Tag: Corona
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UK Plans on Easing the Lockdown
London, March 18 (AFP/APP): Britain insisted Thursday that its plan to ease coronavirus lockdowns in the coming months remained on track, despite a vaccine supply shortfall from India which will hit the inoculation drive in April. The state-run National Health Service in England has warned in a letter to local vaccination centres that doses will…
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte During the Pandemic
The Hague, March 18 (AFP/APP): Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has long relied on an unflashy, managerial style, and never more so than during the coronavirus pandemic. But while it may not set political pulses alight, it has achieved the extraordinary feat of winning a fourth term in office after nearly a decade in power.…
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UN Says that Vaccinating Refugees Could Extend till 2022
Geneva, March 18 (AFP/APP):The UN said Thursday that vaccinating some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees could drag on beyond 2022 due to the slow roll-out of Covid-19 jabs in host countries. UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, said many urban refugees were driven into a downward spiral of poverty last year by the coronavirus…
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Covid Cases Increase in Africa
ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (Xinhua/APP): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,051,362 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 108,391, while 3,641,349 patients across…
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250 Million Dollars Raised to Battle the Covid Pandemic
Geneva, March 15 (AFP/APP): The World Health Organization said Monday that a fund it launched a year ago to draw donations from regular people and companies towards battling the pandemic had raised nearly $250 million. Countries have pitched in billions of dollars to help the global fight against Covid-19, which has killed more than 2.6 million people since…
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Italy bans AstraZeneca/Oxford Vaccine
Rome, March 15 (AFP/APP): Italy’s medicines agency said on Monday it had joined other European nations in blocking the use of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine over fears of a link to blood clots. “AIFA has decided to extend the ban on the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine throughout Italy as a precautionary and temporary measure pending European Medicines Agency…
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New Corona Cases in Thailand
BANGKOK, Mar 11 (XINHUA/APP): Thailand on Thursday confirmed 58 more cases of corona-virus infection, mostly domestic, according to a report of the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Of Thursday‘s 58 cases, 53 were domestic while five referred to those who had returned from abroad and tested positive for the corona-virus in Thailand, the CCSA report said.…
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9 Million Students Effected by Corona
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (XINHUA/APP): Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) COVID-19 emergency response has reached over 9 million vulnerable girls and boys “in the midst of the worst education crisis of our lifetime,” the fund said in a press release Thursday. The ECW said that within days of the declaration of the pandemic one year ago, the fund…
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South Korea Approves AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine
S.KOREA, Mar 11 (AA/APP): South Korean health authorities on Thursday approved the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 65 and above, local media reported. In a statement, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said the country’s vaccination committee recommended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after review studies were conducted by the UK and Scotland,…
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Covid Cases in Russia
MOSCOW/APP, Mar 11:MOSCOW, March 11 (Xinhua) : Russia registered 9,270 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 4,360,823, the country’s COVID-19 response center said Thursday. Another 14,006 people have recovered from the disease, taking total recoveries to 3,959,533. Official figures show that there were 459 new deaths over the previous…