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As government looks mainly to the public purse to foot the bill for the COVID-19 vaccine, the SACP has said there must be no room for corruption in the sourcing of treatment
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Uganda: Shilling Weakens Ahead of Election - BoU
[Monitor] The gain in the US Dollar globally has seen the Uganda shilling depreciating by 0.3 per cent in the last three days.
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Slipping into darkness: COVID-19 battered Jamaica’s manufacturing and agriculture sectors - Stabroek News
Like so many facets of life in so many places around the world, the agriculture and manufacturing sectors in Jamaica have the COVID-19 pandemic to thank for cutting short and, in fact, overturning the promising growth spurt with which they started 2020.The
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Africa: Almost 2 Billion People Depend on Health Care Facilities Without Basic Water Services – WHO, UNICEF
[WHO] Around 1.8 billion people are at heightened risk of COVID-19 and other diseases because they use or work in health care facilities without basic water services, warn WHO and UNICEF.
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SA company lauded for safe transport solution of COVID-19 vaccines
Renergen has developed the groundbreaking Cryo-Vacc, which enables the safe transportation of COVID-19 vaccines at the required temperatures.
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Munro chairman warns of learning loss time warp
Munro College Chairman Elias Azan has said that the loss of almost a year of schooling because of coronavirus restrictions could set back the country for decades. His comment comes in the wake of this week’s closure of the all-boys high school in...
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First nurse to get COVID vaccine receives 2nd dose | New York Carib News
Sandra Lindsay, the critical care nurse from Queens who was the first in the US to receive the COVID-19 vaccine is now also the first in the country to receive a second dose and be fully vaccinated against the bug.
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California lags far behind other states in COVID-19 vaccination rates | L.A. Focus News
California is one of the slowest states in the nation when it comes to rolling out coronavirus vaccines, data from the Centers for Disease Control show — even as virus cases surge, overburdened hospitals turn away patients and record numbers of people die. Travis Whisler of Long Beach, left, an
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Barbados starts 48-hour lockdown | New York Carib News
The Government on Wednesday announced a weekend curfew as part of efforts to further restrict the unnecessary movement that it said is contributing to the spread of COVID-19 here.
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Tufton tackled over Cornwall - Renovation delays ‘classic example’ of bungled bureaucracy, say experts
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has come under a torrent of criticism from construction and engineering interests for claiming that Jamaica lacks the technical expertise to handle major renovation projects such...
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'Anti-Vax' fight
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says that, with Jamaica virtually assured of vaccines to meet initial COVID-19 immunisation demand later this month, the Government will turn focus on addressing negative responses to the jab.
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Health Ministry equips private labs with antigen testing
The Health and Wellness Ministry is reporting that six private laboratories now have the benefit of 30,000 antigen test kits to support national testing efforts for COVID-19 following a donation from the Ministry today. "This is another...
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Wisconsin pharmacist arrested for destroying vaccines is conspiracy theorist - TheGrio
The Wisconsin pharmacist arrested after being accused of trying to destroy hundreds of doses of the coronavirus vaccine has been... View Article The post Wisconsin pharmacist arrested for destroying vaccines is conspiracy theorist appeared first on TheGrio.
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COVID vaccine committee to meet this week - Stabroek News
As a number of vaccines have been given approval for use in various countries, Guyana’s “task force”/ committee responsible for the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to meet this week. The article COVID vaccine committee to meet this week appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Team GB ‘hugely confident’ Tokyo Games will go ahead - Stabroek News
LONDON, (Reuters) - Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England said yesterday he was confident the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead this year but athletes could expect them to be very different due to the COVID-19
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Pharmacies in PA will be allowed to administer COVID vaccine | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County Health Department reported 420 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths Friday. The new cases — from positive tests dated Aug. 17 to Jan. 14 — come from individuals 8 months old to 101 years old, with a median age of 41. Among the new deaths, dated
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Uganda: It Is Ssekandi Against Five in Bukoto Central MP Race
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On what she described as a “monumental” day, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive and Henry Ford Hospital emergency medicine physician Joneigh Khaldun, MD, joined other Henry Ford frontline healthcare workers from across the health system in being the first in
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Rwanda: How Covid-19 Pandemic Triggered Surge in Cashless Payments
[New Times] The adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are trickling down to major sectors of Rwanda's economy with tourism and hospitality, aviation, retail, and manufacturing bearing the brunt of the strict measures the government has put in place.
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COVID-19: Africa secures 270 million vaccine doses
Chairperson of the African Union (AU) President Cyril Ramaphosa said efforts to secure a COVID-19 vaccine for the continent were always collaborative
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3 Reasons Healthcare Workers Are Putting Off Vaccination
More than 20 million healthcare workers were among the first Americans scheduled for vaccination. But, according to Stateline, a division of Pew Charitable Trusts, only one-third of a panel of 13,000 nurses said they would voluntarily get inoculated.
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Black doctors combat COVID-19 misinformation on Clubhouse - TheGrio
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Kenya: I Don't Oppose Building Bridges Initiative, Bring Us the Document, DP Ruto Says
[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto Saturday ended his three-day tour of the Coast region with a message to the two Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) principals - President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga - to "give the people the document to read for themselves".
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Kenya: Treasury, IMF, World Bank Upbeat On Kenya's 2021 Recovery
[Nation] The economy is seen rebounding to a growth of between 4.7 and 6.9 per cent in 2021 from barely a percentage growth this year, offering hope to millions of households which were plunged into poverty by the devastating shocks of Covid-19 containment measures.
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Islandwide curfew in Barbados | New York Carib News
The Government of Barbados on Thursday imposed a curfew for the entire island starting at midnight until January 14, in an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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