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The article Roman Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne on Friday was administered his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine appeared first on Stabroek News.
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.
Michigan hospitals, local health departments and federally qualified health centers are steadily increasing the pace of vaccinations in the state, administering three times the vaccine last week compared to the number of doses administered the first week, according to a statewide press release. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] tracker data, Michigan … Continued
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LONDON — London and southeast England may stay under tighter curbs for some time to stem a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain, Britain’s Health minister suggested yesterday, as COVID-19 cases surged by a record number for one day. The government faced criticism for abruptly scrapping plans to ease restrictions for Christmas and imposing an effective lockdown on more than 16 million people. Health minister Matt Hancock defended the decision, saying evidence showing the new strain was causing spiralling cases had forced the action. The variant, which officials say is up to 70% more transmissible than the original, also prompted concerns about a wider spread. Several European countries, including Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium, said they were taking measures to prevent people arriving from Britain, including bans on flights and trains. On Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson tore up plans to allow three households to mix indoors for five days over the festive period, and imposed new Tier 4 level curbs — similar to a national lockdown in March — on London and southeast England. Hancock suggested the tougher measures — which require about a third of the population of England to stay at home except for essential reasons such as work - might remain in place until vaccinations become more widely available. “We’ve got a long way to go to sort this,” Hancock told Sky News. “Essentially, we have got to get that vaccine rolled out to keep people safe. Given how much faster this new variant spreads, it’s going to be very difficult to keep it under control until we have the vaccine rolled out.” Britain began inoculating people using the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech earlier this month. The number of cases in Britain surged by 35 928 yesterday, the highest daily rise since the start of the pandemic, and it recorded 326 deaths, taking the official toll to more than 67 000. Alarm bells Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer told a news conference that while he supported the new measures, yet again the Prime Minister waited until the 11th hour to take this decision. “The alarm bells have been ringing for weeks, but the prime minister chose to ignore them … He told the country to go ahead and have a merry little Christmas … and yet three days later he tells millions of families to rip up those plans,” he said, referring to comments Johnson made on Wednesday. Soon after Johnson announced the changes on Saturday afternoon, some in London headed for train stations to try to travel to see relatives over Christmas, and there were scenes of crowding - something Hancock called “totally irresponsible”. — Reuters
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 … Continued
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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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Aspen Pharmacare could start production of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa by late March or early April if all approvals are in place, a senior company executive said.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - Brazil recorded over a 1,000 new COVID-19 deaths for the first time in over three months yesterday, as its Supreme Court ruled that vaccinations could be required in the South American country.
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says despite projections of a four percent economic growth next year for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, it will not be enough to prevent a “metaphorical bloodbath” occasioned by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has severely impacted the economies of Caribbean states.
by PublicSource Reporters The Allegheny County Health Department [ACHD] reported 827 new COVID-19 infections Friday and 27 new COVID-related deaths. The newly reported cases bring the total count since March 14 to 44,684 infections. The case tally, which includes 741 confirmed cases, came from 2,625 tests conducted from Nov. 13 through Dec. 17. The new … Continued
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By Donald James Special to the Chronicle Since mid-March of this year, Detroit, like most cities across America, has been fighting the deadly COVID-19 virus. However, unlike most cities in the country, Detroit, with a population of 669,610 people, 82 percent of whom are African American, is the nation’s Blackest major municipality. Per capita … Continued
The post A matter of Faith versus Fear: Will Detroit’s Black Churches Survive COVID-19 Pandemic? appeared first on The Michigan Chronicle.
by Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. Executive Editor Los Angeles Sentinel The COVID-19 Pandemic has pushed the hospital and its staff to the limits. But yet, these dedicated and frontline professionals keep going. Dr. Elaine Batchlor (File Photo) It has been a little over five years since Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital re-opened its … Continued
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It's a momentous day for SA: Zweli Mkhize has given us another update on Thursday, and the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will *now* be rolled out this month.
By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence became the highest ranking U.S. official to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the shot is safe. He celebrated the milestone as 'a medical miracle' that could eventually contain the raging pandemic. Conspicuously missing from the victory lap: President Donald Trump, who has remained largely out of sight five days into the largest vaccination campaign in the nation's history. Pence, meanwhile, has taken an increasingly visible role in highlighting the safety and efficacy […]
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The Scripture testifies that Jesus is Divine, the Son of God, the Word of God becomes flesh to dwell among us. The Scripture also testifies that Mary gave birth to Jesus. Thus, the Council of Ephesus in 431 declares the Holy Virgin Mary, is the “...
Compiled by Erica Wright We asked Birmingham-area residents, Would you take a coronavirus vaccine? LISA WILSON: “No, not immediately. I would have to see how it works out and give it some time to develop because I don’t trust anything right now… I feel like this first dose of the vaccine is more of a […]
(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidadian doctor who was among the historic first round of healthcare workers to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is advising citizens to put their fears aside and get vaccinated when it becomes available.
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is seeing a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases and bracing for increased hospitalizations and deaths, said the country's health minister Zweli Mkhize. 'It is important for us to recognize that this now is a second wave,' said Mkhize in a statement. 'There is going to be exponential growth. This means we must expect faster-rising numbers with a higher peak, possibly, than the first wave.' South Africa's new wave is likely to spike so quickly that it could overwhelm hospital capacities in some regions, he warned. South Africa's surge highlights that […]
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Today is the 345th day of 2020. There are 21 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2010: Veteran journalist and university lecturer John Maxwell passes on.�OTHER EVENTS1520: Martin Luther publicly burns the papal edict demanding that he recant or face excommunication from the Roman Catholic church.
Latinos and African Americans are among those most likely to express skepticism about the coronavirus vaccine. Efforts are underway to change their minds.
(Trinidad Express) Even if a person has been administered a Covid-19 vaccine in another country, if he or she intends to enter Trinidad and Tobago, the person will be required to show Covid-negative status.
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Data from the survey shows significant variations in willingness across countries and across the five regions in the continent, from 94% and 93%, respectively, in Ethiopia and Niger to 65% and 59%, respectively, in Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) - Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are going up as the nation's most populous state emerges as the latest epicentre of the US outbreak.
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — During this brutal news year, Lester Holt has concluded that telling stories isn't enough. The 'NBC Nightly News' anchor frequently ends his broadcasts now with commentaries, an unusual departure for network evening newscasts that have more than a half century's track record of playing it straight. Holt's essays, many of them pleas for unity in troubled times, can seem mild to viewers used to the rhetorical warfare of cable news. He says he's filling a need for voices of empathy in public life. 'The days of dispassionate journalism are long […]
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