Coronavirus Updates
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Israel kicks off human trials on COVID-19 vaccine as schools slowly reopen
Israel began human trials on Sunday for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate which, if successful, could be ready for the general public by the end of next summer. Eighty volunteers will initially take par…
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Boris Johnson announces four-week national shutdown from Thursday
A four-week lockdown will be imposed across all of England on 5 November, closing pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops and with a ban on foreign travel. Mixing with other households inside homes…
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India records 48,268 fresh coronavirus cases in 24hrs
India’s coronavirus caseload stood at 8.1 million on Saturday, with 48,268 new cases being recorded in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed. India has the world’s second-highest ca…
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Ghana’s coronavirus deaths hit 320
Four more persons have died from Covid-19 bringing Ghana’s total death toll to 320, latest figures from the Ghana Health Service has revealed. The active caseload has also shot up from 488 to 566. So…
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Manchester United’s Alex Telles catches coronavirus
Manchester United defender Alex Telles has tested positive for COVID-19 but is showing no symptoms and is expected to return to action soon, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. Telles, who arrived at …
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Fears linger as Ghana suspects covid-19 second wave with spike in cases
Ghana’s coronavirus cases have seen a sharp rise in the past days with the total cumulative cases nearing 48,000. This has also seen a spike in the active cases, which went as low as 301 in the early…
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Wave of new coronavirus cases crashes across U.S. and Europe as winter looms
The United States, Russia, France and many other countries are setting records for coronavirus infections as a tidal wave of cases washes over parts of the Northern Hemisphere, forcing some countries…
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China reports spike in asymptomatic covid-19 cases; highest in seven months
China reported the highest number of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in nearly seven months, following a mass infection of an unknown origin in the northwestern Xinjiang region. Xinjiang health authoriti…
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The FDA Approves The Anti-Viral Remdesivir As Its First COVID-19 Treatment Drug
According to a recent report from the Associated Press, U.S. regulators approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients intravenously. The …
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Charging US$150 for COVID-19 test at Kotoka Airport is illegal – Minority leader
The Minority in Parliament is questioning the circumstances under which Frontiers Health Services Limited was awarded the contract to test passengers for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at t…