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The Latest: Virus infections top 90 million confirmed cases | L.A. Focus News
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE — Coronavirus infections have now surpassed 90 million confirmed cases around the world, as more countries braced for wider spread of more virulent strains of a disease that has now killed nearly 2 million worldwide. The number of infections worldwide has doubled
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National health dept ducks questions about Eastern Cape vaccination plan | News24
While the Eastern Cape government has said it is sticking to its plans to vaccinate 3.7 million people in 9 months, the national Health Department has refused to comment on the province's plans, and would not confirm if it endorses it.
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French vaccine rollout slowed by red tape, focus on elderly - Black News Channel
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The few hours it took to give the first coronavirus vaccine shots to 14 residents of the John XXIII nursing home — named after a pope and not far from the birthplace in eastern France of vaccine pioneer Louis Pasteur — took weeks of preparation. The
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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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Alabama extends vaccine eligibility to those over age 55 and people with underlying health conditions and developmental disabilities
Montgomery – Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announced that starting March 22, ADPH will extend eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations to include people age 55 and older, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the population defined as
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COVID vaccinations ongoing in all 10 regions –Anthony - Stabroek News
The ongoing COVID-19 inoculation process is proceeding well according to Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony while emphasising that healthcare workers should have no fear of losing their jobs should they refuse the
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COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall Meeting Separates Myths From Facts | The Madison Times
By Karen Stokes The Milwaukee Health Department hosted a COVID-19 vaccine virtual town hall meeting Wednesday night. The panelists included: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett; Marlaina Jackson, MPA, interim commissioner of City of Milwaukee Health Department; Julia Means, a registered nurse at Ascension
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Pentagon will deploy troops to assist COVID-19 vaccine drive - Black News Channel
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will deploy troops to assist getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said Friday. Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request for
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Americans Divided On Letting People Skip COVID-19 Vaccine For Religious Reasons
White evangelicals and Protestants of color are more likely to support religious exemptions to the coronavirus vaccine, a new survey finds.
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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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It’s Not So Black and White: Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine May Depend On Your Race | Digital Daily Lead | The Michigan Chronicle
With COVID-19 still raging in America, according to nationwide case reports there are over 27 million positive cases and nearly 470,000 deaths, numbers that we never thought to reach. And with new strains popping up locally, many Black residents might be wondering when they can roll up their
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Barbados to set up fund to buy COVID-19 vaccines | New York Carib News
A National Vaccine Fund will be launched soon in Barbados to secure the next batch of COVID-19 vaccines for residents here, Prime Minister Mia Mottley said on Thursday night, as she announced that more than 29,000 people had already received the vaccine.
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Africa: WHO and UNICEF Warn of a Decline in Vaccinations During COVID-19
[WHO] Geneva -- WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly
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Good first day for COVID jabs in St Thomas
Just over a third of the complement of nurses at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) in Morant Bay, St Thomas, have so far registered to be immunised against COVID-19 as Jamaica kicked off its vaccination drive across the island yesterday. Other...
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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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Angola: Minister Warns Against Fake Covid-19 Vaccines
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan Health minister Silvia Lutucuta, Monday warned the population to remain alert against fake Covid-19 vaccines in the country.
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Moscow opens dozens of coronavirus vaccination centers
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups have signed up for COVID-19 vaccinations in Moscow starting Saturday, a precursor to a sweeping Russia-wide immunisation effort. The vaccinations come three days...
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CDC Panel Votes 13-1 That COVID-19 Vaccine Should Go To Healthcare Workers & Nursing Home Residents First
In a 13-1 vote held on Tuesday (Dec.1), a panel comprised of CDC experts agreed that first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine should go to healthcare workers on the frontline and nursing home residents as soon as the FDA gives the okay. The decision could be handed down sometime in December.
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Targeted Community Events Aim to Increase Vaccine Outreach to Communities of Color - Texas Metro News
The post Targeted Community Events Aim to Increase Vaccine Outreach to Communities of Color appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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No one will pay for a Covid-19 vaccine - here is how the health dept will cover the costs | News24
The health department's technical adviser, Dr Aquina Thulare, said people who do not belong to medical aid schemes will be funded through the fiscus.
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Covid-19: Zimbabwe authorises Sputnik V, Sinovac vaccines for emergency use | News24
Zimbabwe has authorised the emergency use of four Covid-19 vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V and China's Sinovac, the minister of information said on Tuesday.
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‘Moral issue’: African official blasts Covid vaccine inequality | News24
Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director warned continent might not see vaccines until 2021.
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CALL TO ARMS
A year to the day Jamaica recorded its first coronavirus infection, healthcare workers pulled up their sleeves and launched a pivotal assault on a disease that has crippled the country. Public health nurse Marcia Thomas-Yetman, who was pictured on...
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Brazil clears emergency use of Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccines, shots begin - Stabroek News
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) - Brazilian health regulator Anvisa yesterday approved emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd and Britain’s AstraZeneca, clearing the way for immunizations as the pandemic enters a deadly second
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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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US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes - TheGrio
Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine... View Article The post US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes appeared first on TheGrio.
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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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Black Americans don't trust a COVID-19 vaccine — they have valid reasons why
… have always existed for the African-American community,” Dr. Anthony FauciAnthony … , and Black Americans still don’t receive equal care. Black American women continue … disheartening but not surprising that Black Americans distrust government-led efforts …
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D.C. Opens Mass-Vaccination Site in Ward 8 - The Washington Informer
The Entertainment and Sports Arena in D.C.'s Ward 8 — home of the Washington Mystics — was one of two new mass vaccination sites opened in D.C. over the weekend. The post D.C. Opens Mass-Vaccination Site in Ward 8 appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Covid-19: Cape Town hospital administering as many as 700 jabs per day | News24
Cape Town's private healthcare workers queue for Covid-19 vaccines in Cape Town
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