The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab has no link to reported post-vaccination deaths and no new side effects, the EU’s medicines regulator said Friday based on the first data from the vaccine’s rollout. The European Medicines Agency said it had looked at the deaths, including a number in the elderly, and “concluded that the data did not...
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Fire at COVID-19 hospital in Romania kills four
A fire killed four people at a COVID-19 hospital in Romanian capital Bucharest early on Friday and 102 other patients have been evacuated, officials said. The fire, which has since been extinguished, broke out at around 0300 GMT in one of the buildings of the Matei Bals hospital in capital Bucharest.—Reuters
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The world’s most powerful passports for 2021
The days of strolling into an airport, flashing a passport, then hopping on a flight to wherever one likes are, for now, a distant memory. The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the travel landscape, potentially for decades to come. Countries all over the world are entering fresh lockdowns, but even when restrictions do lift, it’s likely...
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Ministry of Health: 3,497 new Coronavirus cases, 68 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3,497 new Coronavirus infections, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 293,157. 68 Coronavirus-related deaths have been registered over the past 24 hours.
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Disease specialist tells NNA which groups can receive Covid-19 vaccine
Bacterial diseases specialist at Rafik Hariri Hospital, Dr. Asima Dabouni, on Thursday confirmed to the National News Agency that the rumors that have been circulating on social media about the groups that should steer clear from the Coronavirus vaccine were untrue, let alone not scientifically based. To the contrary, she emphasized that people who suffered...
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Health Minister launches new agreement with WB to increase intensive care beds in government hospitals
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Thursday launched a new phase of the plan agreement between the World Bank and the Ministry of Public Health to equip government hospitals with extra intensive care beds. The plan includes 117 intensive care beds for Coronavirus patients, provided that 22 intensive care beds will be...
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Ministers of Health, Information launch national registration platform for coronavirus vaccination
Caretaker Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan, and Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad, launched this Thursday the national platform for registration for the coronavirus vaccine, in a press conference held at the Ministry of Public Health. Hassan affirmed that the goal is to “deliver real information to the citizens, and we pray that they will...
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Pfizer vaccine only slightly less effective against key South African mutations – study
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to lose only a small bit of effectiveness against an engineered virus with three key mutations from the new coronavirus variant found in South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker. The study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch...
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WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan set to leave quarantine
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan is preparing to leave hotel quarantine and begin on-the-ground fieldwork, two weeks after arriving in China. The visit, delayed by diplomatic tensions and concerns over access, marks a new phase in the long-awaited probe into how the virus first emerged, with experts cautioning that there are no guarantees of clear answers.
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Demi Moore Goes High-Fashion Model on Fendi Runway: See Her Surprising Catwalk Cameo!
The 58-year-old player sculptural associate unclothed silk suit with a peplum line from the Italian label’s spring/summer 2021 assortment. After creating a surprising look at Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty fashion show in November, Demi Moore is back on the runway throughout Paris Fashion Week. The player, 58, opened Kim Jones’ debut dressmaking assortment for Fendi...