[ad_1] Young volunteers take to the streets to mobilize against COVID-19 in Ethiopia. Photo by UNICEF Ethiopia. CC-BY 2.0 Several Ethiopian activists were arrested in 2020 for violating the country’s COVID-19 restrictions, raising questions about whether the government has used those protocols to silence criticism. Ethiopia was below a state …
Read More »Almost 4% of Ireland’s population is fully vaccinated
[ad_1] DUBLIN, March 22 (Xinhua) – More than 180,000 people in Ireland have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, representing less than 4 percent of the country’s around 5 million people, according to official statistics released Monday. Ireland’s Department of Health said in a statement late Monday that a total of …
Read More »The biology of inflammatory bowel disease attenuates the immune response to COVID-19
[ad_1] Careful monitoring of infliximab-treated patients is necessary after COVID injection Infliximab, a powerful biologic used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), attenuates the body’s immune response to COVID-19 infection, indicates research published online in the journal. Intestine. This altered response may increase susceptibility to recurrent COVID-19 and help drive …
Read More »AstraZeneca Vaccine 79% Effective on Phase III Results
[ad_1] March 22, 2021 – AstraZeneca today announced interim results from its phase III study in the USA showing 79% overall efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19, 80% efficacy in people 65 years of age and older and 100% efficacy against serious or critical illness and hospitalization. . Company officials and clinical …
Read More »Somalia’s disputed polls are an important lesson on its democratic path
[ad_1] For Lebanon Obsiye Former Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia On February 8 this year, many people worried that Somalia would sink into chaos. There were fears of street fights, bullets whizzing uncontrollably, and even a (false) prediction of a military mutiny. None of these …
Read More »Trump’s tweet about the ‘Chinese virus’ sparked a surge in anti-Asian hashtags, study finds
[ad_1] Anti-Asian sentiment on Twitter soared after Trump used the term “Chinese virus” on March 16, 2020. Researchers at UC San Francisco analyzed posts from the week before and after Trump’s tweet. Asians in the United States have apparently been targeted because the coronavirus was first found in China. See …
Read More »Prioritize access to drinking water
[ad_1] Water is life.Water is one of the most important substances on Earth.All plants and animals must have water to survive.If there were no water, there would be no life on earth.Water is the core of sustainable development and is essential for socio-economic development, the health of ecosystems and for …
Read More »Africa Confirmed Nearly 4.16 Million COVID-19 Cases – Africa CDC
[ad_1] FILE: On Friday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent surpassed the 1 million mark, reaching 1,007,366 confirmed cases as of Friday afternoon, according to the CDC PHOTO of Africa. FILE: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,159,950 as of Saturday, according to …
Read More »Will Egypt go to war with Ethiopia over the great Renaissance dam?
[ad_1] (MENAFN – SomTribune) “> WhatsApp Sisi supports Sudan’s proposal for internationally mediated negotiations on the project, but could use the war to unify a divided Egypt. At a press conference in Sudan earlier this month, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi expressed the desire of the two states to reach …
Read More »Africa Faces Big Challenges Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Africa CDC
[ad_1] ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – JANUARY 28: John Nkengasong, director of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gives a press conference on coronavirus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 28, 2020 (Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images). ) Africa faces significant challenges in …
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