Thu 20 Apr 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally opened its mRNA vaccine technology centre in Cape Town, which was built during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist poorer countries with gaining access to life-saving drugs. The WHO selected South African biotech firm Afrigen Biologics for a pilot project in 2021 to provide low- […]
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Sun 16 Apr 2023: Since the pandemic began more than three years ago, numerous variants have emerged as the virus that causes COVID-19 evolved. As the COVID public health emergency ends, case numbers drop and concerns subside, another new variant has caught the attention of scientists. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
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Sun 16 Apr 2023: About 100,000 registered nurses in the US left the workplace due to the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a survey published by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Another 610,388 registered nurses, who had more than 10 years of experience and an average age […]
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Sun 09 Apr 2023: Delhi on Sunday logged 699 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 21.15 per cent, according to data shared by the city government’s health department. Four people suffering from Covid-19 died in the city. However, the health bulletin stated that Covid-19 was the primary cause of death in just one […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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