Coronavirus Updates
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German government to ease COVID-19 lockdown restriction from Monday
Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to relax contact restrictions slightly from next week in Germany – but extend much of the shutdown until March 28th, a draft paper shows. Merkel and state leaders are m…
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Police in Ahafo arrest 29 for failure to wear facemask
The Goaso District Police Command, with support from the Ahafo Regional Operations and Divisional patrol teams, has arrested 29 suspects for failure to wear facemasks as directed by President Akufo-A…
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American Catholic group tells followers to avoid Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
An American Catholic church body on Tuesday urged its followers to avoid the coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, alleging that it was “developed, tested and produced using abortion-de…
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Gov’t of Ghana to use drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccines in Ashanti Region
About 500 hard-to-reach health facilities in the Ashanti Region will receive their Covid-19 vaccines through medical drone deliveries. The partnership between Zipline and the government is to increas…
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U.S. will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for every adult by May – Biden
President Biden said on Tuesday that the U.S. will produce enough vaccines for every adult in the U.S. by the end of May, while making a fresh push to vaccinate school staff over the next month. “We’…
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Nigeria receives first batch of the coronavirus vaccine
Nigeria takes delivery of its first batch of AstraZeneca/Oxford Coronavirus vaccine today, Tuesday, 2nd March, 2021, making it the third West African country to achieve this milestone success, just b…
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Austria and Denmark break ranks with EU to produce vaccines with Israel
Austria and Denmark, chafing at the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the European Union, have broken ranks with Brussels to form an alliance with Israel to produce second-generation vaccines agai…
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Germany set to push coronavirus lockdown until March 28
Germany plans to extend its coronavirus lockdown until March 28 while easing some restrictions from next week, a draft document to be discussed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and federal state leaders s…
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Former president John Mahama takes the coronavirus vaccine
Former President John Dramani Mahama has joined the train of leaders taking the recently acquired AstraZeneca vaccine to allay the fears and public mistrust about the exercise. President Akufo-Addo a…
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Nigeria launches online registration platform ahead of vaccine arrival
Nigeria unveils online portals for registration ahead of the arrival its first batch of the coronavirus vaccine. This was announced on Monday, 1st March, 2021, by Nigeria’s main medical institution, …