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Atlanta, Georgia – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) have been honored by the Latin American Association (LAA) with the Pacesetter Award for their work in providing COVID vaccinations to Latinx communities in Georgia. DPH has partnered with CORE and LAA to host vaccination events that bring vaccine to people in communities where they live and work. Through this collaboration, we are able to provide education about COVID vaccine and answer questions or dispel misinformation that leads to vaccine hesitancy. 'The collaboration between…
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A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
Jamaican Professor Kevin Fenton has been named on the Powerlist 2021 as the second most influential black person in Britain for his role in the fight against the novel coronavirus. The annual Powerlist honours the most powerful people of African,...
Finance executive Mellody Hobson has been named by Starbucks to lead its board as chair. Hobson, 51, will replace Myron... View Article
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have begun releasing plans on their inauguration ceremony set for January 20.
[UCT] Global-scale collaboration between scientists has taken on new forms in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with connection underpinning the work. A paper investigating the role of sex in patients infected with COVID-19 is the result of a partnership between researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University College London (UCL) and was published in Nature Communications.
Cam Girl Site Extends Offer To NBA To Keep Players Out Of The Strip Club Due To COVID-19 Restrictions
She claims she was fired after raising concerns over racism.
[Nairobi News] The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) on Tuesday rewarded three athletes with a five-day vacation in recognition of their impressive returns at the 2020 London Marathon.
AT&T and Boys and Girls Club team up in new student program AT&T Michigan and its Believe Detroit initiative, a multi-year effort to help promote educational opportunities, academic achievement, and a path to self-sufficiency for Detroiters, have been working to improve outcomes for young people in Michigan communities. To continue this mission, AT&T has joined … Continued
The post AT&T Believe Detroit: Industry Club Brings Unique Opportunities To Detroit Youth appeared first on The Michigan Chronicle.
[Nation] A secretary at the scandal-ridden drugs agency has told lawmakers that suspended Chief Executive Officer Jonah Manjari made her to backdate a commitment letter for a three-month-old firm awarded a Sh900 million tender.
\"Kids as young as five years old are already able to understand the basic idea of saving versus spending,\" says Sarah Ryan, Senior Manager, and Strategic Partner Relations at SECU Maryland, so there's no time like the present to start teaching money management.
Urban Alliance, a national youth workforce development nonprofit, today announced that Margrit Allen will serve as the organization’s new Detroit Executive Director, leading regional strategy, partnerships, and operations to actively build the next generation of local talent. In 2018, Urban Alliance expanded its flagship High School Internship Program to Detroit, helping to prepare high … Continued
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[Cameroon Tribune] Dr Godwin Nchinda, Senior Immunologist, Deputy Director General, Head of Vaccinology Laboratory, CIRCB.
FLORIDA, United States (CMC) - Strategies for the quick recovery of Caribbean economies from the devastation wrought by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be discussed by regional and global stakeholders at a virtual forum on Friday.The event is being hosted by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), and the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC).
On the heels of a successful 2020 virtual film festival, the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center announces its signature film program that spotlights storytelling by youth ages 9 to 18 from across the country.
The post Call For Entries Now thru December 31st, 2020 For The 11th Annual BHERC Youth Diversity Film Festival appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has sounded the alarm about the increasing number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. With approximately 273,000 reported deaths in 2020, Dr. Redfield said this week that the nation is on course to reach about 450,000 deaths by February. “These next few months might be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation,” Dr. Redfield stated. Despite the grim outlook, the CDC announced it had reduced the recommended minimum quarantine time for those […]
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The Subsidies Will Result in the Creation or Rehabilitation of Nearly 3,000 Housing Units DALLAS, TEXAS, December 1, 2020 – The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that, in partnership with its member financial institutions, it has awarded $19.3 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidies to 38 projects in […]
(Partner Content) This past weekend saw tensions heighten as a possible Brexit outcome was on the table. When Monday rolled around, however, Boris Johnson was ready to walk away from everything and continue with a no-deal Brexit come the end of the year. The three main issues of fisheries, dispute resolution and a level playing field remain unresolved.
By Associated Press Undefined SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and 'Beloved' author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame Thursday as part of a posthumous class of Black honorees that also includes Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were widely used in biomedical research; Barbara Hillary, the first Black woman to travel to both the North and South Poles, and civil rights activists Barbara Rose Johns Powell and Mary Church Terrell. The evening ceremony will be the first in a series of planned virtual inductions meant to correct a […]
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A lawsuit that President Donald Trump is now calling “the big one” in his effort to overturn the outcome of the presidential election is helmed by an embattled Texas ally who is likewise trying to reverse his own skidding fortunes. Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Electoral College […]
The post Trump’s election fight puts embattled Texas AG in spotlight; State Sen. Royce West reacts appeared first on DefenderNetwork.com.
An adult 9U football coach in Georgia was seen in a viral video aggressively punching a child at least two... View Article
The post Pee Wee football coach punches child, 9, in the face twice in viral video appeared first on TheGrio.
Breakdancing will soon be an Olympic sport, and b-boys and b-girls – as they’re commonly referred to – will have the chance to “battle” it out against each other for the gold after officials on Monday announced the popular street dance will officially debut at Paris 2024. According to CNN, the street dance, which was...
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