Coronavirus Updates
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Austria bans millions of unvaccinated fans from leaving home
The Austrian government has ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19 in the country. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg on Monday confirmed tha…
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[COVID-19 Update] Latest figures of Ghana’s coronavirus cases
As of 5 November 2021, 19 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed, according to the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service. It brings the active cases within that period to 1,274. Of that numb…
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Hungary donates 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Ghana
The Hungarian Government has donated 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines valued at 1.4 million Euros to Ghana. Briefing the Ghana News Agency in Accra, on Wednesday, Mr Tamás Endre Fehér, the Ambas…
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Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levels
Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 250 million on Monday as some countries in eastern Europe experience record outbreaks, even as the Delta variant surge eases and many countries resume trade and touris…
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Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
A trial of Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing seve…
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Health officials set to deploy coronavirus vaccine to every doorstep in the Western Region
Western Region Deputy Director of Public Health Dr. Gifty Amugi has disclosed that only 2 percent out of an eligible population of some 1,468,319 people in the region have received their second dose …
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U.S. set to begin dishing out COVID-19 vaccines to young children
The United States is set to begin giving COVID-19 vaccines to children aged 5 to 11 as soon as Wednesday, with roughly 28 million school-age kids now eligible for the shots that provide protection ag…
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Eleven states sue U.S. government over vaccine mandate for federal contractors
Eleven U.S. states with Republican governors sued the Biden administration on Friday seeking to block a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing it is unconstitutional and violates f…
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Ghana looks to outdoor herbal COVID-19 remedy before December
Dr Kofi Bobi Barimah, Executive Director, Centre for Plant Medicine Research (CPMR), has hinted that they would soon outdoor two herbal medicines developed to treat COVID-19. Dr Barimah said the two …
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Walmart, Walgreens U.S. stores begin dishing out Moderna, J&J COVID-19 booster shots
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and Walmart Inc said on Friday their U.S. pharmacies started administering COVID-19 booster shots from Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson, in addition to previously author…