UK OFFERS BOOSTER JABS TO OVER-40S; SECOND DOSE TO 16, 17-YEAR-OLDS

Mon 15 November 2021: After experts given the go-ahead on Monday, Britain’s booster program for Covid-19 vaccinations will be expanded to include younger people. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation of the UK government recommended that all healthy individuals aged 40-49 be administered a booster six months following their second dose. The JCVI also […]

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CHINA TO LOCK DOWN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AMID SURGE IN VIRUS CASES

Mon 15 November 2021: According to reports, thousands of students in China’s Liaoning province have been confined following an epidemic of coronavirus, with authorities apparently moving people who had come into touch with them to hotels. According to reports, almost 7,000 students have been isolated. The Dalian region of China has been the hardest hit […]

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THREE SNOW LEOPARDS DIE OF COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS AT NEBRASKA ZOO

Sun 14 November 2021: Three snow leopards at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in the US state of Nebraska, have died of complications from Covid-19, zoo officials announced Friday. “It is with deep sadness that we inform our community that three snow leopards at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo have passed away due to complications of COVID-19,” a statement released […]

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MIND OVER MATTER? LONG COVID STUDY SPARKS CONTROVERSY

Sat 13 November 2021: A large-scale French study suggesting symptoms of so-called long COVID may be more due to psychological factors than to infection with the virus has sparked debate among patients and scientists. The report that appeared earlier this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association focused on nearly 27,000 participants across France who […]

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AUSTRALIA VACCINE-MANDATE PROTESTERS COMPARE STATE GOVERNMENT TO NAZIS

Sat 13 November 2021: The protest against the vaccination mandate, which went into force on Saturday and requires all construction workers in Victoria state to be fully vaccinated, was peaceful, with no incidents of disorderly behavior or arrests, Reuters News agency reported. Several thousand anti-vax activists gathered in Melbourne on Saturday urged for violence against […]

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LOCKDOWN FOR THE UNVACCINATED IS LIKELY, AUSTRIA’S CHANCELLOR SAYS

Fri 12 November 2021: Austria’s chancellor has increased warnings of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people, as the number of coronavirus infections continues to rise. New laws went into force on Monday, prohibiting unvaccinated persons who haven’t recovered from an infection from entering restaurants, hotels, hairdressing salons, and major public events. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg indicated late […]

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ENGLAND’S COVID PREVALENCE FALLS BACK FROM HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE YEAR, ONS SAYS

Fri 12 November 2021: The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England fell back to about 1 in 60 people in the week ending Nov. 6, Britain’s Office for National Statistics said on Friday, dropping back from its highest level of the year. Prevalence had been 1 in 50 people for the two weeks previously, which was […]

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