Coronavirus Updates
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China insists it won’t grant WHO opportunity to study COVID-19 origin
China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a…
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French PM says Delta variant is major circulating COVID-19 variant
The Delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is now the majority variant of the virus circulating in France, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Wednesday. Castex told TF1 televisi…
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Covid-19 Delta variant kills 10 people in Kumasi
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has disclosed that a total of 10 people have died after contracting the new strain of coronavirus, Delta variant. In a press release, it noted that over 200 cas…
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Fully vaccinated U.K. health Secretary Sajid Javid tests positive for COVID-19
Sajid Javid, the top government official tasked with leading the United Kingdom’s coronavirus response, announced Saturday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 after being vaccinated. In a video …
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Senegal president threatens border closure, state of emergency as COVID cases soar
Senegal’s President Macky Sall threatened on Friday to close the borders and re-impose a state of emergency after the country registered a new record number of daily COVID-19 cases for the third time…
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Australia’s Sydney toughen lockdown as high rising COVID-19 cases push into third week
The Australian city of Sydney on Saturday ordered a shutdown of building sites, banned non-essential retail and threatened fines for employers who make staff come into the office as new COVID-19 case…
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Hungary PM says county to pilot third dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Hungary will offer the option of taking a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine from Aug. 1 and will make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all healthcare workers, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state …
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Health Minister says Ghana has terminated ‘overpriced’ Sputnik V vaccine deal
Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Health Minister, has said the ‘overpriced’ Sputnik V vaccine contract with middle-man, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, has been terminated. Under the Sputnik V vaccine contract, …
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Australia’s Sydney extends COVID lockdown as restrictions failed to stamp outbreak
Australian authorities extended a lockdown in Sydney on Wednesday by at least 14 days, after three weeks of initial restrictions failed to stamp out the biggest outbreak of COVID-19 this year in the …
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GHS and GES lockdown Achimota school as fears of Delta Covid-19 variant grow
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) have finally reached an agreement to shutdown the Achimota School for at least two weeks. This is said to have been prompted by th…