The 2020 US presidential election is very different from the previous election as people are nervous about the future of the country amid nearly 8% unemployment and more than 231,000 deaths from Covid-19. The division and anxiety are evident in conversations among voters in long lines outside early voting locations …
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced new lockdown rules amid a spike in Covid-19 cases through a televised address to the nation. Under the new rule, people in France will have to fill out a form to leave their homes, as was the case in the country’s first shutdown, and it …
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The British national pharmaceuticals AstraZeneca vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has seen a robust immune response in older people, according to a report. The Financial Times report, citing two unidentified people familiar with the finding, said the vaccine the company is making has produced protective antibodies and …
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India’s recovery rate from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has touched 90% with 62,077 people recovering in the past 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday. This brought total recoveries to 7,078,123, it added. “India records a new milestone: the recovery rate reaches 90.00%. 62,077 …
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Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that citizens across the country should receive free Covid-19 vaccines, two days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pledge of free vaccines against the disease in his Bihar’s electoral manifesto unleashes a storm. “The whole country should receive free Covid-19 vaccines. It …
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The number of active cases of the coronavirus disease in India (Covid-19) continued below 700,000 for the second day in a row, with 80% of all new cases reported in 10 states. Active cases now comprise just 8.71% of the country’s total positive cases, suggesting that the disease has been …
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The world is now at a critical juncture in the Covid-19 pandemic and some countries are on a dangerous path, facing the prospect of health services collapsing under pressure, the head of the World Organization said on Friday. Health. “We are at a critical juncture for the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly …
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India’s first coronavirus disease (Covid-19) candidate vaccine, Covaxin, which is being developed by Bharat Biotech, is likely to be at least 60% effective. On Thursday evening, the company received approval from the Controller General of Medicines of India (DCGI) to conduct a phase 3 clinical trial to establish the efficacy …
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro annulled his own Health Minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a possible vaccine against Covid-19 that is being tested in the state of Sao Paulo. Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello announced the purchase on Tuesday along with Sao Paulo Governor …
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A city in eastern China is offering an experimental coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine outside of clinical trials for about $ 60 to high-risk groups under an emergency inoculation program, officials said, including when experts raised concerns about the massive launch of an ace-yet untested vaccine. Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine, called …
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