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[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Find the latest news and guidance on COVID-19 at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. After a potentially more easily transmissible new genetic variant of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in the UK, several scientists have said that current vaccines are likely to protect against the new variant, and vaccine manufacturers …

[ad_1] Addis Ababa, December 24, 2020 (ECA) – “We are gathered here today to extend our hand of solidarity in response to a call from the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) for support in its response activities to COVID-19”, Carlos Haddad said. who heads the Administration Division of the Economic …

[ad_1] Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s top public health official said on Thursday, but added that more research is needed. The discovery could add to a new alarm in the pandemic after similar variants were announced in the UK and South Africa, …

[ad_1] Nairobi, December 24 Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s top public health official said on Thursday, but added that more research is needed. The discovery could add to a new alarm bell in the pandemic after similar variants were announced in Britain …

[ad_1] BELGRADE, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) – Vaccination against COVID-19 began in Serbia on Thursday and priority was given to beneficiaries of nursing homes, the Health Ministry said. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, followed by members of the crisis response team Predrag Kon and Darija Kisic-Tepavcevicm, were the first to be vaccinated. …

[ad_1] Another group, writing in The New England Journal of Medicine Earlier this month, he detailed the trajectory of the virus in a 45-year-old man with an autoimmune disorder for which he was receiving immunosuppressants. In this case, they found that there was an “accelerated” evolution of the virus in …

[ad_1] A diver in a Santa Claus outfit swims in a fish tank at the Kaiyukan Aquarium in Osaka, Japan, on November 27, 2020. / Kyodo News via Getty A diver in a Santa Claus outfit swims in a fish tank at the Kaiyukan Aquarium in Osaka, Japan, on November …

[ad_1] Shoppers wearing protective masks walk down the street at Tsukiji Outdoor Market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, on December 24, 2020. REUTERS / Issei Kato World News Reuters staff (Reuters) – Singapore confirmed its first case of the new variant of the coronavirus found in …

[ad_1] By: Reuters | Updated: December 24, 2020 1:06:33 pm FILE – In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 file photo, a woman passes a suitcase by the Christmas tree on the esplanade of Waterloo Station in central London. (Victoria Jones / PA via AP, file) A potentially more infectious new …

[ad_1] A potentially more infectious new variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in Britain with links to South Africa. South Africa’s health department said last week that a new genetic mutation in the virus had been discovered and that it could be responsible for a …