Thu 02 September 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) board chairperson, Professor Helen Reese, has assured South Africans that the authority is working to make sure that COVID-19 vaccines are effective against new variants. Reese was speaking during a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Health on Thursday. Reese said the behaviour […]
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Thu 02 September 2021: Prince Harry blaming overwhelming “mass-scale misinformation” for Covid vaccine hesitancy. In a virtual appearance at the GQ men of the year awards, Harry presented the prize to Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, Prof Catherine Green and the Oxford/AstraZeneca team. Prince Harry warned: “Until every community can access the vaccine and until every community is […]
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Thu 02 September 2021: The UK recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday since March as cases continue to rise amid fears of a surge as the new school year begins. A total of 207 deaths were reported, the highest since March 9, when 231 deaths were registered. Between Aug. 26 and Sept. […]
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Thu 02 September 2021: The World Health Organization on Wednesday launched a global data hub in Berlin to analyze information on emerging pandemic threats, filling the gaps exposed by COVID-19. The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence was inaugurated in the German capital by Chancellor Angela Merkel and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who […]
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Wed 01 September 2021: According to state-run media, New Zealand recorded 75 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, as infections have risen again since the country was hit by the Delta variant of the virus last month. According to Radio New Zealand, the total number of cases in the current community outbreak has risen to 687 […]
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Tue 31 August 2021: The European Union fully vaccinated 70% of its adult population, the bloc’s top official announced on Tuesday. “70% of adults in the European Union are now fully vaccinated, and that is more than 250 million people who are immunized”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in a video statement. […]
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Tue 31 August 2021: Government is making every effort to reach population immunity and is investigating immunising children with the remaining vaccine stock once most adults are covered. “Just in the same way as when we were convinced that we have enough capacity and stock to cover the above 35. Therefore, when that stage arrives, […]
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Tue 31 August 2021: With the continent lagging far behind in vaccination efforts, COVID-19 claimed at least 663 more lives across Africa over the past day, according to the latest figures by the Africa CDC on Monday. The fatalities pushed the continent’s death toll to 194,823, while the number of infections swelled by 20,796 to […]
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Tue 31 August 2021: A US woman has won a court order for a hospital in Ohio to treat her husband, who is on a ventilator with COVID-19, with the antiparasitic medicine ivermectin, as demand surges for the unproven coronavirus treatment. The case is one of several nationwide where courts have sided with litigants seeking […]
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Tue 31 August 2021: The coronavirus disease may have entered Wuhan via frozen food imported from another country, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The first cases were recorded in Wuhan in December 2019, with the original patients being linked in some manner to regional seafood markets. The location of the […]
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