Demanding all NHS staff have the coronavirus jab is not necessary with workers already overwhelmingly “doing the right thing”, a leading health organisation has said. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents the frontline healthcare system in…
Read MoreCOVID-19 will come back to haunt us and could affect vaccinated if jabs arent sent to Africa, ex-PM says
The leaders of the seven biggest Western economies need to meet in the next two weeks to arrange for millions of vaccine doses to be sent to Africa to stop COVID returning to “haunt” their countries, Gordon Brown has said….
Read MoreMore Covid-19 vaccines urgently needed in Latin America to contain Delta variant, says health agency
BRASILIA (REUTERS) – Three-quarters of the people in Latin America and the Caribbean have not been fully immunised against Covid-19 in contrast to the United States and Canada where a majority have been vaccinated, the Pan American Health Organisation (Paho)…
Read MoreCOVID-19 treatment pill administered in new Pfizer clinical trial
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has started giving people doses of a pill against COVID-19 as part of a new clinical trial. The company’s oral antiviral treatment has entered a mid-to-late-stage trial and is being tested on adults with COVID-19 symptoms…
Read MoreCOVID-19: London is ’empty’ of tourists because of UK own goal on travel rules, Ryanair boss claims
Ryanair’s chief executive has told Sky News the UK should scrap its “bizarre” rules governing foreign travel, saying they are holding the country’s economy back. Michael O’Leary was speaking as the airline revealed 14 new routes from London airports for…
Read MoreColorado COVID-19 hospitalizations back to mid-January levels
The last time this many Coloradans were hospitalized with COVID-19, the state was at the tail end of the winter surge, and few people other than health care workers had been vaccinated. As of Monday afternoon, 874 people were hospitalized…
Read MoreNew Covid-19 variant found in South Africa has concerning mutations
JOHANNESBURG (BLOOMBERG) – South African scientists said they identified a new coronavirus variant that has a concerning number of mutations. The so-called C12 variant was first identified in May in the South African provinces of Mpumalanga and Gauteng, where Johannesburg…
Read MoreCovid-19 pandemic pushes new homeless onto Sao Paulo streets
SAO PAOLO (AFP) – When Monica’s landlord suddenly doubled the rent on the room where she lived with her three daughters in Sao Paulo, she says they had little choice but to go live on the streets. Like a growing…
Read MoreParalympics: Japan hospitalises first Games participant with Covid-19
TOKYO (REUTERS) – A foreign participant in the Paralympic Games in Japan has been hospitalised with non-severe symptoms of Covid-19, Kyodo News said on Thursday (Aug 26), citing the Games’ organising committee. It is the first hospitalisation of the Tokyo…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Campaign launched to encourage students to get tested regularly when schools return
A drive to persuade secondary school and college pupils to get tested for coronavirus regularly and ensure they are vaccinated where possible has been launched by the government. The campaign, which comes ahead of the start of the autumn term…
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