Coronavirus Updates
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Anti-vaccine mother in agony after 4-year-old daughter died of COVID-19
A four-year-old girl has become the youngest person to die of COVID-19 in Texas’s Galveston County, after several members of her family were infected. Kali Cook died in her sleep within hours of show…
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Australia’s Sydney COVID-19 infections slow to nearly lowest in 2 weeks
Sydney’s COVID-19 cases rose at the slowest pace in nearly two weeks on Tuesday, but officials said they needed to see a steady drop in daily cases before deciding whether infections had peaked after…
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New report says COVID-19 has killed 640 fully-vaccinated people in England
About 640 people who were fully vaccinated died with Covid-19 in England in six months (January to July) accounting for just 1% of deaths, new figures have revealed. According to a Monday morning, Se…
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UK government drops plans for domestic vaccine passports
Sajid Javid has announced the government has dropped plans for domestic vaccine passports for use in nightclubs and other crowded venues in a dramatic u-turn — just days after No 10 defended the prop…
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Bodies of coronavirus victims cannot be handed to families – AMA affirms
Florence S. Kuukyi, Director, Metro Public Health Department, Accra Metropolitan Assembly has stated that Covid-19 is an infectious disease and persons who die from it cannot be handed over to the fa…
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UK announces extra 5.4 bln pounds to help COVID-hit health services
Britain will set aside a further 5.4 billion pounds ($7.5 billion) over the next six months to help its National Health Service cover additional costs from the COVID-19 pandemic and to tackle the hug…
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Brazil health regulator suspends use of 12 million Sinovac vaccine shots
Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa on Saturday suspended the use of over 12 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd that were produced in an unauthorized pl…
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Ghana to produce vaccines in the next five years to control COVID-19 – President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the country is working earnestly to ensure local production of the COVID-19 vaccines to control the pandemic. “Ghana’s vision is to develop and produce the …
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Ghana takes delivery of 244K J&J vaccine doses, 1.2m Moderna doses coming tomorrow
On Thursday, 2 September 2021, the government of Ghana received 244,800 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) initiative. Also, the governm…
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Australia and Britain announce Pfizer coronavirus vaccine swap deal
Australia will get 4 million doses of the Pfizer Inc coronavirus vaccine in a swap deal with Britain, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, days after announcing a smaller swap agreement with…