Thu 30 September 2021: The EU will extend its export control mechanism for Covid-19 vaccines for another three months, until the end the year, and then replace it with a “monitoring” scheme, the European Commission said Thursday. The export control mechanism, introduced on January 29, means makers of Covid-19 vaccines produced in the EU need […]
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Thu 30 September 2021: As social media platforms try to combat health misinformation surrounding Covid-19 and other diseases, YouTube stated on Wednesday that it would remove videos and some high-profile users who incorrectly suggest that approved vaccines are dangerous. In a blog post published on Wednesday, the streaming platform explained that its current community guidelines, […]
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Tue 28 September 2021: South Africa has administered 16 999 722 doses of COVID-19 jabs as of Monday evening, the Department of Health said. The tally includes the two-dose Pfizer vaccine as well as the single shot of the Johnson & Johnson jab. According to the latest data, 159 732 vaccines were distributed in the last […]
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Tue 28 September 2021: Residents of Sydney who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 risk being prevented from participating in a variety of social events after their stay-at-home restrictions are lifted in December, according to New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejkilian. Under a roadmap to exit lockdown in Australia’s biggest city, unvaccinated people are […]
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Tue 28 September 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking to revive an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19, a US media report said. The world health body is assembling a team of 20 scientists to hunt for new evidence, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. According to the WSJ report, the new […]
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Mon 27 September 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic led to biggest decrease in life expectancy since the World War II, and wiped out years of progress on mortality, according to a study published on Monday by the University of Oxford. The research team assembled an unprecedented dataset on mortality from 29 countries, spanning most of Europe, […]
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Mon 27 September 2021: Twenty-one percent of the country’s adult population is now fully vaccinated after 6 187 people either received a Johnson & Johnson shot or the second jab of the Pfizer vaccine on Sunday. According to Health Department, South Africa administered 9 419 jabs in the past 24 hours, pushing the total to 16 827 790, while […]
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Sun 26 September 2021: Five people have been arrested for trying to cheat in an important exam for selecting teachers for government schools in Rajasthan. The candidates were found wearing “chappals” with Bluetooth devices fitted inside the sole, officials have said. After the first person was caught cheating in Ajmer, the police soon found an […]
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Sun 26 September 2021: In a video aired during the Global Citizen concert in Paris on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron committed to double the amount of vaccine doses sent to poorer countries to 120 million. “The injustice is that in other continents, obviously, vaccination is very late…,” he said. “We have to go faster, […]
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Fri 24 September 2021: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added the Regeneron antibody drug cocktail – casirivimab and imdevimab – to its list of treatments for people with COVID-19, urging the manufacturer to reduce the price and ensure equitable distribution. Clinical studies showed the drug combination was effective in patients who were not severely […]
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