SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile will begin offering a fourth shot of the coronavirus vaccine next week to immunocompromised citizens, the government said on Thursday, the first country in Latin America and one of the first in the world to offer the extra dose. © Reuters/RODRIGO GARRIDO People wait in line to receive a dose of a […]
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Entebbe, Uganda: 7 January 2022 – Emirates will resume its passenger services between Uganda and Dubai from tomorrow, 8 January, 2022, operating five weekly flights to Dubai and onwards to over 120 global destinations on the airline’s network. Emirates flight EK730 departs from Entebbe at 16:25hrs, arriving in Dubai at 22:40hrs. EK729 departs
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The cruise industry has voluntarily halted operations in Brazil to seek alignment with authorities on COVID-19 protocol as the pandemic continues to surge. The suspension will last until Jan. 21. © Bruna Prado, AP A passenger arrives to board at the cruise ship ‘MSC Preziosa”, in the Port Area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Jan.
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(Bloomberg) — Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have mounted a legal challenge against Australia’s decision to refuse him entry after federal officials overruled a state vaccine exemption for the tennis star that sparked a national uproar. The tennis star, due to contest the Australian Open this month, offered insufficient proof to enter the country under current
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A significant proportion of healthcare in Myanmar is now being delivered outside state hospitals, by doctors and nurses who oppose the military and are loyal to the National Unity Government challenging the junta’s legitimacy, medical workers in the country told the BBC. Most interviewees’ names have been changed for their security. Organised resistance to the
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PARIS (Reuters) – World food prices eased in December after four consecutive monthly gains but jumped 28% over 2021 for the highest average level since 2011, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday. © Reuters/PASCAL ROSSIGNOL FILE PHOTO: Starlings fly over a tractor as french farmer plows his field in Haynecourt The Food and Agriculture Organization’s
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oh, how things have changed. © Provided by Associated Press – Sports Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., right, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., left speak on the west side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, on the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria is working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a televised interview on Thursday, as the country battles growing cases of the virus. Health experts say Nigeria needs to triple its vaccination drive from just over 100,000 doses a day to meet its target of inoculating more than
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Passengers were originally required to carry vaccination cards, a measure which however has been found to be difficult to enforce, according to Works and Transport Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala. WORKS AND TRANSPORT MINISTER GEN EDWARD KATUMBA WAMALA ADDRESSING THE MEDIA. KAMPALA, UGANDA: The government has withdrawn the condition that passengers must prove that they are
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The pandemic illuminated gaps in healthcare infrastructure across the continent LAGOS, Nigeria, January 4, 2022/ — By: Eyong Ebai – General Manager Sub-Saharan Africa, GE Healthcare Our purpose at GE Healthcare is to improve lives in moments that matter, and we do so by partnering to help deliver more sustainable and accessible precision healthcare. It has
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