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Covid-19 Update: UK Daily Cases Surpass 200,000
The UK government has logged in its highest daily total since the pandemic began at 218,724. With this, the coronavirus tally of the UK has now reached 13,641,520. The government also confirmed an additional 48 coronavirus-related fatalities. According to the official release, the total number of deaths due to the disease in Britain has now…
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WHO Says Omicron Cases Are Doubling At Least Every 3 Days
In a recent report shared by the World Health Organization, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading fast in countries with documented community transmission, with the number of cases doubling in 1.5 to 3 days. The highly mutated variant, now present in 89 countries, is spreading rapidly in areas with high levels of population…
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South Africa Offers 2M COVID Jabs To Other African Nations
To boost the vaccination drive in Africa, South Africa says it would donate 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to other African countries. The vaccine doses said to be worth approximately $18 million will be produced at the Aspen Pharmacare manufacturing facility in Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth, and be distributed to…
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Pfizer Confirms Third Vaccine Shots Can Neutralize Omicron Variant
BioNTech and Pfizer (PFE.N) have confirmed that a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine is able to neutralize the new Omicron variant following results from recent laboratory tests. The German and U.S. companies said two doses of their vaccine resulted in significantly lower neutralising antibodies but could still be protective against severe disease. “The first line of…
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Ghana To Fine Airlines $3,500 For Unvaccinated Passengers
Authorities in Ghana have announced it will fine airlines $3,500 for each passenger who arrives in the capital’s international airport without being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In the country’s updated Covid-19 prevention measures, airlines would also be penalised the same amount for travellers who did not fill out a health declaration form before boarding their…
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South Africa Faces Covid-19 Fourth Wave Driven By Omicron Variant
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said hospitals are now preparing for more admissions as the country enters a fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron coronavirus strain. “As the country heads into the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, we are experiencing a rate of infections that we have not seen since the pandemic started,” Ramaphosa said…
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Zimbabwe Beef Up Vaccination Campaign As Covid Cases Rise
The Zimbabwean government has announced plans to beef up vaccination as one of its measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic following the discovery of the omicron variant. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who made the announcement in a televised address on state TV, urged the unvaccinated population to get vaccinated not just for their…
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Infographics: Tracking Omicron Variant
The Omicron coronavirus variant has been detected in at least 19 countries since November 24. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the global risk from the spread of Omicron was “very high” due to the multiple mutations in the variants spike protein. The organization has since urged 194 member nations to speed the delivery of vaccinations…
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Morocco Halts Flights From France Over Covid-19 Spread
Starting from Friday, November 26, Morocco would suspend flights to and from France due to reports of the rising cases of coronavirus. The ministry said the decision to temporarily halt flights was made by an inter-ministerial committee “to preserve Morocco’s achievements in terms of management of the Covid-19 pandemic and to deal with the deterioration…
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What To Know About The New COVID Strain Found In South Africa?
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has announced the detection of a new Covid-19 strain in South Africa with one of the highest number of mutations. The institute said 22 positive cases of the new variant have been recorded in the country following genomic sequencing. While South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla said the variant…