COVID-19 Updates
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Toolkit for Summer Camps
This toolkit provides web links, fact sheets, posters, and other resources for summer camp administrators, parents and attendees. Read the original article at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Coronavirus: Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine generates lasting response, interim results show
Johnson & Johnson’s experimental one-shot Covid-19 vaccine generated a long-lasting immune response in an early safety study, providing a glimpse at how it will perform in the real world as…
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WHO experts arrive in Wuhan to investigate coronavirus origins
A team of World Health Organization experts has touched down in the central China city of Wuhan after months of planning, negotiation and video calls laying out a scientific field…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: evacuation ordered at fifth housing block as vertical coronavirus transmission feared
Hong Kong health authorities ordered the evacuation of five residential buildings on Thursday as Covid-19 outbreaks worsened in two districts, with vertical transmission of the virus suspected at one public…
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Coronavirus: Philippines approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, New Zealand allows some international students to return
The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it had authorised the emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE.The Pfizer-BioNTech shot, which has shown…
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California bids to speed its painfully slow vaccine rollout – here’s what you need to know
The state’s vaccination plan has been decidedly sluggish – but now every Californian aged 65 and older is eligible for the vaccine California leaders are facing mounting pressure to speed…
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Why a China-led free vaccine project for poor countries is an excellent idea
Now that Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine has proven effective, passing late-stage trials in Brazil, with more than 300 million doses sold to middle-income and poor nations, China should switch instead to…
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Coronavirus: China’s new outbreak raises questions about consumer spending over Lunar New Year holiday
Some citizens in Shijiazhuang, the capital of northern Hebei province and the epicentre of China’s biggest coronavirus outbreak in months, have had to turn to online bartering to get the…
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Coronavirus: Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine first to seek roll-out approval in Hong Kong
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine developed by the US and Germany has become the first to apply for an emergency roll-out in Hong Kong and a government advisory panel is expected…
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UK Covid live: Starmer says ‘inadequate’ food parcels follow government guidance; 24/7 vaccination centres ‘coming soon’
Latest updates: Labour leader criticises Johnson’s FSM handling at PMQs; Johnson calls Rashford to say food parcel review under way Hospital admissions dip in London and south-east England When will…