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The approval for emergency use does not necessarily mean the Mexican government, which is currently the country’s only purchaser of vaccines, will acquire or administer Abdala in Mexico.

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More than 40% of people with COVID-19 never show symptoms, study finds

Wed, 2021-12-15 17:40 — mike kraft

More than 40% of people with COVID-19 never show symptoms, study finds. What experts have learned about these cases. Researchers looked at 95 studies from Jan. 2020 to Feb. 2021 consisting of nearly 30M people in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa. YahooNews

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The U.N.'s Covax is likely to deliver less than half of the promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest icountries in 2021.

Mon, 2021-12-13 13:36 — mike kraft

Covax promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest in 2021. It won’t even deliver even half that. The U.N.-led initiative is now aiming for 800 million doses to be delivered by the end of the year, but that isn't assured. Adam Taylor Washington Post

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Health costs pushed or worsened poverty for over 500 mln --World Bank and WHO

Mon, 2021-12-13 12:31 — mike kraft

Health costs pushed or worsened poverty for over 500 mln More than half a billion people globally were pushed or sent further into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their own pockets, with the COVID-19 pandemic expected to make things worse, the World Health Organization and the World Bank said on Sunday. Manas Mishra Reuters

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The world is unprepared for the next pandemic, Global Health Security Index study finds

Wed, 2021-12-08 18:04 — mike kraft

(CNN) The entire world remains unprepared for the next pandemic and most countries are underprepared even for small outbreaks of disease, researchers reported Wednesday.

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Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections arrives in New Orleans

Mon, 2021-12-06 11:37 — mike kraft

Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections arrives in New Orleans | AP News NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 10 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness. AP NEWS

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The Louisiana Department of Health said in a late Saturday news release that over the past week, the ship made stops in Belize, Honduras and Mexico. ...

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Overview: briefs on worldwide pandemic developments

Thu, 2021-11-11 10:36 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus TheAmericas are facing an impending crisis in routine vaccinations because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pan American Health Organization said, and vaccinations against the coronavirus are behind where they should be. Reuters Reuters

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Covid-19 infections and deaths are dropping across Latin America

Thu, 2021-10-28 11:33 — mike kraft

Covid-19 infections and deaths are dropping across Latin America Covid-19 is slowly retreating across most of North, Central and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. NBC News

BRASILIA — Covid-19 is slowly retreating across most of North, Central and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, reporting that last week the continent’s death and infection figures were the lowest in over a year.

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