Medical
Explosion strikes tanker off Saudi port of Jeddah
Reports have not offered cause of the explosion . It urged ships in the area to exercise caution. Dryad Global, a London-based maritime intelligence firm, also reported the latest explosion, saying it struck a vessel while "carrying out operations within the main tanker anchorage at the Saudi Aramco Jeddah port". [Full Article...]
Bahrain Approves Registration For Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccine
They are more hard to manufacture quickly than the others, and have the potential to cause an imbalanced immune response, but have shown historic success. Public-health experts have criticized China for authorizing emergency use of its vaccines, before solid clinical evidence is presented. Bahrain said more than 7,700 people had signed up to take part in a trial of the Sinopharm . [Full Article...]
Travel bubble with Australia coming in early 2021, Prime Minister says
Speaking on Monday at the final post-Cabinet press conference of 2020, the prime minister said details would be revealed in the new year. She said the government planned to name a date for the travel bubble next year. Australian passport holders can travel and work in New Zealand indefinitely without a visa, and vice versa. We have people stepping into our stores every day asking about the islands... [Full Article...]
WHO hails commitment to universal health coverage in Africa amid COVID
Clark said the new funding will be channeled towards strategic areas like provision of contraceptives, nutrition and immunization to improve health of mothers, children and the youth in developing countries. Recent forecasts indicate that COVID-19 may push 71 million people back into extreme poverty in 2020, in what would be the first rise in global poverty in more than 20 years (since 1998). [Full Article...]
States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says
López-Gatel has said that front-line health workers will get the shots first. Workers at Mount Sinai Hospital System in NY did a dry run this week to prepare for their shipment. US regulators worked for months to emphasize the rigor and independence of their review, but the Trump administration pressured the agency up until the final announcement. [Full Article...]
Canada could hit 577,000 COVID-19 cases by Christmas: modelling
Trudeau said in French that this decision was taken to protect citizens on both sides of the border, because COVID-19 cases keep climbing in both Canada and the United States. Howard Njoo, Tam's deputy, said the second wave was exerting enormous pressure on the healthcare system. These are meant to be informative, evidence-based pieces that aim to provide Canadians with additional information on k... [Full Article...]
429 new cases of Covid-19
Of the cases notified today; 198 are men / 230 are women; 66% are under 45 years of age and the median age is 34 years old. Clare's 14-day incidence rate of the virus stands at 32.8 per 100,000 population, only five counties have a lower rate. [Full Article...]
France reports 13,947 new COVID-19 cases
But the study highlights how a local event with a mobile population can seed a national outbreak. Researchers must demonstrate that people are infected and have been in contact with each other. A vast majority of introductions of the virus into a workplace or home or community fizzle, the researchers noted. Like all viruses, the one that causes COVID-19 has the ability to mutate as it spreads from... [Full Article...]