Sun 15 August 2021: With the infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 rapidly spreading there has been a mounting pressure to be vaccinated, leading to exponential growth in fake coronavirus vaccine certificates, primarily on Telegram, according to Israel-based cybersecurity firm Check Point. The Check Point Research (CPR) has seen a whopping 257 per cent jump in […]
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Sun 15 August 2021: Protesters have marched in cities across France for a fifth consecutive weekend against rules compelling them to show a COVID-19 health pass for daily activities, but in lesser numbers than a week ago. Crowds rallied through the streets of Paris, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier and other towns, waving placards reading “Pass=Apartheid” and […]
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Sat 14 August 2021: After many doctors reported having their health service accounts hacked, the French authorities are now investigating a series of COVID-19 vaccine certificate scams. In one instance, one of several forgery rackets under investigation, fraudsters gained access to the online account of a GP near Bordeaux and obtained 55 false documents. Another […]
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Sat 14 August 2021: More than 4.62 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to Our World in Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University. Data on the website shows that China, where the coronavirus first emerged in late 2019, leads the global count with over 1.83 billion shots. India comes […]
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Fri 13 August 2021: Israelis aged 50 and over began receiving vaccine booster shots against the coronavirus Friday as the government steps up its drive to stem spiking infections caused by the Delta variant. Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, 56, rolled up the sleeve of his black polo shirt before a nurse plunged a syringe into […]
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Fri 13 August 2021: Canada will donate 10 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine to the COVAX sharing alliance for low-and middle-income countries, the government announced Thursday. “Vaccinating the world against COVID-19 continues to be the best strategy to end the pandemic,” Canada’s Minister of International development, Karina Gould, said in a media briefing. “With […]
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Fri 13 August 2021: Hospitals in Bangladesh are no longer able to accommodate COVID-19 patients due to the Delta-driven coronavirus surge across the country, the health minister said on Thursday. The coronavirus situation would be out of control if the prevailing pandemic situation gets worse, said Zahid Maleque. “Hospitals in the country were no longer […]
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Fri 13 August 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the next step in the search of the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus will be the creation of a new advisory group that will develop a global framework to study pathogens with pandemic potential. The first WHO fact-finding mission to China’s Wuhan, […]
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Thu 12 August 2021: Canada is planning to develop a digital vaccine passport for citizens who wish to travel overseas after imposing restrictions on unvaccinated persons. Officials from the government said on Wednesday that a digital vaccine passport will be accessible in the coming months. This vaccine passport will be “a key step forward in ensuring Canadians […]
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Thu 12 August 2021: The Palestinian Authority announced Thursday that it had received 150,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine, amid an uptick in COVID-19 infections in the occupied West Bank, According to a statement from the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry in Ramallah, one million of the four million medicines requested from the pharmaceutical giant have been […]
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