Category: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

‘THEY’RE KILLING PEOPLE’: BIDEN ACCUSES SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ALLOWING COVID MISINFORMATION

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Sat 17 July 2021: US President Joe Biden on Friday criticized social media platforms like Facebook for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines, as his administration has blamed them for stalling U.S. vaccine rates. “They’re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people,” Biden told reporters at the White House, as he left for […]

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WHO PROPOSES CHINA TO SUPPORT NEXT PHASE OF PROBE INTO CAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS

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Sat 17 July 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Friday he expects China to support the next phase of the scientific process to identify the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus, after the first part was criticized.  Tedros Ghebreyesus addressed representatives of the health organization’s member states on the origins […]

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UK CORONAVIRUS DAILY CASES PASS 50,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JANUARY

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Sat 17 July 2021: Britain has recorded more than 50,000 new daily coronavirus cases, the highest number since mid-January, according to official data released on Friday. The country reported another 51,870 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 5,332,371, official figures showed. The country also recorded […]

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US TEAM UP WITH GAVI ALLIANCE TO PROVIDE VACCINES TO AFRICA

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Fri 16 July 2021: The Biden administration has teamed up with the African Union and the Gavi Alliance, formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, to provide 25 million coronavirus vaccine doses for the people of Africa, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday.   “The United States, working with the […]

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ONE IN TWO HOSPITALIZED COVID-19 PATIENTS DEVELOP ORGAN COMPLICATION: STUDY

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Fri 16 July 2021: One in every two persons hospitalised with COVID-19had developed at least one problem affecting key organs of the body, according to research published in The Lancet. Though difficulties were most likely in persons over the age of 50, the study discovered that younger people were also at risk. The authors say […]

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SAUDI ARABIA SMASHES FRAUD COVID-19 TESTING, VACCINATION RING AHEAD OF HAJJ

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Fri 16 July 2021: Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 120 people suspected of supplying or procuring fraudulent coronavirus vaccine and test certificates, official media said Thursday, two days before a tightly controlled hajj. The suspects in the instance of counterfeit certificates are said to have advertised their services on social media which included changing […]

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