Coronavirus Updates
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UK approves Moderna COVID-19 shot for children aged 12 to 17 years
The UK’s health regulator has approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12 to 17 years, it said on Tuesday, weeks after Pfizer’s shot was given the green light for deployment ahead…
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Pope Francis urges everyone to get COVID-19 vaccines for the good of all
Pope Francis issued an appeal on Wednesday urging people to get inoculated against COVID-19, saying the vaccines could bring an end to the pandemic, but needed to be taken by everyone. “Thanks to God…
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Stay away from Johnson and Johnson if you have taken AstraZeneca jab – Dr Asiedu Bekoe warns
Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Service, Dr. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe has reiterated caution against receiving mixed doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’…
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GHS dishes out Johnson & Johnson vaccines today in Accra and Kumasi; see list of centres
Ghana has taken delivery of 177,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines to vaccinate people who are yet to receive a COVID-19 jab. The vaccine is the first batch of the Africa Union’s African Vac…
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Japan to extend COVID-19 “state of emergency” lockdown through mid-Sept – report
The Japanese government is set to extend its “state of emergency” soft lockdown in regions including Tokyo to the middle of September as well as adding several other regions, the Sankei Shimbun daily…
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Australia’s Sydney records deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic; troops, police set up roadblocks
Australia’s biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday as troops and police set up roadblocks to limit the movement of people, while Melbourne faced a nightl…
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New research shows babies born during COVID-19 pandemic are subject to low IQ
Scientists from Brown University in Rhode Island have found that Children born during the Covid pandemic may have lower IQs. According to the research, babies born since March 2020 have worse cogniti…
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Vaccine proofs at restaurant, gyms, others mandatory in San Francisco and New Orleans
The cities of San Francisco and New Orleans on Thursday ordered patrons to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations to enter restaurants, gyms and other venues, joining New York in a severe step designed …
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Sydney increases on-the-spot fines, as Australia faces its ‘worst’ COVID situation
On-the-spot fines for people breaking lockdown rules in Sydney and the rest of its home state of New South Wales have been raised sharply to as much as A$5,000 ($3,700) as the state logged a record j…
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California becomes first state to order teachers, school staff to get COVID vaccinated
California on Wednesday became the first U.S. state to require that its teachers and other school staff be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19, a move Governor Gavin Newsom called “a responsi…