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COVID-19 UPDATE: 17 new cases, 122 in isolation - Barbados Today
Seventeen new COVID-19 cases, eight females and nine males, have been identified by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. There were 1,705 tests conducted on Saturday, July 31. The number of persons in isolation is 122. Since March 2020, Barbados has recorded 4,407 confirmed cases of
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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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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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Africa's First COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Have Begun In South Africa
A COVID-19 vaccine trial program began in South Africa last week — the first for the African continent — as the nation’s coronavirus case count topped
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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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South Africa: Nation Failed to Get Its Act Together On Vaccines - Here's How
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has an estimated population approaching 60 million. To achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, the government recently set the ambitious goal of vaccinating 67% of the population - roughly 40 million people. According to the outline of this plan, this would be
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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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Barbados donates 3,000 COVID shots to Guyana - Stabroek News
A donation of 3,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines from Barbados has kick-started the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations in Guyana with frontline workers set to receive their first shots
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Vaccine shortage hits COVID-19 programme - NewsDay Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE’S on-going COVID-19 vaccination programme has been hit by shortage of vaccines after several people who turned up at inoculation centres for the first dose in some parts of the country were turned away, while the second dose was said to be in limited supply.
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Uganda: Covid Vaccines Running Out This Week
[Monitor] The government has said it is increasing efforts to bring in more vaccine doses as the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine, which it received in March, gets finished by the end of this week.
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Bulawayo rolls out COVID-19 vaccination awareness campaign
By PRESTIGE MUNTANGA Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in collaboration with the Health and Child Care ministry has launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in an effort to increase uptake of the inoculation programme. The campaign comes amid reports that some residents were sceptical about the programme
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Pfizer CEO Says A Third Dose And Annual Revaccinations In The Future Are “A Likely Scenario”
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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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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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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SA off-limits as Israel imposes travel ban on own citizens
Israel has tightened its international travel regulations, which prohibit its citizens from visiting several destinations, including South Africa.
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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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Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans | The Atlanta Voice
In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal contractors — in an all-out effort to curb the surging
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COVID In Maryland: 867 New Cases, Hospitalizations Up Tuesday Morning - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… Race/Ethnicity Cases Deaths African-American (NH) 124,517 (2,825 …
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COVID-19 In Maryland: Positivity Rate Over 9%, 27 New Deaths Reported - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Maryland's positivity rate is now over 9%, with over 2,100 new cases and twenty-seven new COVID-19 related deaths on Sunday.
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Ebola vaccinations under way in new DRC outbreak
Health workers in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo have begun administering vaccinations after the country's 11th known outbreak of Ebola erupted last week, the authorities said on
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Israel, a global leader in COVID vaccinations, finds limits - Black News Channel
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When it comes to fighting the coronavirus, Israel is discovering the limits of vaccines. The country famous for its high-tech prowess and spirit of innovation is home to the world's speediest vaccination drive, fueled from the top by
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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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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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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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Nation benefits if we vaccinate - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE EDITOR: The JCC congratulates the Government on its acquisition of 800,000 doses of covid19 vaccines by August and the successful roll-out of the ongoing vaccination plan by the Ministry of Health. In the meantime, we echo the call by our health professionals for the population to take
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Fort Bend County raises COVID-19 threat level because of Delta variant - DefenderNetwork.com
Fort Bend County Judge KP George raised the county’s COVID-19 threat level on Tuesday in response to the surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations due to the hyper transmissible delta variant. The threat level will increase from “yellow,” or moderate risk, to
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It's Time to Address Vaccine Hesitancy | The Atlanta Voice
Last Thursday, doctors, religious leaders and Georgia state officials came together at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) to discuss how to increase the vaccination rate among eligible groups. “In the community, a lot of misinformation has been out there,” Dr. Michael Brooks, President and CEO
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Covid-19 Live Updates: All U.S. Adults Eligible for Vaccine, Meeting a Biden Goal
The last states expanded eligibility on Monday, just before the April 19 deadline that President Biden set two weeks ago.
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South Africa: Covid-19 Herd Immunity? It's Not Going to Happen, So What Next?
[The Conversation Africa] Any notion that COVID-19 was going to last for just a few months was very much misplaced in 2020. Especially after it was recognised that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was largely spread through the airborne route, all indications were that it would cause repeat bouts of
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Gov. Tony Evers announces first COVID-19 vaccine incentives
The governor said any Wisconsin resident who gets their first dose of the vaccine by Labor Day will receive $100. Gov. Tony Evers announced Wisconsin's first COVID-19 vaccine incentive program. He made the announcement at an event Monday, August 23, 2021 in Oshkosh. 'As our kids start returning
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