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Why Pregnant Women Should Avoid Covid-19 Vaccines
Health experts have asked that pregnant women avoid Covid-19 vaccines as it has not been recommended for use. In a recent post on the World Health Organization’s official website, experts said they do not recommend the use of the vaccine in pregnant women unless they are at high risk of being exposed to the virus.…
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Nigerian State To Force Compliance To Covid-19 Protocols As Death Toll Rises To 73
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Saturday said it has concluded plans to set up a Covid-19 Marshals to enforce strict compliance to Covid-19 protocols as covid-19 death toll rises to 73 in the state. Ganduje made the disclosure during a media parley on the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic in the state.…
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Scientists Say South African Covid-19 Variant May Escape Antibodies And Cause Reinfection
New study suggests that the new variant of the coronavirus ‘501Y.V2’ has mutations in nine parts of its spike protein, which enables it to infect human cells as it can likely escape “neutralization” by antibodies from recovered COVID-19 patients. According to the yet-to-be peer reviewed study, published in the preprint platform BioRxiv, this new variant of the…
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Covid-19: WHO To Initiate Plan For Global Vaccine Rollout
WHO plans to approve several COVID-19 vaccines from western and Chinese manufacturers in the coming weeks and months, be rolled out globally so that poorer countries can start their inoculation as disclosed in a document published on Wednesday January 20. The health organization aims for rapid vaccine releases in poorer countries. COVAX, a global scheme co-led by…
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Expert Claims US States Are Struggling With Vaccine Rollout
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, on Friday said most states in America are struggling to manage a slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout due to lack of information and financial support. Osterholm said states have not been given adequate information or resources needed to plan for vaccinations…
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UK Detects 77 Cases Of South African Covid-19 Strain
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that experts have discovered 77 cases of the South African Covid-19 variant through the testing of people who had recently travelled. The new variants had been identified because both Brazil and South Africa had ‘decent-sized’ genomic sequencing programmes but other countries were less well covered, he said. “The new variant…
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UK Records 610 Deaths As Death Toll Nears 100,000
610 people have died from coronavirus in the UK, as the country’s official death toll approaches 100,000. The UK government has confirmed 30,004 cases in the last 24 hours which brings infection toll to a total of 3,647,463 along with some 97,939 deaths. However, other counts already have already seen the country’s toll pass 100,000…
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Panama confirms first case of South African Covid-19 variant
Ministry of Health officials in Panama has announced the country has recorded its first positive case of the South African mutant strain of coronavirus known as ‘501Y.V2’. “This is a 40-year-old passenger, born in Zimbabwe, who entered the country on January 5 from South Africa and had previously made a stop over in the Netherlands…
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Hong Kong Imposes Temporary Lockdown
Hong Kong is set to impose a temporary lockdown on residents in coronavirus hotspots as new cases of Covid-19 have been reported. In a statement released early Saturday, the Hong Kong government made a “restriction-testing declaration”, which requires residents from parts of Jordan (Kowloon peninsula) to stay in their premises and undergo compulsory testing arranged by…
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Nigeria Approves N6.45bn For New Oxygen Plants
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the disbursement of the sum of N6.45billion for setting up of oxygen plants in 38 locations nationwide to enhance the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This was disclosed at the first National Economic Council (NEC) of 2021 presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed said the…