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[ad_1] Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2020 shows a large screen displayed to raise awareness of COVID-19 protection measures in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. (Xinhua / Michael Tewelde) The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic rose to 31,056 across the African continent as the number of positive cases …

[ad_1] BEIJING, Sept.6 (Xinhua) – The following are updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. – – – – ADDIS ABABA – The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic rose to 31,056 across the African continent, while …

[ad_1] Australia will purchase 84.8 million doses of vaccines at a cost of $ 1.7 billion if two promising Covid-19 vaccine candidates are successful, under open access agreements for Australians negotiated by the Morrison government. The agreements promising land-based manufacturing of the Oxford University vaccine by AstraZeneca and the University …

[ad_1] A man carries his belongings as he crosses a flooded road in the city of Shaqilab, some (25 km) southwest of the capital Khartoum, Sudan, on Monday, Aug.31, 2020 (AP Photo / Marwan Ali). Sudanese authorities declared their country a natural disaster area and imposed a three-month state of …

[ad_1] Workers disinfect donations unloaded from a plane at Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, on September 4, 2020. On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) donated medical supplies worth more than 85 million South Sudanese pounds (US $ 5.2 million) to fuel the East African nation’s fight against …

[ad_1] More than 410,000 Americans could die from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, by January 1, 2021, according to the latest model from the University of Washington Institute for Health Assessment and Metrics. The United States reported more than 188,500 deaths as of Saturday and more than 6,200,000 …

[ad_1] Six months after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, this story is being republished as a reminder of the many things scientists have learned about the disease and how it spreads. We are in a terrifying and confusing pandemic, with new and sometimes contradictory information about Covid-19 coming up all …

[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG South Africa recorded 101 new COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 14,779, the Health Minister announced. Zweli Mkhize said the country also recorded 1,806 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 636,884. The Health Minister also said that …

[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG South Africa recorded 101 new COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 14,779, the Health Minister announced. Zweli Mkhize said the country also recorded 1,806 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 636,884. The Health Minister also said that …

[ad_1] A new survey on coronavirus vaccines shows that two-thirds of Americans are unwilling to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. A quarter of those interviewed say they will never get vaccinated, while 44% said they would rather wait and see how the initial round of immunization goes. Recent controversies over the …