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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil said Saturday that more than 500,000 people in the country are confirmed to have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 2,000...
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal and Guide
Sisters Carolyn Moore of Norfolk and Ann Blackwell of Virginia Beach are remarkably close.
They are often referred to as “Two peas in a pod” or “twins”, and they share the love of food, family,
church, and work ethics.
But last November the two sisters shared an unnerving experience that threatened their lives and well-being.
Continue reading Two Sisters Who Battled COVID—And Won! at The New Journal and Guide.
By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil, a nation proud of its role as a regional leader in science, technology and medicine, finds itself falling behind its neighbors in the global race for immunization against a pandemic that has already killed nearly 200,000 of its people. Latin America's largest nation, long heralded for its domestic vaccine development programs, appears to be at least three or four weeks away from launching any formal immunization campaign against COVID-19. In contrast, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Costa Rica and other countries in the region have already begun giving […]
The post Brazil scrambles to approve virus vaccine as pressure mounts appeared first on Black News Channel.
While the CDC said there should be enough doses for as many as 20 million people to receive vaccination by the end of December, health officials expect a much larger supply in the coming months. Still, with a justified distrust of unproven vaccines, and a perceived limited participation by African Americans in clinical the trials that lead to the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, many question whether African Americans will accept vaccination.
The post Will The Black Community Get Shut Out From COVID Vaccination? appeared first on The Seattle Medium.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a tighter curfew and other COVID containment measures for Westmoreland as cases of the infection continue to surge.\tOver the past couple of weeks, health officials have been raising alarm about the...
[Nation] The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Kenya has risen to 83,618 following 302 new positive tests from 3,038 samples, the Ministry of Health has reported.
[MAP] Rabat -- Morocco has recorded 1,899 new cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) over the past 24 hours while 2,531 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the same period, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
ADELAIDE, Australia — South Australia has decided against imposing increased local Covid-19 restrictions despite the ongoing outbreak in Victoria. The state’s transition committee met on June 1 and resolved to keep the current level of measures [...]
SYDNEY — The federal government does not know how many of Australia’s 130,000 home care workers have been vaccinated against coronavirus. Health officials confirmed at a Senate hearing on June 2 no vaccination data had been collected on staff visiting people’s homes. The Senate had earlier notified about the hearing through a tweet “The Department of Health is first up before […]
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By The Associated Press undefined ISLAMABAD — Pakistan will spend $1.1 billion in the next fiscal year to import COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate most of the 100 million adult population. This announcement was made by finance minister Shaukat Tareen on Friday while presenting the annual budget for fiscal 2021-22 in the parliament. Pakistan's fiscal year begins on July 1. Pakistan, a nation of 220 million, has so far mainly relied on vaccines import from neighboring China. The latest development comes two days after Pakistan said it has administered 10 million vaccine doses amid a decline in COVID-19 cases and deaths […]
The post The Latest: Pakistan to spend $1.1B on shots for adults appeared first on BNC.
SOURCE: Jamaica Observer — Jamaica recorded 120 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 46,708, with 23,291 active, and the death toll to 806. The deaths were of two men from St Catherine – an 85-year-old and a 60-year-old; and a 69-year-old woman from Kingston and St […]
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola (CMC) — The administration of British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie will be exploring reports that private companies have been terminating employees who have declined to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Following published reports, Fahie stated that although he is a full advocate for vaccination, people have the
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from tribal violence between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's West Darfur province climbed to at least 83, including women and children, a doctor's union and aid worker said, as sporadic violence continued Sunday. The ruling sovereign council met Sunday and said security forces would be deployed to the area. The deadly clashes grew out of a fistfight Friday between two people in a camp for displaced people in Genena, the provincial capital. An Arab man was stabbed to death and his family, from the Arab Rizeigat tribe, attacked the […]
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SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - Brazilian engineering group Odebrecht, whose name became synonymous with graft due to its role in the nation’s sweeping Car Wash corruption investigation, is changing its name as it tries to turn the page on that scandal-plagued history.
The article Brazil’s Odebrecht rebrands as Novonor to turn page on graft-stained history appeared first on Stabroek News.
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has ordered 50,000 doses of the Russia-developed Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, as nationals continue to refuse taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to help curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic here.
Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on... View Article
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With a number of schools reopening for face-to-face classes since January, only to shutter days later because of the novel coronavirus in their midst, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association Jasford Gabriel says this could have been avoided if the authorities had just waited.
(CBM) - More than half of California is now under a regional stay-at-home order. Last week, when the governor announced the impending shutdown, he said health officials had carved the state into five regions. Their goal is to coordinate a broad emergency response that would reach across county lines and consider the proximity and capacity […]
