Browsing: Covid-19

The Washington Post says Earlier this month, a TikTok user who goes by “TizzyEnt” spotted an Instagram post that caught his attention.

France24 says the World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January.

The Guardian says a booster jab of Covid-19 vaccine for vulnerable people is not a luxury but a good way to protect them, the World Health Organization has said.

The Metro says the latest Covid figures show that there have been a further 48 deaths within 28 days of a positive test recorded, bringing the UK total to 132,485.

Japanese people are rushing and demanding more vaccinations as fears grow over Japan vaccine supply, especially in face of the rise of delta variant cases.…

BBC Radio Newcastle presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, a coroner has ruled. 

The Metro says a Devon hospital inundated with coronavirus patients has been forced to declare an ‘internal critical incident’.

The i says how long immunity from Covid-19 lasts following a vaccine has been one of the main questions everyone wants answered, yet finding a definite answer is difficult.

The Japanese government frantically started administering the AstraZeneca vaccine in order to add a much-needed impetus to the flailing Japan vaccination rate. Especially focusing on…

The Guardian says young patients experiencing the debilitating effects of long Covid have urged people to get their vaccine in an NHS video.

Arab News says Jacinda Ardern has extended New Zealand’s nationwide COVID-19 lockdown saying the current outbreak of the Delta variant had not yet peaked.

For the sixth straight Saturday, protesters march against the COVID health pass they describe as a restriction of freedom.

The UK has approved an antibody treatment developed by Regeneron and Roche to prevent and treat COVID-19.

Arab News says Iran will impose a six-day national lockdown from Monday amid a soaring death toll from a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

France24 says initially spared the worst of the Covid-19 virus, more children and teens are experiencing “long Covid” with medical clinics cropping up to treat their symptoms.

Aljazeera says Australia’s capital Canberra has announced a snap one-week lockdown after reporting its first locally acquired case of COVID-19 in more than a year.

Many residents whose visas had expired have been granted the automatic visa renewal. Some expatriates in Dubai, whose residency visas expired while they were stranded…

The Guardian says a group of women sing hymns at the cemetery in Harare as undertakers, dressed in Covid-19 protective gear, gently lower a white casket into the grave.

The release says 43 people involved in the cluster are under the age of 40.

We For India: Saving Lives: Annie Lennox, Ed Sheeran and Mick Jagger will join Bollywood superstars to raise funds for Covid relief work in India. 

COVID-19 safety rules will be modified in the United Arab Emirates to increase the number of people allowed at weddings, hotels, and shopping malls across the country, according to health officials.

Aljazeera says the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September.

The Mirror says: A newlywed man who only got married six weeks ago has died from Covid having skipped the vaccine due to its potential side effects.

The UK has recorded another 29,312 Covid cases and 119 more deaths in the latest 24-hour period.  This compares with 21,691 Covid cases and 138 deaths reported yesterday. 

The UK’s vaccine experts have recommended children aged 16 and 17 in the UK should be offered a first dose of the Covid vaccine, advise on a second jab will be given at a later date.