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S.Africa reports record daily COVID-19 cases as Omicron spreads

Thu, 2021-12-16 01:43 — mike kraft
S.Africa reports record daily COVID-19 cases as Omicron spreads South Africa reported a record number of new daily COVID-19 infections on Wednesday in a fourth wave believed to be largely caused by the Omicron coronavirus variant. Reuters Reuters
 
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More than 40% of people with COVID-19 never show symptoms, study finds

Wed, 2021-12-15 22:40 — mike kraft
More than 40% of people with COVID-19 never show symptoms, study finds. What experts have learned about these cases. Researchers looked at 95 studies from Jan. 2020 to Feb. 2021 consisting of nearly 30M people in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa. YahooNews
 
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Vaccines are not being wasted in Africa, WHO official says

Tue, 2021-12-14 17:35 — mike kraft
Vaccines are not being wasted in Africa, WHO official says The World Health Organization’s regional office for Africa says it is necessary to “dispel” the notion that vaccines are being wasted in Africa, explaining less than 0.25% of doses made available to the continent have expired. By Ed Upright CNN

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Reuters summary of some other recent studies on COVID-19.

Tue, 2021-12-14 15:24 — mike kraft
Vaccines appear weak at blocking Omicron, better against severe disease The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Nancy Lapid Reuters
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Overview: Omicron developments internationally

Tue, 2021-12-14 00:43 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, the first publicly confirmed death globally from the swiftly spreading strain. Reuters Reuters

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The U.N.'s Covax is likely to deliver less than half of the promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest icountries in 2021.

Mon, 2021-12-13 18:36 — mike kraft
Covax promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest in 2021. It won’t even deliver even half that. The U.N.-led initiative is now aiming for 800 million doses to be delivered by the end of the year, but that isn't assured. Adam Taylor Washington Post
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Health costs pushed or worsened poverty for over 500 mln --World Bank and WHO

Mon, 2021-12-13 17:31 — mike kraft
Health costs pushed or worsened poverty for over 500 mln More than half a billion people globally were pushed or sent further into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their own pockets, with the COVID-19 pandemic expected to make things worse, the World Health Organization and the World Bank said on Sunday. Manas Mishra Reuters
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Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end

Mon, 2021-12-13 17:16 — mike kraft
EXCLUSIVE Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the past two months and another 200,000 are set to expire at the end of December because demand is too slow, the head of its immunisation programme said on Monday. Edward Mcallister Reuters
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Ebola: Overview of current state of vaccine development

Fri, 2021-12-10 22:50 — mike kraft
Current state of Ebola virus vaccines: A snapshot plospathogens

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South African Covid cases up more than 200% but Omicron symptoms seem milder

Thu, 2021-12-09 17:30 — mike kraft
South African Covid cases up 255% in a week as Omicron spreads Private healthcare provider says symptoms in country’s fourth wave are far milder than in previous waves the Guardian
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