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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…