August 11th, 2021Reaching herd immunity is “not a possibility” with the current Delta variant, says the head of Britain's Oxford Vaccine Group in a report in The Guardian.
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August 5th, 2021Herd immunity is no longer a discussion the world should be having, writes Professor Shabir A Madhi of the University of the Witwatersrand in The Conversation. We should...
Even though more and more vaccines against the coronavirus are being administered all over the world, many countries are still battling with outbreaks and face...Weekly Roundup
Israel has recorded no new daily COVID-19 deaths for the first time in 10 months, as the country pushes ahead with its speedy vaccination drive. BBC News reports that...Coronavirus Watch
Pfizer and BioNTech have announced updated top-line results from analysis of 927 confirmed symptomatic cases of COVID-19 observed in their pivotal Phase 3 study through...South Africa
South Africa's fumbling vaccine rollout was boosted this week with a commitment of 30m Johnson & Johnson doses with deliveries starting by end April, while hHealth...Weekly Roundup
A lack of transparency and bad planning on the part of the government has led South Africa to being at the back of COVID-19 vaccination allocation queues and missing...South Africa
More than half of South Africans probably have already been infected with SARS-CoV-2, with blacks three-to-five times more likely than white people to have antibodies to...Coronavirus
Israel’s largest healthcare provider has reported a 94% drop in symptomatic COVID-19 infections among 600,000 people who received two doses of the Pfizer’s vaccine...Africa
Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has backtracked on his statement that the coronavirus vaccine will not be free for the country’s citizens, reports Anadolu...
