Africa: COVID lockdowns blamed for increase in teenage pregnancies
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Reading Time: < 1 minute“I’m five months pregnant by a young man who works in the barracks,” says 16-year-old Elsa. Read More
Fully vaccinated people account for 1.2% of England’s Covid-19 deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople who were fully vaccinated accounted for just 1.2% of all deaths involving Covid-19 in England in the first seven months of…
British double-vaccinated tourists to be excused from PCR tests in upcoming rules
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritish tourists who have been double-jabbed will no longer have to pay for expensive PCR tests after travelling. Read More
Amid talk of boosters, global vaccine disparity gets sharper
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeveral hundred people line up every morning, starting before dawn, on a grassy area outside Nairobi’s largest hospital hoping to get the…
Covid vaccines won't end pandemic and officials must now 'gradually adapt strategy' to cope with inevitable spread of virus, World Health Organization official warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCovid jabs will not end the pandemicand leaders should prepare to adjust their vaccine strategy to deal with the virus in the…
Oxford Covid jab faces to be withdrawn from Britain's vaccine rollout
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Oxford jab could be largely withdrawn from UK’s vaccine programme as millions of Britons who were given two doses are likely…
No serious Covid-19 vaccine side effects found in breastfeeding mums
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen the Covid-19 vaccines were first introduced, one of the main questions was whether they would be safe for use in breastfeeding…
Fauci warns Covid cases in the US are 16 TIMES too high
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs the U.S. sees upwards of 160,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, the nation’s top infectious disease expert says the country is…
Covid UK news – live: Booster jab plan ‘approved next week’, as vaccine professor says few will need them
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe lead scientist of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine programme has said giving people a third Covid jab is unnecessary in most cases because immunity from two doses Read…
Unvaccinated putting ‘sustained pressure’ on London hospitals, doctors warn
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon doctors have warned unvaccinated patients are putting “sustained pressure” on critical care services across the capital. Read More