Fri 27 August 2021: Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalization for COVID-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic’s long-term health effects. Around half of patients discharged from hospital for COVID still suffer from at least one persistent symptom – […]
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Fri 27 August 2021: New Zealand’s statewide lockdown was extended for another four days on Friday as the country faces a new COVID-19 outbreak, according to state-run media. After the country reported 70 new cases in the past 24 hours, the decision was made. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters during a Cabinet meeting that […]
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Thu 26 August 2021: The White House announced Thursday that the US is sending more than two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Algeria, Ghana, and Yemen, bolstering efforts to prevent a third wave of the pandemic across Africa. The supplies, which will arrive before the end of the week, according to a White House […]
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Thu 26 August 2021: Due to contamination, Japan has halted the use of around 1.63 million doses of the Moderna vaccine. “Foreign materials” were discovered in some doses of a batch of 560,000 vials, according to the health ministry. Moderna has put three batches on hold “out of an excess of caution,” according to Takeda […]
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Thu 26 August 2021: Britain’s Health Department said it has not made any decision on COVID-19 vaccines for 12 to 15 year olds after the Telegraph reported the National Health Service (NHS) planned vaccinations from the first week children return to school in September. “No decisions have been made on vaccinating 12-15 year olds and […]
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Thu 26 August 2021: YouTube said Wednesday it has removed more than one million videos with “dangerous coronavirus misinformation” since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The statement by the Google-owned video platform comes as social media platforms are under fire from political leaders for failing to stem the spread of false and harmful misinformation […]
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Wed 25 August 2021: According to the Ministry of the Interior, Saudi Arabia lifted a travel ban for expatriate residents from 20 countries imposed in February to combat the spread of COVID-19. Travelers who received both vaccine shots in Saudi Arabia will be able to return to the country without being quarantined. The 20 countries […]
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Wed 25 August 2021: U,S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated in a memo on Wednesday that military members must start getting the COVID-19 vaccine immediately, and that service leaders must “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.” According to Pentagon data, more than 800,000 service personnel have yet to receive their vaccinations. And now that the Pfizer […]
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Wed 25 August 2021: The World Health Organization hit out on Tuesday at the “shocking disparity” in access to coronavirus vaccines, with only four countries in Africa able to meet their inoculation targets so far. “Globally, 140 countries have vaccinated at least 10 percent of their populations,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening […]
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Tue 24 August 2021: COVID-19 in India may be entering some kind of stage of endemicity where there is low or moderate level of transmission going on, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan said. The endemic stage is when a population learns to live with a virus. It’s very different from […]
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