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COVAX Has Delivered Over 9 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Africa
As Covid-19 vaccination continues to thrive globally, the COVAX initiative has so far shown done commendably well in leading the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. As of the time of this publication, COVAX has shipped 9,044,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to African countries, reaching some of their target of 270 million doses…
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UK Finances Hit First January Deficit in 10 years
For the first time in 10 years, the UK government has announced that more has been borrowed in January than collected through tax and other income. January is usually a key revenue-raising month as it is when taxpayers submit their self-assessment returns. Tax income fell by less than £1bn, but the government spent £19.7bn more…
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Healthcare Crisis In Somalia Reaches Frightening Heights
Somalia’s healthcare system is currently struggling with the spike in daily new Covid-19 infections which some healthcare practitioners believe is due to the new coronavirus strain. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the East African nation really hard according to new reports. Health workers at the Martini Hospital in Mogadishu, the capital’s…
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The UK Economy Shrank By A Record 9.9% in 2020
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the UK economy shrunk by a record 9.9% last year as coronavirus restrictions hit economic output. The report showed that the contraction in 2020 “was more than twice as much as the previous largest annual fall on record”. However, towards the end of the year, the economy experienced…
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Covid-19: India Records 12,881 New Cases, Recovery Rate At 97.32%
Despite’s India’s nationwide lockdown, the tally of COVID-19 cases have risen to 1,09,50,201 with 12,881 new infections being reported in a day. The COVID-19 case fatality rate has dropped to 1.42 percent, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease increased to 1,06,56,845 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of…
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Covid-19 Drives Increase In Alcohol Consumption and Weight Gain
According to a new study conducted by IPSOS Global Advisor, has found that while many are aware of the possible link between obesity and the severity of COVID symptoms, people around the world are increasing their consumption of alcohol and unhealthy eating habits. The research which was carried out across 30 countries with the focus…
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How Many People Have Been Vaccinated In The UK?
The British government has embarked on what can be described as the biggest vaccination programme in British history with its impressive Covid-19 vaccination rollout. Recall that Prime Minister, Boris Johnson had pledged to vaccinate everyone in the top four risk categories by mid-February which includes: Care home residents and workers People aged 80+ and frontline…
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WTO DG Warns Against Vaccine Nationalism
World Trade Organization’s new Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said vaccine protectionism must be stopped in order to win the fight against the pandemic. In recent weeks, several countries have reportedly tried to prevent the export of vaccines made within their borders but Dr Okonjo-Iweala has said this most be stopped as protectionism would hinder a…
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Zimbabwe Receives First Batch of Covid-19 Vaccines
Zimbabwe has received its first 200,000 Sinopharm vaccines donated by the Chinese government. The vaccines arrived at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in the capital, Harare, in the early hours of Monday and were received by Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga. “It has not been lost on us that in times of need…
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Report: Has The Pandemic Caused A Rise In Sex Crimes?
On July 3, 2020, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concerned about skyrocketing reports of gender-based violence the Covid-19 lockdowns- what he termed the “shadow pandemic.” In Nigeria, more than 700 cases of sexual assault were reported between January and May 2020, with numbers surging after a temporary lockdown began in March, according to Nigerian police. As the…