Tag: South Africa
COVID-19 Vaccines Efficacy Remains Uncertain On Variants
New variants of concern have changed the game, spreading worldwide and threatening to derail pandemic control efforts, reports The Guardian.
Increase in variants
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New Strains of Covid 19, World Craves for Stronger Vaccine
People infected with a fast-spreading coronavirus variant mount an immune response that can fend off multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains.
Scientists first identified the SARS-CoV-2...
Experts Warn of Jumping Conclusions As COVID Oxford Vaccine Rollout Halted
According to a BBC report, South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed "disappointing" results against...
How COVID19 Mutations Have Altered the Course of Pandemic
Understanding what is driving new variants of the coronavirus to appear and what the changes mean will be crucial in our arms race against...
Why Are the New Coronavirus Mutants Causing Concerns?
There are many circulating around the world, but health experts are primarily concerned with the emergence of three, reports the Economic Times.
Virus mutations
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Covid-19 Vaccine Appears Effective Against New Coronavirus Strains
A new study provides early evidence that a Covid-19 vaccine might be effective against two new coronavirus strains first identified in South Africa and...
Will It Still Be A ‘Merry Christmas’ Amidst The Restrictions This...
Hospitals across the U.K., which has Europe's second-highest virus-related death toll at nearly 70,000, are heading towards capacity at a time of year...
SCI Owned Bulk Carrier Arrested
According to an article published in ET A vessel owned by the Shipping Corporation of India has been arrested in South Africa on the...
Flotilla of Oil Tankers Flock To The Seas To Act As...
Tankers everywhere are acting as temporary storage capacity.
A small flotilla of tankers full of crude is idling near the busy shipping lanes.
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Corona Reaches Africa As Seafarer in Bulk Carrier Tests Positive!
As the pandemic moves, it's gripping every continent in the planet and now it has reached Africa as one seafarer has tested positive there...