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Recently, new information was shared by Pfizer's CEO on their COVID-19 vaccination on what people need to know regarding staying protected from the virus in the future.
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Oakland Post: September 8th – September 14th, 2021 | Post News Group
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post for the week of September 8th - September 14th, 2021. The post Oakland Post: September 8th – September 14th, 2021 first appeared on Post News Group.
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CDC Recommends Pfizer Booster Covid-19 Shot For Certain Populations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in certain populations and for those in high risk occupational and institutional settings. This follows the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization earlier this week.
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Colleges are increasingly requiring that students get vaccinated, except in red states.
… prisons, but health officials say African-Americans are likely to be overrepresented … the pandemic has disproportionally hit Black Americans in general. Black and Hispanic …
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Kamla on vaccine plan: Another day, another disaster - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has reiterated her call for Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh to resign or be fired. She cited Thursday's alphabetical rollout system for the first jab of the Sinopharm covid19 vaccine as: "another day, another manufactured disaster." In a post on h
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‘A crying shame’
With some 60,000 doses of the island’s cache of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines having expired on Friday, Professor Peter Figueroa has called into question the manner in which the Government distributed the jabs as some Jamaicans were denied shots...
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‘Govt concealing COVID-19 statistics’
BY MOSES MATENGA/PHYLLIS MBANJE/ LORRAINE MUROMO/SILENCE MUGADZAWETA HEALTH professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned out of control, with nurses and
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MAJ says ready to help as Gov't outlines vaccination programme
With indications by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that the Government's ambitious COVID-19 vaccination roll-out plan stands to be staggered, not by the lack of potions but more by a shortage of personnel to administer the jabs, the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) is
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When will we reach herd immunity? As COVID variants multiply, the race has become ‘a little harder’
… the past, have pointed to African Americans as being particularly wary of … narrative was it was the African American community,” Kromer said. “That’s … . In Baltimore City, also majority African American, more than 17% are fully …
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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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Get on board with COVID vaccination, Davis tells anti-vaxxers
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis, state minister in the Ministry of Local Government, has taken a swing at anti-vaxxers who are resisting inoculation with any COVID-19 vaccines, urging them to support the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ ongoing efforts...
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Antigua: Pfizer Vaccine To Be Offered To School Children
Schoolchildren aged 12 to 17 in Antigua and Barbuda will be offered the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for protection against the dangerous Covid-19 Delta variant, when an expected batch of doses arrives on the island in a matter of weeks via the US. This marks a significant shift from the adults-only
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As COVID-19 crush eases, Kemp urges more to seek vaccines | The Atlanta Voice
Gov. Brian Kemp warned unvaccinated Georgians on Thursday not to assume that COVID-19 is over, saying the state could risk a fifth surge of the pandemic this winter even though cases are steeply declining from the fourth surge that peaked a month ago. “Today I want to emphasize the importance of
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World Bank approves another US$6m for Guyana’s COVID response - Stabroek News
The World Bank today approved US$6 million ($1.2b) in additional financing for the Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response Project to support affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and ensure effective vaccine deployment in
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Health Officials Say Viral Load Of Delta Variant 1,000 Times Greater Than Previous COVID Strains - The Seattle Medium
According to experts, the Delta is a totally different virus from the original COVID-19 threat of 2020, as it spreads much quicker, and can infect people more rapidly. In addition, people infected with the Delta variant can begin to show symptoms in 3 – 4 days, as opposed to 5 – 6 days for the
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Discovery says booster shots may be necessary in fight against Covid-19 | News24
Early data indicates that people who are vaccinated, are at a far lower risk of contracting Covid-19, 15 days after getting the Covid-19 jab.
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Govt snubs cheaper donor-funded jabs - The Zimbabwe Independent
MELODY CHIKONO/TINASHE KAIRIZA IN an eyebrow-raising development, the Zimbabwean government, battling the Covid-19 pandemic, has been purchasing expensive Chinese vaccines while overlooking doses supplied at cheaper prices under the Gavi Alliance platform meant to benefit developing countries. The
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CMO: Too early to see impact of covid19 vaccination programme - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Chief Medical Officer Roshan Parasram said it is too early to see the impact of the covid19 vaccination programme in Trinidad and Tobago. At the Ministry of Health's virtual press conference on Monday, Parasram said, “I haven’t seen the full impact of the vaccination kicking it, based on the t
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Libya receives first batch of Covax procured Covid-19 vaccines | Africanews
The vaccines will be earmarked for priority groups, such as health care workers and people over the age of 75.
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Coronavirus numbers continue to improve as vaccination rates climb - L.A. Focus News
Nearly 50 percent of Americans have received at least one vaccine shot, and though the pace has slowed, the share is still growing by about two percentage points per week, a federal official said Sunday, May 23. Local trends are headed in the same positive direction - among Los Angeles residents
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The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 gains FDA approval - Carolina Peacemaker
It is now official. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 has gained FDA approval. This vaccine will now be known commercially as Comirnaty; a strange name if you ask me. Now vaccine hesitant people who said they were not going to get vaccinated because the medication was not FDA approved, have
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Royal Caribbean Reverses Decision On Summer Cruise Vaccinations – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Nasha Smith • Jun 8, 2021 - (Source: www.travelnoire.com) - Royal Caribbean has changed course on its requirement that passengers be fully COVID-19 vaccinated to sail aboard its cruises. In announcing that six of its [...]
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COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in US as delta variant rages
It’s a milestone that by all accounts didn’t have to happen this soon. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed The post COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in US as delta variant rages appeared first on TheGrio.
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Covid-19 vaccine rollout for police officers starts this week | News24
The police are going to start vaccinating more than 180 000 employees at sites across the country this week.
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Mandatory vaccination – the great divide
Police officer Vera Moss* insists she’s no anti-vaxxer, nor is she opposed to the COVID-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organization. After all, she points out, she willingly took the first shot of the AstraZeneca, although she failed to...
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COVID-19: Roving jabs off to ‘steady start’ in housing areas - Barbados Today
The Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 mobile vaccination campaign got off to a steady start on Thursday, after two pop-up stations shot into two densely populated public housing areas just after 10 a.m. on Thursday. When a team for Barbados TODAY visited Deacons Farm, St Michael and Silver
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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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COVID vaccines and accountability - Stabroek News
With the death toll from COVID-19 at 207 and most likely understated, the urgency of ensuring herd immunity through vaccination remains a pressing issue. The article COVID vaccines and accountability appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Govt must ask for help with vaccines - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE EDITOR: So when will the Ministry of Health get serious about vaccinations? How is vaccinating 1,500 people a day going to get us to the 'herd immunity?' At that rate we will need 400 days or more. We have a large portion of the population who are medical practitioners and dentists. All
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Coronavirus Delta variant has some health officials rethinking COVID-19 measures - St. Lucia Times News
CNN: The threat of the Delta variant has some health officials rethinking Covid-19 measures, even among vaccinated people. Experts have said vaccines like those from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech provide high amounts of protection against the variant, but some warn breakthroughs could become more
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