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General public could receive vaccinations by July - DefenderNetwork.com
Texas health officials on Monday said they hoped to start vaccinating the general public by next July, though that could change based on type of vaccine and how many doses the state receives. In its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan update, the Texas Department of State Health Services laid out
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Delayed rollout of COVID-19 vaccine will deter ability to travel abroad
The slow rollout will affect South Africans’ ability to visit other countries, where vaccination may become an entry requirement.
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Allowing Georgia Pharmacists to Administer Vaccines Will Help Fight Health Disparities in the Black Community - Atlanta Tribune
Allowing Georgia Pharmacists to Administer Vaccines Will Help Fight Health Disparities in the Black Community The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Georgia’s Black communities since it began about a year ago. Unfortunately, we continue seeing the disparities as immunization
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The Latest: Pope greets public again with wide distancing - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has resumed greeting the public in St. Peter's Square, seven weeks after he interrupted the Sunday noon ritual to discourage crowds from gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Smiling broadly, Francis appeared at an Apostolic Palace window
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Gov. Holcomb, FEMA announce mass vaccination on the grounds of Roosevelt High School | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb, together with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), announced that an eight-week mass vaccination clinic with the capacity to administer 3,000 COVID-19 vaccines a day will open in Gary in early April. The clinic will run from April 7 to June 2 at the site
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11 die in new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the western province of Equateur and 11 of those infected have died, health officials said on
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Covid-19: SA's Aspen could produce J&J vaccine shots by end of March | News24
Aspen Pharmacare could start production of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa by late March or early April if all approvals are in place, a senior company executive said.
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US experts debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine? - Black News Channel
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of health-care workers and nursing home residents. But what about in January, February and March, when more shots are expected to become
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Pied Piper of R&Pee & Alleged Herpes Spreader R. Kelly Gets Both COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
For a while now, R. Kelly has been doing everything under the sun to get himself sprung from prison, including citing the pandemic as a reason he should be allowed to go home and avoid contracting the deadly virus.
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Hold off old - Elderly with frail health warned against taking vaccine
An international health expert has cautioned Jamaica against vaccinating already frail senior citizens following Tuesday’s disclosure by Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that front-line workers and the elderly will be among the first estimated...
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Media critical in vaccine uptake
The medical journey has been appalling, astounding and agonising since the outbreak of the coronavirus in 2019. Life has never been the same since then with a new world order that brought what seemed to be bizarre and incredible measures which include the wearing of masks, social
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Lebron James coy on whether he’ll take the COVID-19 vaccine shot or not - Face2Face Africa
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said the league will not force its players to take the COVID-19 vaccines once they’re made available, and it looks like some of them are not even really in a rush to get the shot. In an interview on Sunday before the All-Star Game, Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron
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Black hospital faces vaccine mistrust from unlikely source
CHICAGO, United States (AP) - In a makeshift vaccination centre at a safety net Chicago hospital, a patient services aide ushers an older woman with a cane toward a curtained cubicle.'Here, have a seat right here,' Trenese Bland says helpfully, preparing the woman for a shot offering protection
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COVID-19 in SA: Over 100 000 healthcare workers vaccinated
South Africa has recently reached another milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic – one year since the first case was detected
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Survey: Most Americans willing to vaccinate for COVID-19 - African American News Today - EIN News
… is the racial disparity with African-Americans reporting substantially lower likelihoods of … the virus has had on African- Americans, this is an important gap … vaccinate, just 52 percent of African-American respondents said the same. Respondents …
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Colombia reaches deals with Pfizer, AstraZeneca for COVID-19 vaccines - Stabroek News
BOGOTA,  (Reuters) - Colombia has inked deals with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca to provide 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, President Ivan Duque said
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IRR wants to know why Covid-19 vaccines cannot be bought privately | News24
The Institute for Race Relations wants Health Minister Zweli Mkhize to explain why the private sector is not allowed to buy the vaccines intended to prevent Covid-19.
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Tennessee needs people to get the COVID vaccine, but proposals to weaken child immunization law could discourage that - TSDMemphis.com
As the first coronavirus vaccines were given this week in Tennessee, a legislative push is under way to weaken a state law requiring them for school, even though convincing skeptics to get the shots might be the quickest way to return education to some degree of normalcy. Several immunization bills
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Moderna starts COVID-19 vaccine trials on children
Moderna reached a new phase in its COVID-19 vaccine trials on children, the company said in a statement, a significant move to get as many people vaccinated as possible. The company's KidCOVE study will enroll 6,750 children between 6 months and 11 years old in the U.S. and Canada, according to
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President Cyril Ramaphosa to personally receive first batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses | News24
President Cyril Ramaphosa, along with Deputy President David Mabuza and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, will receive South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine doses.
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Lesotho: Covid Vaccine - Health Workers to Be Prioritised
[Lesotho Times] Health workers will be prioritised when Lesotho receives its consignment of the Covid-19 vaccine in April this year Ministry of Health expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) nurse, 'Mamonaheng Posholi has said.
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Indiana COVID-19 Update: IN expands vaccine eligibility to all residents 16 and up | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Jesse Kirsch, ABC 7 Chicago Indiana has opened COVID vaccine appointments to all residents 16 and older Wednesday. Residents can make an appointment by dialing 211 or visiting the state website ourshot.in.gov. Among the first younger recipients at a vaccination site in East Chicago was clinic
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Covid-19: Public trust a major factor in the success of any mass vaccination programme - Prof Quinot | News24
Public trust is undoubtedly a major factor in the success of any mass Covid-19 vaccination programme, says Professor of Law at Stellenbosch University, Geo Quinot.
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Ellis: Up your Health Literacy Game
By Glenn Ellis Do you understand what’s going on with all the research for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments? If you’re like most people in this country, based on a 2019 Harris Poll, more than two in five, or 45 percent of all Americans are concerned about the safety of vaccines in general. So, as
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SA vaccine schedule 2021: Find out when it's your turn to get the jab here
Zweli Mkhize has revealed when every South African should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. You can consult the full schedule here.
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Africa: Campaigners Warn That 9 Out of 10 People in Poor Countries Are Set to Miss Out On Covid-19 Vaccine Next Year
Press Release - Nearly 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in ten people against COVID-19 next year unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are produced, a group of campaigning organisations warned today.
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Vaccine Disparities Worry Md. Teachers' Unions - The Washington Informer
Top officials for teachers' unions in Montgomery and Prince George's counties said they have concerns about the coronavirus vaccination disparities among their members. The post Vaccine Disparities Worry Md. Teachers' Unions appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Nigeria: Measles - Adamawa to Vaccinate More Than 280,000 Children - Official
[Premium Times] Governor Fintiri says the introduction of the second dose vaccine was part of renewed efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality rate from measles
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PA to administer one-dose vaccine to public and private school employees | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County Health Department reported 276 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths Thursday. The new cases — from positive tests dated Dec. 27 to Mar. 3 — come from individuals 7 months old to 95 years old, with a median age of 35. Among the new deaths, dated Dec. 7 and
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Morocco vaccinates more than four million people against COVID-19 | Africanews
Morocco has vaccinated more than four million people since the launch of the Covid-19 immunisation campaign began at the end of January, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
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