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Putin Orders Week-Long Paid Holiday To Curb COVID-19 Infections In Russia

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by adminOctober 20, 2021093

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a teleconference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on October 20, 2021. PHOTO: Alexey DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a nationwide week-long paid holiday to curb Covid infections......

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Moscow Orders Fresh COVID-19 Restrictions As Deaths Soar

adminOctober 19, 2021

by adminOctober 19, 2021074

A medical staff member accompanies a patient at the Covid-19 infected patients section at the Kommunarka Hospital outside Moscow on October 15, 2021. Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP Moscow’s mayor on Tuesday ordered the city’s first coronavirus restrictions since the summer, as Russia registered 1,015 daily COVID deaths, a new record. At the......

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First US Black Secretary Of State, Colin Powell, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications

adminOctober 18, 2021

by adminOctober 18, 2021058

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 7, 2005, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses a press conference at Katunayake Military Airport in Colombo. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP) Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who became a US war hero and the first Black......

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33 More Persons Die Of COVID-19 In Nigeria

adminOctober 18, 2021

by adminOctober 18, 2021087

A health worker helps his colleague with his PPE during a community testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV At least 33 more persons have died from COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said late Sunday. According to the health agency, 125......

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Russia Tops 1,000 Daily COVID-19 Deaths For First Time

adminOctober 16, 2021

by adminOctober 16, 2021063

A health worker wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit tests a swab sample for COVID-19 at a primary health centre in Hyderabad on September 3, 2020. NOAH SEELAM / AFP Russia on Saturday topped 1,000 deaths over 24 hours for the first time since the start of the coronavirus......

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COVID-19: Fully Vaccinated Inbound Travellers Will No Longer Self-Isolate – FG

adminOctober 15, 2021

by adminOctober 15, 20210100

A file photo of travellers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Travellers who have taken the full jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine coming into the country will no longer be required to observe the mandatory seven days self-isolation, Nigerian authorities have said. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee,......

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South Africa To Start COVID-19 Jabs For Kids As Young As 12

adminOctober 15, 2021

by adminOctober 15, 2021078

South Africa will begin vaccinating children as young as 12 next week and also offer COVID-19 boosters against certain immune disorders, the health minister announced Friday. With a large youth population and the world’s biggest HIV caseload, the announcement affects millions of people and marks a significant scaling up of......

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US Donates 3.5 Million Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines To Nigeria

adminOctober 14, 2021

by adminOctober 14, 20210107

Used vials of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine against the novel coronavirus stand next to a syringe in a doctor’s practice in Suhl, Germany, on May 6, 2021.Christof STACHE / AFP A total of 3,577,860 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have arrived in Nigeria from the United States. This is according......

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 251 New Cases, Five Deaths

adminOctober 14, 2021

by adminOctober 14, 20210144

A file photo of a healthcare worker holding a COVID-19 test kit. TARSO SARRAF / AFP Nigeria has recorded 251 new cases of COVID-19 and five deaths across the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Wednesday night in its daily update on the virus. In......

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Defiant Brazilian President Makes U-Turn, Set For COVID-19 Vaccination

adminOctober 13, 2021

by adminOctober 13, 20210115

File Photo of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. AFP Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed he will not get vaccinated against Covid-19, having previously said he would be the “last Brazilian” to do so. The far-right leader has generated controversy over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and for initially downplaying......