Coronavirus Updates
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COVID-19: UK government to use takeaway discounts to ‘encourage’ vaccine uptake
The government is hoping that offers of taxi rides and takeaway food will help overcome hesitancy among younger age groups about getting the Covid-19 vaccine. Companies including ride-sharing app Ube…
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President Biden urges all U.S. states to start paying out $100 to anyone who gets vaccinated
President Joe Biden is calling for state, local and U.S. territorial governments to provide $100 payments for every newly vaccinated American to boost COVID-19 inoculation rates, the U.S. Treasury De…
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New York City to start paying out $100 to anyone who gets vaccinated, from tomorrow
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a free $100 incentive to anyone who goes to a city-run vaccination site for their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, starting this Friday July 30. The …
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AstraZeneca vaccine sales tripled to $894m in second quarter from previous three months
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine sales more than tripled to $894 million in the second quarter from the previous three months, and the drugmaker updated its 2021 forecasts on Thursday to include sales …
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Australia’s Sydney compounds lockdown by four weeks, as order fails to douse outbreak
Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, extended a lockdown by four weeks on Wednesday after an already protracted stay-at-home order failed to douse a COVID-19 outbreak, with authorities warning of toughe…
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President Akufo-Addo to set apart $25m for Ghana-made vaccine project
The President Of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced government’s plans to develop its capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally in a bid to reduce the dependence on foreign supplies…
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[Full Text] Read President Akufo-Addo’s 26th national coronavirus address
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have not come into your homes for some time, because I had hoped that the next time I did so, I would come to announce that we were ready to lift the restrictions an…
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President Nana Akufo-Addo to deliver State of the Nation address tonight
President Nana Akufo-Addo will deliver his State of the Nation address at 8PM GMT today. The update will focus on the measures being taken against the spread of Corona Virus. Recall that recent updat…
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White House has accused Facebook and YouTube of spreading vaccine misinformation
The White House has YouTube, not just Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID vaccines and are not doing eno…
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Ghana’s coronavirus cases close in at 100,000 since inception
Ghana is 26 cases away from hitting the milestone 100,000 cases of Coronavirus since the deadly viral disease was first detected in the country on Thursday, March 12, 2020. In its latest update, the …