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21.07.2021 / 18:25

Pfizer vaccine will be made at South African firm, a first for Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first time that the shot will be produced in Africa, Pfizer announced Wednesday.The Biovac Institute based in Cape Town will manufacture the vaccine for distribution across Africa, in a move that should help address the continent's desperate need for more vaccine doses amid a recent surge of cases.Biovac will receive large batch ingredients for the vaccine from Europe and will blend the components, put them in vials and package them for distribution. The production will begin in 2022 with a goal of reaching more than 100 million finished doses annually.

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News Scan for Jul 19, 2021

Eighty percent of survey respondents in 10 developing countries indicated a willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine, compared with 65% in the United States and 30% in Russia, according to a study published late last week in Nature Medicine.Researchers from the University of Cape Town in South Africa analyzed

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Third covid wave upends fragile South Africa, a warning for developing world

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Tennis Star Coco Gauff Out of Tokyo Olympics After Testing Positive for COVID-19

COVID-19 and won't play in the Tokyo Games, which start this week. The Games would have been the 17-year-old tennis player's first Olympics.«It has always been a dream of mine to represent the USA at the Olympics, and I hope there will be many more chances for me to make this come true in the future,» Gauff said in a statement posted to Twitter and Instagram.In Japan, organizers confirmed earlier Sunday two South African soccer players tested positive for the coronavirus — the first athletes in the Olympic Village to do so.

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More than 70 dead in South Africa as country falls into further unrest

South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses.The unrest, the worst in South Africa for years, also disrupted hospitals struggling to cope with a third wave of COVID-19 and forced the closure of a refinery.Protests triggered by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry last week have widened into looting and an outpouring of general anger over the hardship and inequality that persist 27 years after the end of apartheid.Shopping malls and warehouses have been ransacked or set ablaze in several cities, mostly in Zuma’s home in KwaZulu-Natal province, and the financial and economic center

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Dozens dead as unrest continues in South Africa following jailing of former president

Unrest continued on Tuesday as crowds clashed with police and ransacked shopping malls in cities across South Africa, with dozens of people reported killed. Redmond Shannon reports.

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Unvaccinated woman, 90, died with double variant infection, European researchers say

was presented and discussed this weekend at the European Congress on Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) as part of Belgian research.The woman went to the hospital after a series of falls and also tested positive for COVID-19, according to the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. When she was admitted to the hospital, she was in good health and did not show signs of respiratory distress. However, her health began to decline rapidly and she died five days later. After her death, researchers discovered she had been infected by two different strains of the virus - the UK strain and the South African strain.

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Is it possible to catch 2 Covid-19 variants simultaneously?

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Woman infected with two strains of Covid at same time dies

Covid-19 was recently found to have been infected with two separate strains - at the same time.Doctors revealed that the 90-year-old was diagnosed with both the British Kent and South African variants, in a case believed to be the first of its kind.

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Woman infected with two Covid-19 variants highlights next risk

Covid-19, revealing another risk in the fight against the disease, Belgian researchers found.

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COVID-19 vaccines, immunity, and new variants: The role of T cells

mutate constantly. Consequently, numerous SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged as the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed.A few SARS-CoV-2 variants have shown increased transmissibility, with the World Health Organization (WHO) designating them as “variants of concern (VOC).” These VOCs include the alpha (B.1.1.7), beta (B.1.351), delta (B.1.617.2), and gamma (P.1) that originated in the United Kingdom, South Africa, India, and Brazil, respectively.

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Pfizer Covid vaccine induces 'good' immune response against coronavirus variants

London: Two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine induce a "very good" antibody response against the SARS-CoV-2 variants, according to a study on 180 health care workers in Finland.

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WHO warns of ‘very dangerous period’ fueled by delta variant

WASHINGTON - In a press briefing Friday, the head of the WHO said the delta variant is "quickly becoming the dominant strain in many countries," and thus, the world is in a "very dangerous period" of the COVID-19 pandemic."Delta is spreading in at least 98 countries and is spreading quickly in countries with low and high vaccination coverage," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. According to WHO, cases are doubling every three weeks in Africa — with more than 20,000 new cases reported Friday in South Africa.Meanwhile, Public Health England says cases of the delta variant have increased fourfold in the U.K.

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No community cases; 2 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 historical case in managed isolation

There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.

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Africa, Europe feel impact of COVID-19 Delta variant spread

In updates today from two of the World Health Organization (WHO) regional offices, African officials said the speed and scale of the third wave of COVID-19 is something they haven't seen before, while European officials warned that conditions are ripe for another wave in the months ahead.

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No community cases; 1 case of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine seems to protect against Delta variant: study

COVID-19 vaccine produced neutralizing antibodies against emerging variants, including the Delta variant first identified in India, in a lab study, the drugmaker said on Tuesday.The study was conducted on blood serum from eight participants obtained one week after they received the second dose of the vaccine in an early-stage trial.

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AstraZeneca kicks off human trials for new vaccine targeting COVID-19 variant

COVID-19 vaccine — and this time, it’s designed to tackle one of the COVID-19 variants.The study, which involves 2,250 participants across four different countries, aims to build immunity against a variant of concern known as the Beta variant, which first emerged in South Africa. Researchers also said they’ll use the study to better understand COVID-19 and its associated issues.“Testing booster doses of existing vaccines and new variant vaccines is important to ensure we are best prepared to stay ahead of the pandemic coronavirus, should their use be needed,” said Professor Sir Andrew J Pollard, chief investigator and director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, in a press release.

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Delta variant driving Covid surge in South Africa

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Need to dramatically scale up COVID-19 vaccine production: Jaishankar

S Jaishankar said on Wednesday, noting that Europe's support is "key" for lifting patents on the vaccines and to keep open the supply chains.

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The Delta COVID-19 variant has a mutation called K417N. Here’s what we know

Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible and advised states to increase testing.Below is what we know about the variant.The variant, called “Delta Plus” in India, was first reported in a Public Health England bulletin on June 11.It is a sub-lineage of the Delta variant first detected in India and has acquired the spike protein mutation called K417N which is also found in the Beta variant first identified in South Africa.Some scientists worry that the mutation, coupled with other existing features of the Delta variant, could make it more transmissible.“The mutation K417N has been of interest as it is present in the Beta variant (B.1.351 lineage), which was reported to have immune evasion

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WHO setting up hub to make COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa: Tedros

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South Africa set to host vaccine tech transfer hub

South Africa is set to host a "technology transfer hub" for Covid-19 vaccines to scale up production know-how in Africa's worst-hit nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said today.

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Study evaluates reason behind increased transmission in SARS-CoV-2 variants

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Belgium bans Britain travellers due to covid-19 variant

Belgium will ban entry to non-EU travellers from Britain in order to limit the spread of a Covid-19 variant that has forced London to delay the lifting of its pandemic curbs.

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South Africa aims to vaccinate nearly 6 lakh teachers against Covid in 14 days

South Africa has launched an ambitious plan to vaccinate 582,000 teachers for Covid-19 protection within 14 days, starting from June 23, officials said on Saturday.

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Ongoing COVID surges in multiple regions keep nations on edge

Despite an overall drop in global COVID-19 cases, some countries continue to battle new surges, including in Africa, Russia, the Americas, and parts of Asia.

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India's proposal for patent waiver on Covid vaccines gets widespread support at G7: MEA

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India is a natural ally for the G-7 countries in defending the shared values from a host of threats stemming from authoritarianism, terrorism and violent extremism, disinformation and economic coercion.In a virtual address at a session on 'open societies and open economies' at the G-7 summit, the prime minister highlighted India's civilisational commitment to democracy, freedom of thought and liberty.Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) additional secretary P Harish said there was widespread support at the G7 deliberations for text-based negotiations on a proposal by India and South Africa for patent waiver on Covid vaccines.Harish said the prime minister spoke on the need for open and

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Pakistan bans entry of 26 nations' citizens including India over Covid fears

travel date while countries in C category are restricted and people can travel only under specific NCOC guidelines," an official of the Pakistan's Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) said.The 26 countries placed in the C category include India, Iran, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Iraq, the Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Tunisia, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.Apart from the nations in "C category", the rest have been included in the "B category".

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Covid vax patent waiver talks need to be expedited

What is the proposal before WTO?It was jointly made by India and South Africa to WTO’s council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in October. It seeks a general waiver on patents and other barriers on diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines for covid-19 for the duration of the pandemic.

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Lack of COVID-19 shots puts Africa far behind in global vaccination effort

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack.In fact, it has barely gotten out of the starting blocks.In South Africa, which has the continent’s most robust economy and its biggest coronavirus caseload, just 0.8% of the population is fully vaccinated, according to a worldwide tracker kept by Johns Hopkins University. And hundreds of thousands of the country's health workers, many of whom come face-to-face with the virus every day, are still waiting for their shots.RELATED: US unveils global COVID-19 vaccine sharing plan for unused dosesIn Nigeria, Africa's biggest country with more than 200 million people, only 0.1% are fully protected.

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A ‘landmark’ trial to test mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 in Africa can’t get the coveted shots

Jon CohenScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.The questions are urgent, and the funding is in place. But a highly anticipated, $130 million clinical trial, meant to test the efficacy of the novel messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for COVID-19 against a key variant of the pandemic coronavirus as well as in people living with HIV and pregnant women, is stalled.

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WHO labels India, other global Covid variants with Greek names. Check full list here

WHO has given to different Covid variants acroos the globe:Alpha variant: B.1.1.7 variant spotted in the UK in September 2020Beta variant: B.1.351 variant first found in south Africa in May 2020Gamma variant: P.1 variant first spotted in Brazil in November 2020Epsilon variant: B.1.427/ B.1.429 variant spotted in USA in March 2020Zeta variant: P.2 variant found in Brazil in April 2020.ETA variant: B.1.525 variant found in multiple countries in December 2020Theta variant: P.3 variant spotted in Philippines in January 2021IOTA variant: B.1.526 variant found in USA in November 2020The World Health Organisation's move came after India objected to the B.1.617 mutant of the novel coronavirus being termed an "Indian Variant" in media reports with

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Delta variant prime suspect in Covid-19 cases across Varanasi: Study

second COVID-19 wave in the country," Prof Singh, who heads the multi-disciplinary research Unit at BHU, said."Just as in most of the country, the B.1.617.2 variant (aka delta variant) was the most common one in the samples we studied. They were found among 36 per cent of the total samples.

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UK minister says government must be careful with international travel amid rise of COVID-19 variants

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Thursday that as COVID-19 variants continue to be a concern, including the Delta variant first identified in India, the government wants to “be careful” about international travel.

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GMB's Dr Hilary warns whole 'alphabet' of Covid-19 variants will emerge

variants emerge in years to come. Speaking on the ITV show about people travelling out of the country for a holiday, the ITV doctor stated that it's too much of a risk to book anywhere as new strains occur.

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BRICS supports proposal by India, South Africa to temporarily waive patents on COVID vaccines

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COVID-19 variants given new names using Greek alphabet, WHO says

Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek alphabet to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma.The World Health Organization revealed the new names on Monday amid criticism that those given by scientists to strains such as the South African variant – which goes by multiple names including B.1.351, 501Y.V2 and 20H/501Y.V2 – were too complicated.Since the pandemic began, the names people have used to describe the virus have provoked controversy. Former U.S.

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Vietnam seeks to contribute to COVAX through domestic COVID-19 vaccine production

Vietnam is seeking to buy COVID-19 vaccine production technology and wants to build a plant to supply the COVAX programme, its health ministry said on Tuesday, as the country tries to step up vaccinations to stem a new outbreak of infections.India and South Africa are among developing countries that have been pushing for an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines. But even with a surprise U.S.

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WHO labels Covid variant first spotted in India as 'Delta' variant

@WHO announces new, easy-to-say labels for #SARSCoV2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) & Interest (VOIs)They will not replace existing scientific names, but are aimed to help in public discussion of VOI/VOCRead more here (will be live soon):https://t.co/VNvjJn8Xcv#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/L9YOfxmKW7Under the new scheme, B.1.1.7, the variant first identified in Britain, will be known as Alpha and B.1.351, the variant first spotted in South Africa, will be Beta.

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New COVID-19 variant found in Vietnam is hybrid of India, UK strains

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday.Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients, and found the new version of the virus. He said lab tests suggested it might spread more easily than other versions of the virus.Viruses often develop small genetic changes as they reproduce, and new variants of the coronavirus have been seen almost since it was first detected in China in late 2019.

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Vietnam detects new COVID-19 variant, hybrid of India, U.K. strains

Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday.Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients, and found the new version of the virus. He said lab tests suggested it might spread more easily than other versions of the virus.Viruses often develop small genetic changes as they reproduce, and new variants of the coronavirus have been seen almost since it was first detected in China in late 2019.

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Eight further Covid-related deaths have been confirmed

There have been eight further Covid-related deaths reported to the Department of Health up to yesterday.

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Production of another COVID-19 vaccine to begin in weeks

PARIS : Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday as they launched a large trial enrolling 35,000 adult volunteers in the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America.The study will test vaccine candidate formulas against the original coronavirus that spread from Wuhan, China, and against the variant first seen in South Africa, the pharmaceutical firms said.If the trial is successful, regulators could approve the vaccine for use in the last three months of the year, the drugmakers said in a statement.“Manufacturing will begin in the coming weeks to enable rapid access to the vaccine, should it be approved," they said.Their statement quoted

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The Latest: Early signs of a gentler Kiawah for PGA finale

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – The Latest on the PGA Championship (all times local):

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Scots Indians say Nicola Sturgeon's renaming of Covid variant is 'silly'

Nicola Sturgeon yesterday after she renamed a strain of Covid-19 over fears it would lead to prejudice. They said the First Minister’s decision to start referring to the Indian variant of the killer bug as “April-02” was “silly”.The Indian Council of Scotland accused Sturgeon of “playing to the galleries”.Neil Lal, president of the group which represents Scotland’s 33,000 Indians, said: “I’ve not heard from one Indian who has voiced any concern over a Covid strain being called the Indian variant.

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Back in PGA, grateful Branden Grace shrugs off tough finish

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – With everything Branden Grace has been through on and off the golf course in the past nine months, a tough finish to fall out of the lead at the PGA Championship wasn't that big a deal.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0