Coronavirus Updates
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Saudi Arabia, UAE race to curb pandemic spread with expansion of vaccine drive
Saudi Arabia and neighbouring United Arab Emirates said on Sunday health authorities have expanded COVID-19 vaccinations to all citizens and residents aged 16 and above as Gulf states race to bring t…
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Britons must desist from importing vaccine-resistant variants – Minister warns
Britain must preserve the gains of its COVID-19 vaccination campaign at all costs and avoid a situation where people would return from foreign holidays bringing vaccine-resistant variants with them, …
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Ghana’s active cases down to 3,343; death toll rises to 713
Ghana’s COVID-19 deaths have risen to 713 following the confirmation of eight more fatalities by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The latest update from the GHS further indicated that 40 people were i…
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Pakistan Prime Minister catch coronavirus; two days after receiving first vaccine dose
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19 two days after receiving his first vaccine dose, government officials said on Saturday, urging people not to be deterred from getti…
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GHS to commence vaccination of health workers next week
Director of Health Promotions at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Dacosta Aboagye has disclosed that all health workers in the country will next week be vaccinated even though some of them have already …
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Georgia limits AstraZeneca jabs after 27-year-old nurse died of anaphylactic shock
Georgia’s health ministry said after the death of a 27-year-old nurse that coronavirus vaccinations with the AstraZeneca shot would continue only in full-fledged medical centres, the TASS news agency…
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Russia delivers Sputnik V vaccine to St Petersburg after shortage problems
Russia delivered on Friday the first batch of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to St Petersburg since late February after shortage problems prompted the city to partially suspend its vaccination eff…
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Countries resume AstraZeneca vaccination after EU, UK talks
Nearly a dozen countries resumed use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots on Friday as EU and British regulators said the benefits outweighed any risks after reports of rare instances of blood clotting th…
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Ghana vaccinate over 400k individuals during first phase
A total of 405,000 persons have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 from March 2 to 18, data from the Extended Programme on Immunization (EPI) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has shown. These are …
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France places 16 areas under FULL lockdown
French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday that 16 French départements will be placed under a four-week lockdown because the rapidly increasing Covid-19 infections in the country. “The s…