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United Kingdom decision to mix Covid-19 vaccines raises concern
India, which has to date counted more than 10.3 million COVID-19 cases and around 150,000 deaths, is preparing to approve three more inoculations, including a locally developed one and Russia's Sputnik-V, which will soon be rolled off the assembly lines at four large Indian manufacturers. [Full Article...]
U.S. coronavirus cases top 20 milllion
Health experts believe much of the uptick in the spread is linked to the holidays, when people seemingly gave up on safety measures to celebrate with their families. US President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 crisis from the Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday, 29 December. Russian Federation has registered 27,039 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 27,747 the... [Full Article...]
New Year arrives with USA hitting 20 million COVID cases
David Perdue, one of two Republican US senators facing a runoff election in Georgia next week that will determine control of the Senate, is quarantining after coming in close contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Those cases marked the 33rd consecutive day with more than 1,000 new infections, and the 24th overall with more than 2,000 new cases. Monaghan now has the highes... [Full Article...]
Ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in India: Serum
Over 20,000 health workers have been trained so far to administer the vaccine, the Health Ministry said. As India gears up to launch the world's largest immunisation drive, nearly all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, on Saturday conducted a dry run at 285 session sites spread across 125 districts to assess the ability and readiness of authorities to ... [Full Article...]
Pfizer and AstraZeneca strike out at statements of vaccine shortage
Public Health England (PHE) has said it does not recommend mixing Covid-19 vaccines from different suppliers. The UK authorized emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on December 2 and the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine on Dec. [Full Article...]
COVID-19: almost 6,000 cases in two days in Ontario
In Durham, 202 deaths have been linked to long-term care and retirement homes. However, 39 staff have the virus and are isolating at their homes. The latest numbers represent a steady rise in cases that was observed earlier this week. The 3,363 new diagnoses reported today is just slightly above the previous record of 3,328 logged on Thursday . There were 322 people in ICU, which was down by 14... [Full Article...]
Australia’s virus cluster expands as Victoria, New South Wales clock new cases
That cluster has been linked to a strain sourced to a patient transport worker who transported a family returning from overseas. "We know this transmission event has happened through very minimal exposure", NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant said. [Full Article...]
UK records 57,725 new coronavirus cases
The coronavirus tally rose to 91,544 in Uttarakhand on Saturday with 263 more people testing positive for the infection, while seven more patients died, the Health Department said. Dehradun district has so far reported the maximum of 27,470 Covid-19 cases followed by Haridwar (13,440), Nainital (11,476) and US Nagar (11,150). "It is crucial that people do everything they can to reduce transmissi... [Full Article...]