Thu 16 September 2021: The pace of climate change has not been slowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the world remains behind in its battle to cut carbon emissions, the United Nations said on Thursday. The virus-related economic downturn caused only a temporary downturn in CO2 emissions last year and it was not enough […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: The US has set aside $470 million for a nationwide investigation of COVID-19’s long-term effects, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The main grant will go to New York University (NYU) Langone Health, a leading US research facility with a medical school and multiple hospitals. Langone will make multiple […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: If healthcare personnel in France are not vaccinated against COVID-19, they will be fired starting today. In a speech earlier this summer, President Emmanuel Macron stated that medical professionals and others who interact with vulnerable people, such as nursing home non-medical personnel, must receive the vaccine. He gave them until September […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) considers requiring passports confirming vaccination against COVID-19 as a precondition for travel discriminatory given the shortage of vaccines in some regions, but believes this measure could be considered when vaccine coverage increases globally, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom said on Tuesday. “We don’t want vaccine […]
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Tue 14 September 2021: The British government published its coronavirus plans for the forthcoming autumn and winter seasons on Tuesday, which may include the return of some lockdown restrictions. Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, said in a statement to the House of Commons that such efforts will include delivering vaccination booster shots to those most […]
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Tue 14 September 2021: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that it has received 50,000 expired Covid-19 vaccine doses sent by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. It blamed Israel for the fact that the vaccine’s effectiveness had expired. According to the ministry, the Sputnik vaccines entered Gaza through Karm Abu Salem […]
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Tue 14 September 2021: Russian President Vladimir Putin is self-isolating as a precaution after several members of his entourage fell ill with COVID-19, but is “absolutely” healthy and does not have the disease himself, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Putin, 68, will therefore not travel to Tajikistan this week for planned regional security meetings which […]
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Tue 14 September 2021: Vaccines are effective enough at preventing severe cases of Covid-19 that there is no current need for the general population to be given third doses, according to a report in The Lancet published Monday. Some countries have started offering extra doses over fears about the much more contagious Delta variant, causing […]
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Mon 13 September 2021: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced on Monday that Saudi Arabia will donate $5.3 million (20 million riyals) to supply COVID-19 vaccines to less developed Muslim countries. The Kingdom’s donation would be channeled through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center. The pledge aims to help developing countries of […]
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Mon 13 September 2021: South Africa has received at least $2 billion in financial assistance from the New Development Bank since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Development Bank is an initiative of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries, which seeks to mobilise resources for infrastructure and development in […]
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