Uganda is set to destroy 400,000 doses of covid 19 vaccines which were meant to be utilized in a mass vaccination exercise in Acholi sub-region. © BADRU KATUMBA/AFP or licensors An Ugandan doctor receives the first injection of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Mulago referral hospital in Kampala, on the first day of a vaccination […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerned but not giving up, President Joe Biden is anxiously pushing ahead to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration’s sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers. © Provided by Associated Press President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the
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GENEVA (AP) — The government of Ethiopia has sent a letter to the World Health Organization, accusing its Ethiopian director-general of “misconduct” after his sharp criticism of the war and humanitarian crisis in the country. © Provided by Associated Press FILE – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), talks to the
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Denmark on Friday fetes 50 years of Queen Margrethe II, an artistic, chain-smoking monarch who came to power in 1972 amid waning support for the royals but who is now beloved for her unifying presence. At 81 years old, the always elegant-Margrethe, with her trademark white-haired bun, is now the second longest-serving monarch in Danish
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PARIS (Reuters) – France announced it was slightly easing COVID-19 protocols for vaccinated travellers from Britain, dropping a requirement for proof of an essential reason for the trip and for obligatory self-isolation upon arrival. © Reuters/STEPHANE MAHE COVID-19 outbreak in NantesThe demand for a negative COVID-19 test, conducted 24 hours before a trip, remains in place,
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© Provided by Hindustan Times An inside view of the newly built 120-bed Covid isolation ward at Guru Harkrishan Hospital, near Sarai Kale Khan in New Delhi. (HT Photo)Only eight of the 97 Covid-positive people who died in Delhi’s hospitals between January 9 and 12 were fully vaccinated, and only 19 had got one jab of
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© Provided by Hindustan Times A health worker collecting swab samples for Covid testing at Urban Community Health Centre in Ludhiana. (HT Photo)India on Friday recorded 2,64,202 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pushing the active caseload to 12,72,073.The figures are 6.7 per cent higher than Thursday’s single-day count of 2,47,417. The daily positivity rate
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, which poses a test to its “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy and its ability to successfully host the Winter Olympics. © Provided by Associated Press People wearing face masks
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Prudential AFCON Sponsorship:L-R: Brain Nkwenti, CEO Prudential Beneficial Cameroon, Sandra Latorre, Chief of Staff and General Secretary Office, Confederation of African Football (CAF), Eric Mboma, Chief Representative Officer Prudential Northern Africa Region, Javier Oleo, Marketing and Partnership Director, Confederation of African Football (CAF) at the press conference to announce Prudential’s sponsorship of African cup of nations
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By Krishna N. Das © Reuters/ANUSHREE FADNAVIS FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker collects a COVID-19 test swab sample from a man in New DelhiNEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has eased its COVID-19 rules on testing, quarantine and hospital admissions in a bid to free up resources for its neediest people, a strategy hailed by experts even
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