November 2021. According to the local drug watchdog, it will commence with the assessment of data for the safety and efficacy of the third dose. This comes as the United […]
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Mon 22 November 2021: The coronavirus pandemic exposed Britain’s vulnerability to whole-system emergencies and left the British government unprepared, the National Audit Office (NAO) said in a recent report. The government did not act on warnings from pandemic simulations carried out prior to COVID-19 based on an influenza outbreak, said the NAO. It added preparations […]
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Mon 22 November 2021: Beginning December 21, Kenyans who have not been completely vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied access to in-person government services, according to a government official. At a press briefing, Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the government had taken a radical move to assist the COVID-19 vaccine program in order to ensure […]
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Sun 21 November 2021: Police in Brussels used tear gas at protesters opposing COVID-19 restrictions, who responded by erecting barricades, according to local media on Sunday. Several of the demonstrators caught up in the clash wore hoods and carried Flemish nationalist flags. The stand-off with riot police took place near the Belgian capital’s EU and […]
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Sun 21 November 2021: After Covid-19 brought the matter “to the fore,” Britain’s health secretary stated on Sunday that he has established an independent study to determine whether “systematic bias” exists in the development of medical devices. Sajid Javid also stated that he will collaborate with his counterpart in the United States, Xavier Becerra, as […]
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