Coronavirus Updates
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Israel becomes first to vaccinate 1/3 of population
Israel could begin overcoming the COVID-19 crisis after fully vaccinating a third of its population, an official said on Sunday, indicating it would take some weeks more than previously thought. Laun…
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WHO-led team arrive Wuhan market where first COVID was first detected
A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Huanan market on Sunday, the wholesale seafood centre in the central Chinese city of Wuhan where the new …
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CDC says nearly 50 million COVID-19 vaccine doses shared across U.S.; 30 million administered
Almost 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed in the United States and nearly 30 million doses administered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. The a…
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U.S. CDC orders mandatory face mask on public transports; effective Monday
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order late Friday requiring masks in interstate transportation and at transit hubs, including airplanes, mass transit, taxis and trains, …
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Akufo-Addo orders drastic reduction of coronavirus test at KIA
Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Minister for Health, has hinted that President Nana Akufo-Addo has instructed that the fee for COVID-19 tests at the Kotoka International Airpo…
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CDC Africa affirms South Africa’s coronavirus variant in Ghana
Ghana has been listed among countries in Africa where a new variant of the COVID-19 is spreading. The continental health body, the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC), made this known in a statem…
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Vietnam approves AstraZeneca vaccine as country battles biggest covid-19 outbreak
Vietnam approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and cut short an important ruling Communist Party meeting, state media reported on Saturday, as the country battled its biggest coronavirus outbreak since …
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Taiwan records first COVID-19 death in eight months
Taiwan’s government on Saturday reported the island’s first death from COVID-19 since May, as it battles a small and unusual outbreak of locally transmitted cases. A woman in her 80s with underlying …
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Coronavirus second wave spreading rapidly – Eastern Regional Health Directorate
The Eastern Regional Health Directorate has expressed worry at the spread of the second wave of Covid-19 in the region. According to the Regional Health Director Dr Winfred Ofosu, many districts and …
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AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine APPROVED
Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday approved AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, the third vaccine to be cleared for use in the European Union. The …