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U.S. joins WHO programme to strengthen international efforts against COVID-19

Fri, 2021-02-12 11:00 — mike kraft

U.S. joins WHO programme aimed at boosting COVID-19 fight A U.S. official told a World Health Organization meeting on Tuesday that Washington would participate in a programme to boost COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and vaccines as it joins global efforts to respond to the pandemic. Reuters Staff U.S.

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Study lists top point-of-care COVID-19 tests

Thu, 2021-02-11 19:03 — mike kraft

Point-of-care COVID-19 tests: Study lists top performers - Outbreak News Today After screening more than 1,100 independently assessed, point-of-care COVID-19 tests, researchers at NSF International and Novateur Ventures have identified 5 direct (antigen/RNA) tests for detection of acute infection and 6 indirect (antibody) tests for detection of prior infection that meet the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) “desirable” Target Product Profile (TPP) criteria. The researchers […] Press Release Outbreak News Today

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WHO expert group recommends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Wed, 2021-02-10 20:44 — mike kraft

WHO expert group recommends use of AstraZeneca vaccine GENEVA (AP) — Independent experts advising the World Health Organization about immunization on Wednesday recommended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine even in countries that turned up worrying... AP NEWS

GENEVA (AP) — Independent experts advising the World Health Organization about immunization on Wednesday recommended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine even in countries that turned up worrying coronavirus variants in their populations.

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WHO team says COVID-19 likely originated in bats, rules out labatory leak

Tue, 2021-02-09 11:08 — mike kraft

COVID may have taken 'convoluted path' to Wuhan, WHO team leader says The head of a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of COVID-19 said bats remain a likely source and that transmission of the virus via frozen food is a possibility that warrants further investigation, but he ruled out a lab leak. Josh Horwitz, David Stanway U.S.

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OPINION: Until Africans get the Covid vaccinations they need, the whole world will suffer

Sun, 2021-02-07 22:08 — mike kraft

Until Africans get the Covid vaccinations they need, the whole world will suffer | Paul Kagame We’re not asking for charity, but fairness – instead of hoarding and protectionism, says Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda the Guardian

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Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines

Sat, 2021-02-06 13:32 — mike kraft

Mutated virus may reinfect people already stricken once with covid-19, sparking debate and concerns The finding, though far from conclusive, has potential implications for how the pandemic will be brought under control, underscoring the critical role of vaccination. Carolyn Y. Johnson, William Wan Washington Post

ALSO SEE: Western countries have 'hoarded' Covid vaccines. Africa is being left behind as cases surge

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OVERVIEW of worldwide spread of the coronavirus

Fri, 2021-01-29 11:47 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus As AstraZeneca agreed to publication of its advance purchase agreement with the European Commission which states the company must use its "Best Reasonable Efforts" to manufacture the EU doses, Europe's medicines regulator recommended approving its vaccine for people over... Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - The European Union stood its ground in a row with AstraZeneca over COVID-19 vaccine supplies on Friday, while Hungary became the bloc’s first member to approve China’s Sinopharm vaccine.

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