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14.02.2021 / 17:37

Trophy hunter luring Brits to South Africa in 'repulsive' email offering Covid holiday deals

coronavirus crises - in a bid to appeal to new customers.The deals from Take Aim Safaris boast "unbeatable prices" and entice tourists with the promise of slaying lions, leopards and elephants, and legally shipping them back home.Mr Knight charges $14,000 (£10,000) for an elephant 'trophy' and $20,000 (£14,500) for a lion plus hunting fees, the Mirror reports.He boasted that endangered animals are "plentiful" at the moment due to the ongoing pandemic. The Sunday People approached boastful Knight about his crass deals, but he claimed it was "no problem."He said: "I appreciate the advertising, thank you."Please keep it up there.

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Anti-viral coating on face masks may kill coronavirus: UK study finds

LONDON : Scientists at the University of Cambridge working with an anti-viral coating technology called DioX believe that it could protect facemask users by killing the deadly coronavirus in as little as an hour.According to ‘The Daily Telegraph’, the invisible coating on facemasks attacks the virus by rapturing its outer layer, effectively eliminating all new mutant variants, including the UK’s so-called Kent variant and the South African variant."The antiviral agent within the coating of the mask kills the virus by breaching its protective outer membrane, which is known as its envelope. Unlike other parts of the virus, the membrane remains the same regardless of any type of mutation.

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Hunter's sick boast to Brits that animals 'ripe for slaughter' after Covid 'rest'

A British trophy-hunting boss is offering deals to shoot endangered animals which he boasts are “plentiful” during the Covid crisis.

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UN Security Council to debate challenge of global Covid-19 vaccine access

- 'Vaccine apartheid' -"What we don't want to see is a kind of vaccine apartheid," with rich Northern countries receiving ample supplies and poorer Southern countries -- as South Africa recently warned -- going without, said the ambassador speaking anonymously.He said negotiations over a Security Council resolution were likely to be "complicated," with some countries uncomfortable at the "transparency" involved in committing themselves to leave no country wanting for vaccine.Several countries, including China, Russia and some Gulf nations, have already launched "vaccine diplomacy" initiatives, either showcasing their own production capacity or providing easier access to vaccine doses.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly

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Three new UK areas to get door-to-door coronavirus testing - full list

direct to your inbox Three new areas in the UK are to have door-to-door testing due to the South African variant of coronaviurs being detected.

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WHO chief scientist confirms reports of reinfection from coronavirus variants

During a briefing on Friday, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Dr.

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COVID-19 variant spread threatens third wave, Canada’s top doctor warns

COVID-19 infections appear to be on a downward trend but worrisome variants are posing an increasing threat to containing the pandemic.Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam says aggressive vaccinations will play a key part in addressing COVID-19 spread but that is just one suppression tool as modelling data in the nation’s hot spots point to a likely third wave.

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People arriving from 20 states face 14-day mandatory self-quarantine

An additional 18 states have been added to the Government's coronavirus 'high-risk' list of countries.

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as Kier Starmer backs Scots quarantine plan

quarantine requirements in England to match those planned for Scotland, which will require all international arrivals to self-isolate in hotels. The Labour leader said and estimated 10,000 travellers a day will be arriving in the UK from “higher-risk countries” where the South African or Brazilian coronavirus variants are circulating but which are not on the Government’s red list.

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All Covid symptoms to look out after four new ones detected in study

coronavirus symptoms on top of the official three classic signs.Classic and already known symptoms of Covid-19 are a new and continuous cough, fever, and loss of a sense of taste and smell.Those who display any of those three warning signs are urged to self-isolate and be tested immediately.Currently the free NHS test is only offered to those who have one of the trio of official symptoms.However, experts are now closely monitoring changes in how the virus spreads and attacks following the arrival of new variants in the UK - including the Kent strain, the South African variant, and the Bristol variation of the original coronavirus.And according to researchers from two different studies there could now be 16 symptoms in total, including the

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South Africa's Ramaphosa urges support for vaccination drive

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urged support for his government’s efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic as it struggles to implement a vaccination program and an economic recovery plan.

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As yet undetermined coronavirus variant detected in Windsor-Essex

coronavirus “variant of concern” has been detected in the community.WECHU medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed says it’s not yet clear if the case involves the B.1.1.7.

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All Covid symptoms you need to know about after four new ones detected in study

A new study has highlighted four more suspected coronavirus symptoms on top of the official three experts say people should be aware of.

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Not perfect, but saves lives, AstraZeneca says of COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine is not perfect, but will have a big impact on the pandemic, its chief executive predicted on Thursday, as the drugmaker pledged to double supplies to more than 200 million doses per month by April.The two-dose shot, developed with Oxford University, has been hailed as a "vaccine for the world" because it is cheaper and easier to distribute than some rivals.But its rapid approval in Europe and elsewhere has been clouded by doubts over its most effective dosage and interval between doses.Data at the weekend also showed it was less effective against a fast-spreading South African variant of the virus, and the company has been embroiled in a row with the European Union over supply delays."Is it perfect? No it's not perfect, but

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How experts are tracking variants of the coronavirus

COVID-19 virus to date.Viruses can mutate as they make copies of themselves after infecting a person. By sequencing virus samples over time, scientists can look for recurring changes in the genome.“If we don’t know these things, we’re running blind," said Sara Vetter, assistant lab director for the Minnesota Department of Health.Most mutations are meaningless, but others can make a virus more contagious, deadly or resistant to vaccines and treatment.

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WHO panel recommends AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine even in countries with South Africa variant

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective and should be deployed widely across all age groups, including in countries where the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce its efficacy, WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE) chair Alejandro Cravioto said on Wednesday.

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WHO panel okays AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot for seniors

coronavirus may reduce its efficacy, a World Health Organization panel said on Wednesday.In interim recommendations on the shot, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE) panel said the vaccine should be given in two doses with an interval of 8 to 12 weeks, and should also be used in people aged 65 and older.Even in countries such as South Africa, where questions have been raised about the AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against a newly-emerged variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, “there is no reason not to recommend its use”, SAGE’s chair, Alejandro Cravioto, told a briefing. ‘Concerning’ Brazil COVID-19 variant found in Canada.

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WHO expert group recommends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

GENEVA – Independent experts advising the World Health Organization 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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AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine can be used for people aged over 65 - WHO

WHO vaccine experts have said that the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine could be used for people aged over 65, and also in settings where variants of the virus are circulating.

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South Africa pivots to unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine after scrapping AstraZeneca

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant there, the health minister said Wednesday.Zweli Mkhize said South Africa has scrapped plans to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine because it "does not prevent mild to moderate disease" of the variant.The one-shot J&J vaccine is still being tested internationally and has not been approved in any country.RELATED: AstraZeneca tweaking COVID-19 vaccine to fight South African variantBut Mkhize, in a nationally broadcast address, declared that the vaccine is safe, relying on tests of 44,000 people done in South

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South Africa replaces AstraZeneca with unapproved J&J vaccine over variant concerns

South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant there, the health minister said Wednesday.Zweli Mkhize said South Africa has scrapped plans to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine because it “does not prevent mild to moderate disease” of the variant.The one-shot J&J vaccine is still being tested internationally and has not been approved in any country.But Mkhize, in a nationally broadcast address, declared that the vaccine is safe, relying on tests of 44,000 people done in South Africa, the United States and Latin America.

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Australia considers tougher quarantine measures as new variants spread

New coronavirus variants are forcing Australia and New Zealand to rethink already-stringent quarantine rules for overseas visitors, even as their systems are replicated around the world.

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South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health care workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant in South Africa, the health minister announced Wednesday.

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Hand sanitiser use in pandemic could trigger widespread resistance to disinfectants

Hand sanitiser use during the pandemic could trigger widespread resistance to disinfectants, scientists have warned.

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Surge testing for mutant Covid variants expanded for more areas of London

Door-to-door "surge" Covid testing is to be expanded in London after a new variant has been detected in a part of the city.

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Ottawa adds 25 new COVID-19 cases, 1st case of South Africa variant confirmed

COVID-19 on Tuesday as the city confirms its first case of a coronavirus variant originally identified in South Africa.Ottawa has now seen 13,733 cases of the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, with 420 of those cases deemed active, a drop from Monday.While OPH is reporting a relatively low number of new cases in its latest report, Tuesdays tend to see the lowest additions of new cases per day following typically reduced testing volumes over the weekend. Coronavirus: Ottawa to begin reopening from COVID-19 shutdowns on Feb.

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Ottawa Public Health reports lower COVID-19 case count on Tuesday

OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 25 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Austria to restrict movement from Tyrol over variant fears

VIENNA – Austria's leader said Tuesday that people will have to produce a negative coronavirus test to leave the country's Tyrol province as authorities try to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa.

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SII may have to adjust Covid vaccine composition for South African variant

Serum Institute of India (SII) may have to adjust the composition of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine that it is manufacturing, after the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) on Monday and Tuesday showed concern over effectiveness of the vaccine against South African mutant coronavirus strain.The SAGE was reviewing the evidence on the vaccine’s effectiveness on new virus SARS CoV-2 variants and made significant recommendations in the backdrop of the decision of South Africa to halt the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after preliminary clinical trial findings of a study published by the Wits Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit indicated the vaccine offered

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No case of South Africa variant of covid-19 found in India so far:

NEW DELHI : No case of South African variant of COVID-19 virus has been found in the country so far, said NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul on Tuesday."South Africa variant of COVID19 is under the watch. It has come forward that this variant spreads faster.

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AstraZeneca’s Covid shot still useful in variant-hit areas: WHO

AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine is worth using in areas hit by mutated strains of the virus, World Health Organization officials and partners said, countering concerns about reduced effectiveness that arose in a recent test.There’s evidence the vaccine AstraZeneca developed with the University of Oxford could provide meaningful protection against severe disease caused by the highly infectious variant that emerged in South Africa, called B.1.351, according to Kate O’Brien, who heads the WHO’s vaccination division.

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Does the world need new Covid vaccines? 'Jury is out', Oxford's Pollard says

LONDON : It is not yet clear whether the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are working on new ones so there is no reason for alarm, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group said on Tuesday.South Africa has paused a planned rollout of AstraZeneca's vaccines after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection among young people from the dominant variant there, stoking fears of a much longer battle with the pathogen.AstraZeneca and Oxford University aim to produce a next generation of vaccines that will protect against variants as soon as the autumn before the Northern Hemisphere winter, AstraZeneca's research chief said this month."There are definitely new

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Pfizer vaccine can neutralise UK, South Africa covid variants: Study

Pfizer and the German biotechnology company BioNTech can neutralise variants of the novel coronavirus that were first reported in the UK and South Africa, a new study suggests.The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, noted that the vaccine is effective against coronavirus variants carrying the N501Y and E484K mutations.Also Read | India should worry about its public debtAccording to the scientists, including those from the University of Texas in the US, these variants have a substitution of the amino acid building blocks that make up the viral spike protein -- the part of the virus which enables it to enter human cells.They said these mutations in the 501st and 484th positions of the protein's amino acid molecule chain

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Canada sees 2,967 new coronavirus infections as total cases top 808K

Too early to say AstraZeneca vaccine doesn’t protect against South African variant: experts In a series of tweets Monday, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam warned of the new, more transmissible coronavirus variants that are “gaining ground” in Canada.She said all Canadians must do “our utmost to prevent opportunities for them to spread.”2/3 Having the fewest interactions with the fewest people, for the shortest time, at greatest distance possible will help.

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Epidemiologist explains how COVID-19 mutates and why ‘until everyone is protected, no one is’

ORLANDO, Fla. – Less than a week ago, Orange County confirmed the first residential case of the more viral COVID-19 U.K. variant, as of Monday that number is up to 10.

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South Africa pauses AstraZeneca vaccine rollout amid variant COVID questions

South Africa recently received 1 million doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine and was poised to start vaccinating healthcare workers, but yesterday, health officials announced a pause for the rollout to investigate early findings that it offered little protection against mild-to-moderate disease caused by the B1351 variant strain that's dominant in the country.

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Too early to say AstraZeneca vaccine doesn’t protect against South African variant: experts

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has hit a minor stumbling block after a small clinical trial raised doubts about its efficacy against the South African variant of the coronavirus.On Sunday, South Africa halted its planned rollout following preliminary data that suggested that the AstraZeneca vaccine offers only “minimal protection against mild or moderate disease” from the B.1.351 variant, now the dominant form of the coronavirus in the country.

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COVID-19 Scan for Feb 08, 2021

A study today in Nature Medicine showed Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, the first vaccine approved in the United States for use against COVID-19, neutralized three variants of the virus, including the B117 strain first identified in the United Kingdom, and two new variants first confirmed in South Africa.The mutations tested included the N501Y from the United

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine rollout halted in South Africa after shot appears less effective against variant

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa is considering giving a COVID-19 vaccine that is still in the testing phase to health workers, after suspending the rollout of another shot that preliminary data indicated may be only minimally effective against the mutated form of the virus dominating the country.The country was scrambling Monday to come up with a new vaccination strategy after it halted use of the AstraZeneca vaccine — which is cheaper and easier to handle than some others and which many had hoped would be crucial to combatting the pandemic in developing countries.

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Past COVID-19 infection not a ‘free pass’ from new variants, experts say

COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defence the first time, new research suggests.How long immunity lasts from natural infection is one of the big questions in the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Fauci says Moderna, Pfizer vaccines less effective against South Africa variant

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UN: 'Concerning news' vaccines may not work against variants

GENEVA – The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the emergence of new COVID-19 variants has raised questions about whether or not existing vaccines will work, calling it “concerning news” that the vaccines developed so far may be less effective against the variant first detected in South Africa.

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08.02.2021 / 21:45

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Four key points from Matt Hancock's coronavirus press conference

direct to your inboxMatt Hancock led a press briefing earlier this afternoon where he delivered a statement on the latest with coronavirus.

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Coronavirus variants: Experts fear mutations could mean COVID-19 reinfections

FILE - A transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as the 2019 novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the United States. Note the crown-like spikes on the outer edge of the virus, hence the term (NIAID-RML)RELATED: UK variant, South Africa variant, Brazil variant: A guide to known coronavirus mutationsAdvertisementIn the United States, a study found that 10% of Marine recruits who had evidence of prior infection and repeatedly tested negative before starting basic training were later infected again.

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Ontario reports 1st case of Brazilian COVID-19 variant in Toronto

Toronto Public Health has confirmed the first case of the Brazilian COVID-19 variant, believed to be more transmissible, has been found in the city along with its first case of the South African variant. Shallima Maharaj reports.

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New variants raise worry about COVID-19 virus reinfections

Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new research suggests.

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Boris Johnson ‘very confident’ in coronavirus vaccine but does not rule out delay in easing restrictions amid new variants

direct to your inboxBoris Johnson has not ruled out delaying the easing of lockdown restrictions if the South African variant of coronavirus has an impact on the vaccine.The prime minister is set to reveal his 'road map' out of lockdown on February 22, with schools set to reopen from March 8.But he would not rule out a delay to his plans when pressed by reporters during a visit to a coronavirus test manufacturing facility in Derby today.He was asked whether restrictions could be in place longer if it turns out that the South African variant reduces the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s effect on transmissibility.Scientists are currently looking into the potential impacts of new variants on the vaccine.Pressed on whether there could be a delay to

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
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