Coronavirus Updates
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Vaccine War: Pfizer now claims jab is 95% effective AND safe in effort to match Moderna
Pfizer and BioNTech now claim their coronavirus vaccine is 95 per cent effective, upgrading an earlier estimate of 90 per cent. Their announcement comes just days after another company, Moderna, said…
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Three health chiefs quit in Italy as pandemic sweeps across regions
The Italian government was left red-faced on Tuesday when a third health chief in Calabria quit in barely a week, leaving the southern region’s hospitals rudderless and still lacking an emergency cor…
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Covid-19 vaccine respected to circulate Canada by end of 2021
Canada has signed several agreements for potential COVID-19 vaccines and should be able to get them out to a large part of the population by the end of next year, one of Canada’s top doctors said on …
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Argentina pushes for $3.75bn wealth tax to aid families hard-hit by covid-19
The lower house of Argentina’s Congress on Tuesday began debating a bill seeking to raise 300 billion pesos ($3.75 billion) through a tax on large fortunes to finance programs aimed at helping famili…
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Pfizer to launch pilot delivery program for its covid-19 vaccine in four U.S. states
Pfizer Inc has launched a pilot delivery program for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in four U.S. states, as the U.S. drugmaker seeks to address distribution challenges facing its ultra-cold storag…
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Teenage pregnancy skyrockets in Kenya amid covid-19 lockdown
Jackline Bosibori wept when she found out she was pregnant. The 17-year-old’s mother, who is raising six kids alone, collapsed in their one-room home. They had been repeatedly threatened with evictio…
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Australia confines 4,000 to covid-19 quarantine in hopes of stifling new cluster
Australian authorities conducted mass tests on Tuesday and about 4,000 people were confined to quarantine in the hope of stifling a new cluster of cases of the novel coronavirus after hopes it had be…
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Researchers discover coronavirus already spreading in Italy earlier than thought
The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute (INT) of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that it might have spread beyond China ear…
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Michigan, Washington impose stern covid-19 restrictions as cases skyrocket
Michigan and Washington state on Sunday imposed sweeping new restrictions on gatherings, including halting indoor restaurant service, to slow the spread of the coronavirus as total U.S. infections cr…
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U.S. continues to champion coronavirus as cases peak at 11 million
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States crossed the 11-million mark on Sunday reaching yet another grim milestone, according to a Reuters tally, as the third wave of COVID-19 infections …