Coronavirus Updates
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Teachers call for strike in Paris as COVID-19 cases skyrockets
The main trade union representing French primary school teachers called on Thursday for a strike in Paris over what it says is the government’s failure to protect staff and pupils from a third wave o…
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White House to spend $10 billion to boost COVID-19 shots in underserved areas
The White House on Thursday said it plans to spend $10 billion to expand COVID-19 vaccinations at community health centers around the United States and boost awareness and trust of COVID-19 vaccines,…
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AstraZeneca says COVID vaccine 76% effective in new study
AstraZeneca’s said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective in a new analysis of its U.S. trial – only a tad lower than the level in an earlier report this week criticised for using outdated data. Inte…
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Hungary flags delay in reopening of schools as COVID-19 cases surge
Hungary’s planned reopening of schools and kindergartens on April 7 now appears “optimistic”, Zoltan Maruzsa, a state secretary in charge of education, said in a newspaper interview published on Thur…
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Johnson suggests UK pubs might require vaccine certificates from costumers
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested on Wednesday that some pubs might require customers to produce vaccine certificates, an idea that he had previously deemed unlikely. Almost 29 million p…
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Hong Kong suspends BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
Hong Kong authorities halted the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Germany’s BioNTech on Wednesday, citing defective packaging, in a move that triggered scenes of confusion in inoculation centre…
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EU to extend powers to potentially block COVID-19 vaccine exports to Britain, others
The European Commission on Wednesday will extend EU powers to potentially block COVID-19 vaccine exports to Britain and other areas with much higher vaccination rates, and to cover instances of compa…
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Asian countries accelerates roll-out of AstraZeneca COVID vaccines rollouts
Many Asian countries are accelerating the rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after confidence in its safety was hit, following reports that the shot was linked to rare blood clots in Europe ea…
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Private individuals must not handle the coronavirus vaccines – GHS warns
The Ghana Health Service has cautioned the general public against contracting individuals to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. It follows the arrest of some 3 persons for allegedly stealing via…
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GHS to commence vaccination of 90,000 health today
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from today, March 22, begin the vaccination of 90,000 health workers outside the COVID-19 epicentres in the country. The GHS said it would create two vaccination c…